Current
(as of last gathering)
Jim
Adams ~ Guitar, Vocals
Sammy
Carlson ~ Bass, Vocals*
Bill
Dean ~ Drums
Steve
Sarandos ~ Saxophone, Vocals
Sonny
Schaaf ~ Keyboards
Traci Caldwell ~ Photography
Past and Present
|
Genie Allen ~ Vocals Rudy Bachelor ~ Organ Terry Bailey ~ Guitar, Vocals# Traci Caldwell ~ Vocals, Photography Sammy Carlson ~ Bass, Vocals*# Bill Dean ~ Drums Chuck Doten ~ Drums# Sandy Faye ~ Vocals* Dick Foreman ~ Vocals* Max Harned ~ Saxophone Chris Isakson ~ Guitar, Vocals*# Sue Isekite (McNulty) ~ Vocals* |
Heidi McNulty ~ Vocals Billy McPherson ~ Saxophone, Clarinet, Keyboards, & Flute* Larry Olsen ~ Keyboards, Vocals Larry Parypa ~ Guitar, Vocals Dave Roland ~ Drums, Vocals* Jim Roles ~ Rhythm Guitar Raoul de Rossiter ~ Drums Richard Rossiter ~ Guitar/Leslie, Coronet, Vocals* Steve Sarandos ~ Saxophone Sonny Schaaf ~ Keyboards Gary Udovich ~ Saxophone |
*
Classic Lineup of '63 - '65 members
#
Members
who reformed The Regents in '65
Traci,
Heidi and Raoul are the second generation of the Regents. They are
the grown children of Rich, Sue and Richard
Courtesy
of Gerry Berg
The
Regents and Sandy Faye, 1964
RIch,
Dave, Sandy, BIlly and Richard
The
Regents and Sandy Faye, on stage at the Red Carpet - 1964
| "The
Regents and the Red Carpet! What a flood of memories. You guys
were great, like most of the NW rock phenomenon. You owned that place.
I remember the great vibe there. The regulars were very into music
and were in the know."
Jim
Sola, The Deacons,
Flashback
|
"The
first time that I ever heard a live band do "Gloria" was by the Regents
at a Wilson HS dance in the fall of 1965. It made a lasting impression
on me and on our future lead guitarist, Mark Harkness. We were both sophomores
at the time we heard the Regents. Together, with Scott Jones, Brent Lund
and Mark Watson, we formed the band the next
school year."
Gregg
Gagliardi, Daze of the
Week
|
| "I
used to come to The Red Carpet and see you guys - I always enjoyed the
Regents. Seems to me you guys competed a lot with The Statesmen.
The Regents were an impressive band."
Jeff
Morgan, The Great Pretenders,
The
Mergers, Panama
Orange Tree, Rock-Ola,
LocoMax,
Back
Alley
|
"I
remember being blown away by Bill McPherson's sax playing, and I've often
wondered what became of him."
Tom
Walters, The Noblemen
|
| "I
remember the Regents. We came to Tacoma a couple of times and danced to
your great music... Sac "O" Woe good buddy"
Dennis
Talbott, The Dwellers,
The
Valients & Time
Bandits
August 1964 |
"The
CD
& tape just arrived. THANKS! Thought I'd listen to Sue's (Sue Isekite's)
tape first. Man that lady can sing!!! There's something about her style
that I just really like. I can't quite put my finger on it. She has a way
of rocking but with kind of a sweet, country influence underneath, and,
the country influence never shows any hint of "whiny" or "squeaky."
That's rare. Maybe best of all, I don't hear any of that obvious, vocalized
"showing off" that is sooo common lately especially with female singers..
Her voice is accurate, honest, sweet and straight ahead. That kind of defines
"class." Doesn't it?"
Sonny
Schaaf, Christian,
Color
Blue, Rock n Roll Magic, and more,
July 2003
|
| I
remember watching the Regents, Statesmen, Sonics, and dancing to your music
at the Red Carpet. Those were magic days that influenced and led me in
a direction that captivated me for the following 18 years of my life.
Norm
Bennett, Muf,
Mandarin
Extract, August 2003
|
It
was good seeing you at the Louie Fest. I saw so many of the old dudes at
the fest it was exhilarating and you guys did a great job, could have listened
for hours. It sounded great and amazing after only a night's practice.
John
"Grant" Hill, September 2003
|
| Rich
Liebe taught me to play guitar in about 1962. Rich loved his music.
Those three chords he taught me gave me life!
Tom
Pegues, The Cascades
|
I
had the opportunity to hear the Regent's play at the Red Carpet in
Tacoma. I remember you guys as being a really tight band, and also having
a lot of fun on stage.
Tim
Hall, Grizzly,
Nyanza,
Foghorn
Leghorn, Tim Hall Band,
December 2003
|
| I
cannot tell you how much I loved hearing The Regents at Cheney. Sammy,
You have a way of giving the down-beat a regular punch on your bass.
I really like that. Nothing too fancy--just solid. Billy McPherson
blows me away.
Sonny
Schaaf, Christian,
Color
Blue and more May 2004
|
I'm
having a problem with "In
The Open" (opening song for the Regents played
at Cheney Stadium in 2003). I can't stop listening
to it! When I first found out about this PNW band site "In
The Open" starts playing when you go in to read stuff in the 1960's
index... but the song ends after like 30 seconds so I had
to click out and click back to keep hearing it. Am I whacked or what?
