The
Tikis were offered a contract in the late fall of '64 by Jerry Dennon.
Our First release was on his Panorama label later in '65 and did fairly
well on the local charts. The songs were a remake of the Skip and Flip
hit "Cherry Pie" backed by an original "Take a Look". Take a Look
was the "A" side but somehow Cherry Pie found it's way onto the Billboard
charts about 5 years later.... or something like that.
In '66 we recorded again,
this time in both Portland and Seattle and out our second single was leased
out to Tower records in L.A. The song were "Since You've been Gone" which
was a remake of a song by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders that we gave
the complete Motown work over to. Recording of this tune took about 20
hours over a few nights 'cause we were experimenting with multiple overdubs
which was still a novelty in Portland at that time. The other song was
an original called "Don't Ask Me" written by our manager and producer Donny
Anderson. Also in the Motown vein, this song had massive overdubs
and featured Jim Valley playing electric 12 string. Jim was in the studio
that day waiting for the call from the Raiders for confirmation that he
was to join the band.
Sadly , even though this
was a great record and earned us respect from the Seattle bands, Tower
deemed it to be too R&B for their label.
John DuVal, April 2002
I have stayed in the
music industry all my life.
I own Showcase
Music & Sound in Portland for the last 33 years. Beside sales of
Music gear and sound equipment, we own Showcase Music & Sound Rentals
also, which provides music and sound equipment for both local and national
acts. The website is:nnwww.showcasemusic.com.
I am also on Facebook under
John Chassaing with over 500 musicians on it and growing.
Don Gallucci played with
us for a very short time at the Chase in Portland after he left
the Kingsmen and before
he went to Don & the Goodtimes.
Thanks
John Chassaing
Formerly of the the Tikis
and the Fabulons in the 60's
