Terry
Bailey ~ Lead Guitar
Gary
Brand ~ Drums
George
DePew ~ Lead Guitar
Chuck
Doten ~ Drums
Walt
Matheson ~ Bass
Jeff
Morgan ~ Vox Organ
Sid
Ostrander ~ Lead Guitar, Vocals
In Memory of
Sid Ostrander
Terry
Bailey
(25
April 1947 - 20 April 2002)
Terry
lost his battle with cancer just five days short of his 55th Birthday
The Panama Orange Tree 1968-1969 was a spin-off of The Mergers. They played mainly college gigs including drunken UPS frat parties at Sunshine Hall among the most memorable. The Panama Orange Tree was typical of the psychedelic era, doing Steppinwolf, originals, long instrumentals, Cream, Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, etc. Personnel: Sid Ostrander: Lead Guitar, Gary Brand: Drums: Jeff Morgan: Vox Organ, Walt Matheson: Bass.Later, Sid did vocals and George DePew was enlisted on Lead Guitar. Gary went in the Navy, and Chuck Doten took over on Drums. George left, and lead guitar went back to Sid, but occasionally (get this) the guitar would be left out, and the organ was run through a fuzz box. Later, Terry Bailey came in on lead until the band broke up.
Jeff Morgan, May 2002
