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I’M LOOKING FOR SOME INFO …WKNR KENNER 13 SPONSERED A BATTLE OF THE BANDS..I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND AUG 26TH 1967..WE WERE CALLED THE WILD REQUIEM…I RECALL IT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND, AS THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF BANDS! GRATIOT AVE. A LARGE STRIP CENTER. WE WON AND IRONICLY THIS WAS THE FIRST BATTLE WERE THEY GAVE A BEST VOCAL AWARD…A 60.00 – 65.00 CHECK. I USED THE MONEY FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ON MY SUEDE FRINGE JACKET!! WE WON EVERY BATTLE IN MI, NEVER LOSING ONE! I’M PLANING ON A COME BACK! SPOKE WITH MY AGENT GEORGE GOSLING, HE RAN PYRYMID PRODUCTIONS OUT OF BC BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOVER. AFTER I QUIT THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION..1974-1977..6 PIECE SHOW BAND WITH 5 PART HARMONY, GEORGE KEPT CALLING ME FOR 5 YRS. RAND I HAVE 3 GROUPS WHO NEED YOU! THEY ALL WENT ON TO DO PLATINUM ALBUMS. 8 MONTHS AGO I FOUND HIM IN RENO, STILL BOOKING GROUPS. TRILLOGY BANDS. ONE IN PERTICULAR DOING A BEATLES GIG.BEFORE BEATLE MANIA CAME OUT, WE WERE DOING A BEATLE FLOOR SHOW. HOUR AND A HALF WITH 5 PART HARMONY. WHEN I CALLED GEORGE HE SAID RAND WE WERE JUST LISTNING TO YOUR BEATLES FLOOR SHOW. THE GUYS IM REPRESENTING ARE GOOD, BUT YOU SOUNDED GREAT!! CAN YOU STILL SING. I SANG A FEW LINES OVER THE PHONE, HE SAID GOOD LORD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND I’LL GET YOU BOOKED AT THE COLOSEUM IN CAL. 400,000 FOR 3 DAY WEEKEND! SO IF ANYONE CAN FIND INFO DETAILS OR PHOTO.S OF THAT BATTLE WKNR SPONSERED THAT WEEKEND OF THE 26TH, AUG 1967, THAT WOULD BE COOL AS HECK! THANKS SO MUCH RAND 830-629-2636
I’M LOOKING FOR SOME INFO …WKNR KENNER 13 SPONSERED A BATTLE OF THE BANDS..I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND AUG 26TH 1967..WE WERE CALLED THE WILD REQUIEM…I RECALL IT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND, AS THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF BANDS! GRATIOT AVE. A LARGE STRIP CENTER. WE WON AND IRONICLY THIS WAS THE FIRST BATTLE WERE THEY GAVE A BEST VOCAL AWARD…A 60.00 – 65.00 CHECK. I USED THE MONEY FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ON MY SUEDE FRINGE JACKET!! WE WON EVERY BATTLE IN MI, NEVER LOSING ONE! I’M PLANING ON A COME BACK! SPOKE WITH MY AGENT GEORGE GOSLING, HE RAN PYRYMID PRODUCTIONS OUT OF BC BRITISH COLUMBIA VANCOVER. AFTER I QUIT THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION..1974-1977..6 PIECE SHOW BAND WITH 5 PART HARMONY, GEORGE KEPT CALLING ME FOR 5 YRS. RAND I HAVE 3 GROUPS WHO NEED YOU! THEY ALL WENT ON TO DO PLATINUM ALBUMS. 8 MONTHS AGO I FOUND HIM IN RENO, STILL BOOKING GROUPS. TRILLOGY BANDS. ONE IN PERTICULAR DOING A BEATLES GIG.BEFORE BEATLE MANIA CAME OUT, WE WERE DOING A BEATLE FLOOR SHOW. HOUR AND A HALF WITH 5 PART HARMONY. WHEN I CALLED GEORGE HE SAID RAND WE WERE JUST LISTNING TO YOUR BEATLES FLOOR SHOW. THE GUYS IM REPRESENTING ARE GOOD, BUT YOU SOUNDED GREAT!! CAN YOU STILL SING. I SANG A FEW LINES OVER THE PHONE, HE SAID GOOD LORD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND I’LL GET YOU BOOKED AT THE COLOSEUM IN CAL. 400,000 FOR 3 DAY WEEKEND! SO IF ANYONE CAN FIND INFO DETAILS OR PHOTO.S OF THAT BATTLE WKNR SPONSERED THAT WEEKEND OF THE 26TH, AUG 1967, THAT WOULD BE COOL AS HECK! THANKS SO MUCH RAND 830-629-2636