This web
site brought back a lot of memories. I was also in the Gas
Company and the Mark 5, and even played
bass
on two different occasions, with Jr. Cadillac,
as Ned and Les are really old friends.
My dad painted
the
drum head sign. Pat Morrison was the old guy in the band, I think
he was 18. Joe Walden, Paul Markham and I were 16.
Later
on after Joe left, we used Bill Timm. Bill wanted to play bass,
so
he recommended his friend Gary Preston, to be the guitarist. I
stuck
around for a few more months and then moved on to the Rockers.
Les
Clinkingbeard,
also had a group he called, Les Follies. They performed, for a week or
two, every year, usually at the Central Tavern, Pioneer Square, or at
the
Rainbow. It was my privilege to play bass in that group, which
featured,
Jeannie King, of the Blossoms, Joe Crowley, Drums, Rich Dangel, guitar,
Julian Priester, Trombone, Les Clinkingbeard "of course" sax, Jimmy
Manolides,
Wurlitzer Piano, Ron Ussery on alto sax, and Mike {Michael Jay)
Clothier,
on bass. . What a fun band that was.
I still play
music
professionally. Work as a single, one man band, in Lake Havasu City, Az.
Michael Jay
Clothier,
January 2006
I am Robin Knoke, known as
"Little
Robin" in those days. I used to play organ or piano with both the
Zephyrs and the Trebletones. I
also
sang, emulating Rockin' Robin Roberts, Kent Morrill and others... Dirty
Robber, Geneieve and Rosilie were some of my favorites. I also
did
a good job playing Floyd Cramer when a piano was available.
We traveled around in my '48 Packard
hearse.
We did a lot of gigs at Idaho State
Line
Gardens and Silver Spur. At Silver Spur I often dressed in drag for a
falsetto
version of "Fever" - Fun times...
It's been 50 years but I was able to
locate
Jim Littleton, Dick Baker, and Paul Markham just last month.
Crap!
We're all in our 70's!
They're still hanging around Spokane
Valley.
Dick Baker was Best Man at my wedding.
After getting married, I formed a
band
in Pasco called "The Night Sounds" - but that's another story.
I live in White Salmon, Washington
now,
have a baby grand but don't play much anymore.
Robin Knoke, April 2013
