AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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APRIL 8 SHOW
SHOW PLAYLIST
Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Live) - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Cinnamon Cinder - 1
- Surfin’ Surfari - Beach Boys
- The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher
- Poison Ivy - The Coasters
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddy Cannon
- Cinnamon Cinder (it’s A Very Nice Dance) - The Pastel Six
Cinnamon Cinder 2
- Over and Over - Bobby Day
- Hippy Elevator Operator - The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band
- Fingertips, Part 2 - Stevie Wonder
- You Broke It - Joey Paige
Cinnamon Cinder 3
- Little Latin Lupe Lu - The Righteous Brothers
- Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
- Surf City - Jan & Dean
- Forget It Baby - The Mark Four
- I Want To Take You Higher - Ike and Tina Turner
Cinnamon Cinder 4
- Rock & Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield
- Just Let Go - The Seeds
- Little Honda - The Hondells
- I Wonder - The Ronettes
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do? - The Rising Sons (Taj Mahal/Ry Cooder)
Cinnamon Cinder 5
- Big Boy Pete (Live, from Mojo Workout CD) - Paul Revere & The Raiders
- Mama Said - The Shirelles
- Shut Down - The Rip Chords
- Western Movies - The Olympics
- Wild One (Real Wild Child) - Jerry Lee Lewis
Cinnamon Cinder 6
- Land of a Thousand Dances - Cannibal & The Headhunters
- Touch Me - The Doors
- Song For Jutta - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Needles and Pins - Jackie DeShannon
Cinnamon Cinder 7
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Thou Shall Not Steal - Dick & Dee Dee
- Sand - Clear Light
- Let’s Dance - Chris Montez
- Great Balls of Fire - Royale Monarchs
Cinnamon Cinder 8
- Treat Her Right - Roy Head
- Back Against The Wall - B.J. Thomas
- Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - The Rivingtons
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
- Fever (Live, from Mojo Workout CD) - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Live) - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Cinnamon Cinder - 1
- Surfin’ Surfari - Beach Boys
- The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher
- Poison Ivy - The Coasters
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddy Cannon
- Cinnamon Cinder (it’s A Very Nice Dance) - The Pastel Six
Cinnamon Cinder 2
- Over and Over - Bobby Day
- Hippy Elevator Operator - The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band
- Fingertips, Part 2 - Stevie Wonder
- You Broke It - Joey Paige
Cinnamon Cinder 3
- Little Latin Lupe Lu - The Righteous Brothers
- Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
- Surf City - Jan & Dean
- Forget It Baby - The Mark Four
- I Want To Take You Higher - Ike and Tina Turner
Cinnamon Cinder 4
- Rock & Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield
- Just Let Go - The Seeds
- Little Honda - The Hondells
- I Wonder - The Ronettes
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do? - The Rising Sons (Taj Mahal/Ry Cooder)
Cinnamon Cinder 5
- Big Boy Pete (Live, from Mojo Workout CD) - Paul Revere & The Raiders
- Mama Said - The Shirelles
- Shut Down - The Rip Chords
- Western Movies - The Olympics
- Wild One (Real Wild Child) - Jerry Lee Lewis
Cinnamon Cinder 6
- Land of a Thousand Dances - Cannibal & The Headhunters
- Touch Me - The Doors
- Song For Jutta - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Needles and Pins - Jackie DeShannon
Cinnamon Cinder 7
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Thou Shall Not Steal - Dick & Dee Dee
- Sand - Clear Light
- Let’s Dance - Chris Montez
- Great Balls of Fire - Royale Monarchs
Cinnamon Cinder 8
- Treat Her Right - Roy Head
- Back Against The Wall - B.J. Thomas
- Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - The Rivingtons
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
- Fever (Live, from Mojo Workout CD) - Paul Revere & The Raiders
This Week's
"DEEP DIVE"
CINNAMON CINDER and
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TEEN NIGHT CLUBS
This week's show will feature artists who played at the club
in the early days of their careers.
