The Troyes:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180171036351
Their label, Phalanx, was based out of Portage and released a bunch of great singles.
Looking at that photo, I like to pretend that those dudes are all Sinatras dads and uncles…
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And their hit was "Rainbow Chaser" not "rainbow cheaser." Although I love the idea of rainbow cheese…
That's my Uncle Burl!
Not really.
Been trying to find the band member’s names online. No luck.
Maybe I’m the drummer’s Lousy Neighbor!
only garage rocker in my family
Tho’ Dusty has some amazing connections in his… one unbeknownst to him only months ago!
Never heard about the Troyes (I discovered the post while I was listening to Del Shannon!). Dug this conversation up trying to investigate history and member names myself:
http://www.garagepunk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=303719&highlight=&sid=56ab8c353f08ef7224040ac3d038786d
Sounds like they’re somewhat known and revered among the ‘60’s garage-rock collector kooks - I suppose a quick email to Freddy Fortune could get a lot of our questions answered… or I can wait for the unreleased LP reish, if it stays on the Dionysus release schedule.
'60's BC rock'n'roll memories
Provided here by a member of a B.C. band called the Pastels:
http://home.unet.nl/kesteloo/pastels.html
Crowds ranged from 200 to 600 in size! We was ROCKIN’!
If this band has Portage
Derf
Karl, did you know that Fred posts as Derf to the garagepunk.com forums? That’s him.
Yeah Fred is Derf on the
Yeah Fred is Derf on the Garage Punk boards.