Rapid
Transit
Seattle,
Washington
1973
- 1977
Members
Doug
Baker ~ Drums
Linda
Burden ~ Bass
Jack
Dolan ~ Bass
Tim
Hill ~ Keyboards
Joel
Johnson ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Doug
Johnston ~ Keyboards
Myron
Klein ~ Vocals
Gary
Kraun ~ Drums
James
Lawill ~ Vocals
Ross
Nyberg ~ Guitar
Lynn
Marie ~ Vocals
Lee
Meredith ~ Bass
Steve
Morgan ~ Bass
Victoria
Nutter ~ Guitar
Grant
Storr ~ Keyboards
Maitland
Ward ~ Guitar
Mark
Yde ~ Guitar, Vocals
Tamara
? ~ Vocals
Cookie
? ~ Vocals
Mike
"Pazels" Pace ~ Sound
Gary
Kraun, Doug Johnston
Linda
Burden, James Lawill, Victoria Nutter
The
above
represents a later incarnation of this band's name. The early
Rapid
Transit played the dance / battle of the bands, teen fair circuit
throughout
Washington. The band's name went on for many years
afterwards.
The version represented above gigged mostly in Alaska.
From 1965 to
present,
Maitland Ward performed with artists that included Madonna, Sheena
Easton,
Jeffery Osborne, and Donna Summer. He was currently with Kenny
Loggins.
The above photo
is
from early 1973 and includes these five members, Linda Burden, James
Lawill,
and guitarist Victoria Nutter, Gary Kraun and Doug Johnston. This
band did mostly covers with a few originals thrown in and played in
clubs
in and around Washington and Oregon in 1973, with most gigs being in
Seattle
and Portland.
Victoria
Nutter,
July 2009
