Photo by Jini Dellaccio
Merrilee and The Turnabouts
Seattle, Washington
1965 - 1974
Members
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Bill Barnard ~ Guitar Bob Bennett ~ Drums Randy Bennett ~ Bass Eddie Bishop ~ Bass Jim Blade ~ Bass Danny Brabant ~ Drums Frank Butorac ~ Guitar "Shuga" George Clark ~ Drums Mike Cox ~ Bass Dave Erickson ~ Drums |
Terry Gregg ~ Bass Randy "Tag" Henning ~ Bass Mark Hibbert ~ Bass Danny Hoefer ~ Guitar Michael Kinder ~ Drums Brian Knowles ~ Guitar Joel Johnson ~ Keyboards Vern Kjellberg (aka Joey Newman) ~ Guitar Terry Lauber ~ Guitar Ed Leckenby ~ Drums |
John Morris ~ Guitar, Vocals Steve Moshier ~ Drums Karl Peters ~ Drums Mike Robbins ~ Keyboards Gary Ruhl ~ Bass Merrilee Rush ~ Keyboards, Vocals Neil Rush ~ Saxophone Peter Sach ~ Drums Rob Straub ~ Drums |
Roadies and Crew
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Merrilee Rush - About 1969-1970 Photo By & Courtesy of: Steve Tuba/Pygmalion |
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Merrilee - Photo by and Courtesy of Sandy Weedman |
Merrilee - Photo Courtesy of Sandy Weedman |
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I saw and talked to Merrilee Rush at the Hollywood Bowl/Grooveyard in about 1965 or 66. She was gracious and professional and had her small child at the gig with her. Her husband was in the band. He was very protective of her and it was sweet to see that. She was playing a Hammond C3 through a JBL D-130 15 inch speaker in a small plywood box. She stood behind it in heels (painfull. now that’s professional). There is much more to her than Angel of the Morning. She rocked the place for four hours and at the time was one of the few female headliners. Later, Johnny Cash, a very hip man, had her on his TV show, not because she was country but because she was and is a world class talent. She took over the screen as she slowly walked to the front of the stage and made me realize that I wanted my own Angel of the Morning. She had stage presence very much like a young Bette Middler Robert Brown, The Centaurs, June 2007 |
Merrilee at Governor Booth Gardner's Inaugural Ball -1989 Photo By Carl Cook |
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Photo by and Courtesy of Carl Cook |
Mike
Cox (1947 - 1995)
Karl
Peters (1944 - 2003)
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Last Update: 8 February 2008
Credits: Hairy Blair, Mark Hibbert, Danny Hoefer, Darryl Riffero, Terry Lauber, Bill Cleland, Steve Tuba, Joe Cox, Joel Johnson, Sandy Weedman, Al Cantrell, David Jonsson, Candy Lentz, Jennifer Williams, Terry Gregg, Brian Knowles, Dr. Mike Robbins, Neil Rush, George Holt, Larry Foster, Mike Robbins, Carl Cook, Carl Wilson, Eddie Bishop, John Gordon, Chuck Burbank, Marc Legan, Gary Ruhl, George (O'Brien) ClarkBand # 0044
