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Subject: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: whistledog on 09/10/09 at 7:58 pm

Classic 60s band, who oddly enough had no hits in the UK ???

Formed in 1958 by Paul Revere and along with Mark Lindsay and several other players, they billed themselves as The Downbeats.  Upon landing a record deal in 1960, they changed their name to Paul Revere and the Raiders and took North America by storm with a string of successful hits.  In 1970 they shortened their name to The Raiders and scored their only US #1 hit with 'Indian Reservation'.

So what are your favourites?



PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS
1961 - Like, Long Hair
1965 - Steppin' Out
1966 - Just Like Me
1966 - Kicks
1966 - Hungry
1966 - The Great Airplane Strike
1966 - Good Thing
1967 - Ups and Downs
1967 - Him or Me, What's It Gonna Be
1967 - I Had A Dream
1967 - Peace of Mind
1968 - Talk Too Much
1968 - Don't Take it So Hard
1968 - Cinderella Sunshine
1969 - Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
1969 - Let Me
1969 - We Gotta All Get Together

THE RAIDERS
1970 - Just Seventeen
1970 - Gone Movin' On
1970 - Indian Reservation
1971 - Birds of A Feather
1972 - Country Wine
1972 - Powder Blue Mercedes Queen
1972 - Song Seller
1973 - Love Music


MARK LINDSAY
1970 - Arizona
1970 - Miss America
1970 - Silver Bird
1970 - And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
1971 - Problem Child
1971 - Been Too Long on the Road
1971 - Are You Old Enough

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: whistledog on 09/10/09 at 8:02 pm

My favourite is 'Kicks'. 

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: Badfinger-fan on 09/10/09 at 8:21 pm

did they have the coolest costumes or what  .  Indian Reservation gets my vote

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: Frank on 09/11/09 at 12:39 am

Kicks is my favorite of their songs. Hungry finishes second.

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: Paul on 09/11/09 at 5:39 pm

Anything from their 'golden period' (1965-67), but especially 'Him Or Me'...

Their choice of costumery and image was completely 'lost' on us Brits and they barely caused a ripple here...a great pity!

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: Michael C. on 09/12/09 at 6:15 pm

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I have a CD w/  2 Mark Lindsey Solo LP's.

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: Mushroom on 09/14/09 at 11:07 am

Wow, there are so many to choose from.

I am lucky enough to have seen them in concert 3 times.

The first was at the Western Idaho Fair, probably in 1975 or 1976.

I saw them again 10 years later in 1985 at Disneyland.

Then in 1999, I saw them at a free concert in the park in Palmdale, California.  They were the opening act for Johnny Rivers.

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/16/09 at 10:16 am

Very underrated band.


Anything from their 'golden period' (1965-67), but especially 'Him Or Me'...

Their choice of costumery and image was completely 'lost' on us Brits and they barely caused a ripple here...a great pity!

The costumes were, no doubt, their tongue-in-cheek way of trying to repel the British Invasion.  ;)



They actually had some good stuff after they ditched the costumes, revamped their lineup, and went towards a more hard rock direction in about 1968-69.

Let Me (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REj9ctsLRKc

Time After Time (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpHDCeti3Uo




Paul Revere still has a show at the Andy Williams Theater in Branson, Missouri. Every week I deliver down there and I always drive past the marquee with Paul's smiling mug up there right next to Andy.  ;D ;D ;D

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: hot_wax on 10/18/09 at 9:33 pm

I never liked the group, to phony, to commercial. I think Dick Clark owned them, every other week he had them on his Saturday Bandstand Show promoting them as much as possible hoping the kids would buy their records so he make millions off his investment. 

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 10/19/09 at 11:08 am


I never liked the group, to phony, to commercial. I think Dick Clark owned them, every other week he had them on his Saturday Bandstand Show promoting them as much as possible hoping the kids would buy their records so he make millions off his investment.  


Sorry HW, as much as I like you I had to "trick" you for that post...  ;D

Subject: Re: Paul Revere and the Raiders

Written By: ninny on 10/24/09 at 12:25 pm

They were a good band, I liked them as well as Jay & The Americans & Gary Puckett & the Union Gap.
Indian Reservation & Kicks are my favorite songs by them.

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