Chuck
Curry ~ Drums
Jim
DeCocq ~ Guitar
Tom
Dietz ~ Bass
Pat
Pricer ~ Guitar
Scott
Schneider ~ Drums
Tim
Stidham ~ Vocals
Steve
Stroud ~ Tenor Saxophone
Jim
Walters ~ Trumpet
Robert
X. Wolf ~ Drums, Vocals
Jim
Wolfe ~ Organ
Guest
Vocalists
Woodrow
Wilson "Woody Carr" Mosley ~ Vocals
Anthony
"Tiny Tony" Smith ~ Vocals
Scott
Schneider
Anthony
"Tiny Tony" Smith
Chuck
Curry
In 1961 four students at Sammamish High School in Bellevue had a band named The Nomads. The band played dances all over the Greater Seattle Area until 1964. These were mostly high school dances. Most of the early Rock and Dance music of the era was instrumental. When a singer was required for a job, the band would hire Tiny Tony or Woody Carr for an hours worth of work. Tony and Woody were always happy to freelance and were usually available on short notice. No rehearsal was required when these guys were hired as they each had their individual song list consisting of standard stuff that all the players were familiar with.There was a bit of a controversy with the name of the band since there was another Nomads based in Burien. There was a resolution to the name issue when the Burien based Nomads decided to market themselves as Roman Williams and the Nomads. Several of the players of the Bellevue outfit also were involved with Audio Recording on 5th Ave. and Kearney Barton as studio musicians for demo records. The studio work was mostly for songwriters that wanted temporary acetate recordings of their music. Kearney Barton would cut the acetate at his studio after the recording session and send his client home with their record. At the time Union Scale for a recording session was $60.00 per hour.
Tom Dietz, March 2003
