Wailers, 1950's & 60's Bands of Puget Sound

Wailers in the 50's
Dangel, Burk, Marush, Morrill, Greek

Wailers in the 60's
Ormsby, Andersson, Gardner, Morrill, Roland

The Wailers
Tacoma, Washington
1958 - 1969
And Back Again!

Members

John Hanford ~ Guitar, Vocals
Ricky Lynn Johnson ~ Drums, Vocals
Kent Morrill ~ Keyboards, Vocals
John "Buck" Ormsby ~ Bass, Backing Vocals
Neil Rush ~ Saxophone

Alumni

Neil Andersson ~ Guitar
Mike Burk ~ Drums
Rich Dangel ~ Guitar
Kim Eggers ~ Saxophone
Gary Favier ~ Vocals
Ron Gardner ~ Saxophone, Vocals
John Greek ~ Guitar
Gail Harris ~ Vocals
Allen Lynn ~ Drums
Mark Marush ~ Saxophone
Rockin' Robin Roberts ~ Vocals
Dave Roland ~ Drums, Vocals
Denny Weaver ~ Guitar
Jerry Werner ~ Bass

Crew

Mark Amans (AKA “Hoss”) ~ Road Manager
Sandy Gillispie ~ Roadie
Lance Lambert ~ Roadie
Jim Thompson ~ Roadie

In Memory of:

Rockin Robin Roberts 1940-1967
Ron Gardner 1945-1992
John Greek - October 2006
Rich Dangel 1942-2002
Mark Marush - August 2007

Album Release Date April, 10th 2009. Two Car Garage is a 50 year Celebration of two bands: Don Wilson and the Ventures and The Fabulous Wailers. This ground breaking CD is now available for your consumption at Two Car Garage Music.

Wailers - 1 November 2001 - Cadillac to Mexico CD Release Party
Photo Courtesy of John Kandarian

Gail Harris and the Wailers in 2003. Photo by and courtesy of Laddy Kite

The Wailers with Gail Harris - 7 June 2003
Photo by and courtesy of Laddy Kite

Gail roared in, jumped off of her bike and took the stage wearing her leathers - on a sweltering hot afternoon. John Hanford, May 2005

The Fabulous Wailers Website

NOTES

For some reason The Wailers needed a saxophone for an out-of town gig. John Greek gave me a call and I jumped on it. I was about 17 at the time. .. What a rush that was for me.
Dwight Gaskins, October 2002

Allen Lynn played drums with the Wailers from 2000 to 2002 and still fills in for them when Ricky can't make a gig.
Allen Lynn, October 2006

The Wailers- Photo courtesy of Ron Attfield

The Wailers - Photo courtesy of Ron Attfield

The Wailers in 1961 - Photo Courtesy of Ron Attfield

Gary Favier
John and Rich were both military brats at McCord AFB and I was stationed there. After we went on tour and I had to come back early, the Air Force sent me to Corvallis, Oregon and so that was the end of me singing with the Wailers and Robin Roberts sang with them after that.
Gary Favier, January 2004

The Wailers at Rock Out - Camp Out 2006
Kent Morrill, Niel Rush, with guest musicians BIll Dean, Tim Hall, Eric Bauer
Photo by and courtesy of Glenda J. Guilmet, Visual Artist

Listen to Short Sound Clips of the Wailers

Tall Cool One (1959)
I Idolize You with Gail Harris
Bama Lama Bama Lou with Dave Roland
Cadillac to Mexico (2001)

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Last Update: 5 December 2009

Contributors: Kent Morrill, Genie Allen, Dwight Gaskins, Gary Favier Neil Rush, Billy McPherson, John Hanford, Lance Lambert, Allen Lynn, Glenda J. Guilmet, Ron Attfield, Larry Thompson, Robert Elms, Rich Longstreth

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