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THE NOWHERE MEN - 1969

THE ORIGINAL BAND CARD AND GROUP PHOTO
WHEN I JOINED THE BAND IN 1969 THERE WERE 2 DRUMMERS, 4 SINGERS, 5 HORN PLAYERS, GUITAR, BASS AND KEYBOARDS TOTALING TO 14 MEMBERS. LOTS OF FUN ON STAGE BUT NOT MUCH MONEY TO BE MADE
SINGERS JOE AND BILLIE WENT INTO THE SERVICE, DRUMMER MILES LEFT AND THE HORN PLAYERS CAME AND WENT SO THE PICTURE BELOW WAS THE WAY THE BAND WAS UNTIL IT SPLIT FROM THE HORN PLAYERS AND STARTED "THE SECOND COMING"

TOMMY WRIGHT and I

CLICK PLAYER TO HEAR "EASY TO BE HARD"
HEAVEN IS IN YOUR MIND

Me on the left, Tommy and Richard

Here are our 2 band vans. Below the van is parked where we rehearsed at Salb Hanson Music Store in Tacoma Pk, Maryland
Tommy Wright and Richard Purvis playing at one of the teen club or CYO's we regularly played at in 1969
Tommy, Richard and Myles

To the left was taken during our 40th reunion concert in 2010

The Next chapter is of the "Second Coming"... Click on the button to go to their page

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       THE NOWHERE MEN

BASS GUITAR                 TOMMY RODANTE

PIANO/ORGAN                  RICHARD PURVIS

LEAD GUITAR                     MICHAEL PIRKO

DONNY HOLCOMB                 LEAD SINGER

CHARLIE TAYLOR                  LEAD SINGER

TROMBONE                               CHRIS HEER

TRUMPET                          GARY GAULETTE

TRUMPET                               JOE McCAULY

SAXAPHONE                     JIMMY ROBINSON

DRUMS                 TOMMY WRIGHT / MYLES 

 

TOMMY RODANTE - BASS

RICHARD PURVIS - KEYBOARDS

THATS ME - TOMMY and RICHARD

POSTERS FROM SOME OF THE SHOWS WE DID IN 1968

                     BAND HISTORY

I HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1968 AND SPENT THE SUMMMER IN ST LOUIS WITH MY MOM. THE BANDS I WERE IN BEFORE I LEFT WENT SEPERATE WAYS SO I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING STEADY. JIMMY ROBINSON A FRIEND FROM SCHOOL WAS IN THIS BAND AND ARRANGED AN AUDITION FOR ME SINCE THEIR GUITARIST WAS HEADING OFF TO MEDICAL SCHOOL. THE BAND WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE WASHINGTON DC and MARYLAND AREA. THEY WERE PLAYING EVERY FRIDAY - SAT - SUN AT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DANCES. ALSO STARTING TO PLAY 6 NIGHTS A WEEK AT SOME OF THE DC NIGHT CLUBS. THE BAND PLAYED ALOT OF MOTOWN HITS AND HAD 3 SINGERS SOMETIMES 4 AND 2 DRUMMERS ALOMG WITH 3-4 PIECE HORN SECTION, THEY WERE THE FIRST REAL WORKING BAND I HOOKED UP WITH

 

 

 

 

 

 

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