  Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 134 Registered: 09-2007 |
Please share your memories of Detroit high school dances featuring performances by musicians that went on to national/international fame. This is going to be great! | ||
Mother_earth Member Username: Mother_earth Post Number: 10 Registered: 09-2007 |
Chuckjav, my memories are of the Reflections of "Romeo and Juliet" hit. I knew Hunter Benny personally, he was one of the originals. I remember going to the Gay Haven Club and seeing lot of groups. Great memories. | ||
Jelk Member Username: Jelk Post Number: 4644 Registered: 10-2003 |
I remember when Clint Howard sold me answers to a Latin exam in the mens room. That was pretty cool. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 149 Registered: 09-2007 |
Mother Earth....thanks for the Reflections memories. Just wondering if you could remember some names and biographies regarding the group; I want to add it to their Wikipedia page. Big Thanks | ||
Mother_earth Member Username: Mother_earth Post Number: 12 Registered: 09-2007 |
http://www.reflections-music.c om/ Here you go Chuckjav, you can get lots of information along with photos to look at. You are welcome. I noticed Hunter Bennie went by the name of Dan Bennie in the group. I do not know when he left and was replaced. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 152 Registered: 09-2007 |
Thank you Motherearth. Anyone else with stories of musical acts that hit the big time after sharpening their skills at Detroit high school sock-hops? | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1687 Registered: 08-2006 |
Didn't the Who do a performance at Southfield High? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 2900 Registered: 10-2003 |
My dad said Pink Floyd played at his high school, Catholic Central. It was very early on for them, and he said the kids just didn't get it. Everybody ended up outside to get away from the crazy racket. Sounds like a nonsense story, but he isn't one to make things up, so who knows. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 442 Registered: 05-2004 |
The Bouys were a couple of U of D and St. Mary Redford guys who were pretty popular at sock hops in the late 60's. They tried out a new amp in my basement party in '66. The party turned out to be a sweat box and I'm surprised the house didn't shake off the foundation. I still know one of the original Reflections. They were the first "white" Motown group. Vanilla Fudge came much later. | ||
Winstin_o_boogie_iii Member Username: Winstin_o_boogie_iii Post Number: 94 Registered: 02-2007 |
Cambrian-right you are: Source: http://www.thewholive.de/ "In 1967 I was only 14 years old. I was a sophomore in high school. The high school I attended, Southfield High School, is in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Who performed in our gymnasium in November of that year. There were probably about 1,000 people at that show. There were two opening acts at this particular concert. They were both local Detroit bands that I had seen many times in the local clubs. One band, The Unrelated Segments, went on to total obscurity. The other band, The Amboy Dukes, had a young guitar player who was pretty amazing. His name...Ted Nugent. Anyway, what I remember from that concert is being totally overwhelmed. I was probably about 30 feet from the stage. Keith was on fire. I remember shattered drumsticks flying 10-20 rows deep into the audience. Pete was amazing, and Roger with that spinning microphone, it was unforgettable. I remember Magic Bus, Can't Explain, I Can See For Miles, Happy Jack and a host of others. What I remember most was the total destruction of the stage during My Generation. It was fantastic. I was hooked on The Who. The attached pictures appeared in the 1968 Southfield High School yearbook. I have told this story to many people, and most don't believe me. These pics are the only proof I have." | ||
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn Post Number: 319 Registered: 10-2003 |
At Bishop Foley High School, we didn't get any bands that would score big national hits, but we did have a number of notable Detroit musicians--a revamped Frijid Pink, Sonic's Rendezvous Band with Fred stoned out and doing his high wire act along the side of the stage as well Scott Morgan and Scott Asheton bashing it out, the Motor City Mutants in their heyday, and a number of Bishop Foley classmates who would later contribute to Detroit local rock such as the teenage Mr. Clemma and with bands like R.U.R., Rhythm Corps, and 3D Invisibles. Also our class song was the MC5's "High School", which fortunately beat out by popular vote Paul Anka's "Time of Our Lives." All in all, rock n roll was alive and well at that Catholic high school back in the day. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 154 Registered: 09-2007 |
Thanks Cambrian & W-O-B....The WHO at Southfield High School, totally mind-boggling; I would never have believed it. I mean, by 1967, The WHO was already freaking huge! Xd-brklyn...Frijid Pink was pretty hip & happening too. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1689 Registered: 08-2006 |
I attended high school there 20 years after that and it wasn't common knowledge. Not a cool place at all by that time. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1633 Registered: 03-2006 |
Kiss played at Cadillac high School | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 157 Registered: 09-2007 |
Cambrian....that's for sure - Oak Park too. |