Albert
Malosky, Liberty Party,
Emergency
Exit,
Easy Chair,
The
Enchanters, March 2006
|
| My
friend and I had a blast at the Rock Out Camp Out. I may even camp
next time. The Regents were fabulous and it was great to meet you
after all this time. When I saw you, I told my friend that is the
guy because he fills my mental perception of what a Web Slave would look
like. I was right.
Bill
Crammatte, October 2006
I remember The Regents and seeing them at The Red Carpet and I think at St. Mary's and Clover Park HS. I went to Clover Park in Lakewood for my sophmore and half my junior year before I had to transfer to Lakes High School. I remember Rich Liebe very well, especially when he was in The Shifters. We had a few classes together (including PE) at Clover Park. Rich cracked me up one day after gym class, when he was standing in front of the mirrors near the showers flexing his biceps. He looks over at me (I weighed about 150 pounds soaking wet then) and says: "I could crush you..." I think I muttered something like "No doubt." That was Rich. Lyle R. Berry, The Strangers, The Wild Vibrations, April 2007 |
Other
people might have been surprised to hear Billy sing, but when it comes
to Billy, nothing surprises me. I've seen him wail on his Sax, a
flute, the piano, a guitar.....and I'm sure he'll have something new to
show us next year.
After not seeing each other for a year or two at a time... I still don't know how you guys can get up on stage and play a set without practicing. I wish I had brought a video camera along that day. Bill
Dean, The Sonics, Statesmen, Christian, Ice Age, Trojans, The Rustics,
Dave and The GoodTimes and more, January 2007
I had the pleasure of getting reunited with Dave Roland this past summer for a band reunion in Spokane. We had a blast. Dave is a great drummer, singer, entertainer….also took good care of the band business as I remember. Larry Sieber, Bulldog, City Zu, Tyme, Morning Reign, Reunion, Burgundy Express, January 2009 |
|
By Jason Ankeny One of several garage bands to operate under the Regents name, this particular group formed in Tacoma, WA, in the spring of 1963. According to the website at www.theregents.net, lead guitarist Rich Liebe, rhythm guitarist Richard Rossiter, bassist Sam Carlson, saxophonist Billy McPherson, and drummer Dave Roland comprised the original lineup -- after beginning as an instrumental concern, in the months to follow Roland assumed lead vocal duties. Deeply influenced by Pacific Northwest rock legends the Wailers, the Regents enjoyed a friendly rivalry with another future garage legend, Tacoma's Sonics -- honing their approach at teen dances and area nightclubs, they developed a unique sound dependent on amplifying Rossiter's guitar via a Leslie organ speaker. In early 1964 the Regents entered Lakewood, WA, radio station KPEC to record a demo tape -- the same station recorded several of the band's live dates at the Tacoma club the Red Carpet, but only portions of the demo reel survive to document the group's original incarnation. When Liebe fell ill in early 1965, he temporarily left the Regents, who recruited guitarist Chris Isakson in his absence. By the time Liebe's health returned, the group was no more -- in mid-1965, Roland was invited to join the Wailers, and Rossiter and McPherson were called for military duty. By year's end Carlson and Isakson formed a new Regents lineup with rhythm guitarist Terry Bailey and drummer Chuck Doten -- keyboardist Larry Olsen and horn player Gary Udovich soon expanded the group to a six-piece, and in the spring of 1966 they signed with the Wailers' label, Etiquette Records, to cut a handful of tracks that included "Bad Trip" and "Turn and Run." This version of the Regents split in 1967 -- in 1996, the original lineup performed the first of many annual reunion gigs. Jason Ankeny, All Music
Guide
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My Never Ending memory of The Regents at the "Red Carpet" days was the half-dozen or so live KTNT AM Radio broadcasts. Glenn Thomas, The Indescents, Ballin' Jack, Jonah's Whale, Soul Set, February 2012 |
In Memory of Our Friends
Billy McPherson
b; 18 August 1946 d: 19 November 2011
Terry Bailey
(25 April 1947 - 20 April 2002)
Terry lost his battle with cancer just five days short of his 55th Birthday
The Regents at Rock Out - Camp Out - 5 Aug 2006
The Regents at Cheney Stadium - 24 Aug 2003
The Regents at Meadow Music - 31 Aug 2003
The Regents at Meadow Music - 1 Sep 2002
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Last Update: 28 February 2012
Credits: Sammy Carlson, Rich Liebe, Billy McPherson, Dave Roland, Richard AFKAD Rossiter, Dick Foreman, Chris Isakson, Genie Allen, Jim Sola, Gregg Gagliardi, Terry Bailey, Bill Dean, Walt Rattenbury, Stan Foreman, Donn Mee, Dennis Talbott, Sue Isekite (McNulty), Norm Bennett, Steve Cavanaugh, Grant Hill, Tim Hall, Max Harned, Rudy Bachelor, Donn Mee, Albert Malosky, Jeff Morgan, Tom Pegues, Glenda J. Guilmet, Bill Crammatte, Trudi Liebe, Traci Caldwell, Lyle Berry, Jim Roles, Gerry Berg, Larry Sieber, Jim Adams, Glenn Thomas
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