KRLA DJ Bob Eubanks opened his first CINNAMON CINDER Teen Night Club location in North Hollywood on December 6, 1962, with a show by The Beach Boys. He eventually had locations in Long Beach, Alhambra, San Diego, San Bernardino, and Fresno. (There were other clubs around the country, including Alaska, that used the same name, but they were not affiliated with Bob.) With changing times and Bob getting tired of working 24/7, he closed all of the clubs between 1965 and 1967, with only the Long Beach location continuing to operate after his partner took it over.
The North Hollywood location was picked up by Dick Clark in 1969, who opened a Country & Western club called the V.I.S. Club (for "Very Important Singers"). Why country, and not rock and roll? As he told the L.A. Times: "Country music, along with soul music, is the biggest trend in the music business today. I've always like country music. People don't know I was a country music disc jockey for a while before I ever became involved with rock and roll."
One of the first artists to play there was Raider Freddy Weller, who as a solo artist, had the country hit GAMES PEOPLE PLAY, produced by Mark, and which got Freddy signed to a separate contract on Columbia Records.
OOH POO PAH DOO - Mark opened the show with this live Raiders tune (recorded in late 1964), which was their fourth single on Columbia Records, and they played it at their CINNAMON CINDER shows. It's included on this out of print 3-CD set containing ALL of the Raiders Columbia Records single releases - and you can get a copy personally autographed to you HERE. It also has a 24-page liner note booklet with interviews and recording notes.
If you listen to this and Big Boy Pete, which Mark played in the fifth set, it's obvious that he was tearing up his voice with unmitigated screaming. THAT resulted in him getting a nodule on his vocal cords, which he had successfully removed after those recording sessions.
Then, a vocal coach re-trained Mark on how to sing without destroying his voice. She knew he'd never stop screaming completely, so suggested he alternate breathiness with all-out singing, and you can hear the product of that training on Just Like Me, contributing to Mark's unique style.
If you listen to this and Big Boy Pete, which Mark played in the fifth set, it's obvious that he was tearing up his voice with unmitigated screaming. THAT resulted in him getting a nodule on his vocal cords, which he had successfully removed after those recording sessions.
Then, a vocal coach re-trained Mark on how to sing without destroying his voice. She knew he'd never stop screaming completely, so suggested he alternate breathiness with all-out singing, and you can hear the product of that training on Just Like Me, contributing to Mark's unique style.
SURFIN' SURFARI - Mark started the first set with the Beach Boys and the early hit they would have played at the CINNAMON CINDER'S opening. Here's how they appeared in 1962, and this is the demo version:
CINNAMON CINDER THEME SONG - Mark closed the first set with this 1963 Russ Regan-penned hit (#17), and it resulted in an album for the "seven swinging guys."
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CRAZY HORSE TEEN CLUB - In between the first and second set, Mark talked about the short-lived club that Paul Revere had opened in Boise. His insistence on a dress code like the one Bob had at CINNAMON CINDER didn't go down well with the Idaho kids who wouldn't give up their jeans, which were prohibited at the club. After the Raiders recorded LOUIE LOUIE, Paul moved back to Boise, and the rest of the band followed. Steve West stayed with Charlie Coe, who was now the bass player in the band, and they spent the early summer as the house band, before Steve quit to go back to Portland and finish high school. The Raiders were replaced at the club by a local group called The Chancellors.
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TERI BROWN - In between the second and third sets, Mark introduced his old friend Teri, who came to work for Bob and ran much of the clubs' business. Old friend, you say? If you listened to last week's show about Mark running into Pete Townshend in the parking lot of a friend's apartment building, that friend to whom Mark had given a copy of LOUIE GO HOME was Teri. Her father was a record executive and she's the niece of big band leader Les Brown. Teri was an integral part of the success of the chain of CINNAMON CINDERS, and she went on to form TBA Network, which books, manages, and markets artists. |
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IKE & TINA TURNER - Mark closed the third set with I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER. Here's a poster from 1965 when they appeared at the CINNAMON CINDER in Long Beach, and most likely did a second show in North Hollywood, as that was Bob Eubank's usual booking practice.
BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL - In between the fifth and sixth sets, Mark told the story of how Bob Eubanks came to promote the August 1964 Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The group held a press conference the day before at CINNAMON CINDER.
TOUCH ME - Mark played this song by The Doors in the sixth set, and here's a photo of Jim Morrison on stage at CINNAMON CINDER.
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