Some of the recent updates and additions:

George Dilworth, drummer and vocalist for The Voxmen sent four photos of the band, including one with the Dave Clark Five.

D. Gordon Strickland gives a detailed history of his bands The Stains and Five Cards Stud.

Duke Freeman, bassist and lead vocalist for The Us Four talks about his time in the Louisville, Kentucky music scene.

Rob Hegel of the Ohio band Bittervetch sent in the previously unpublished photo above, which really captures the excitement of the early teen scene. Rob tells me this shot was “taken April of 1966 when Bittervetch played a concert to a capacity crowd at The Town Hall in Centerville, Ohio. This is the concert where The Chandells became Bittervetch and announced the release of their PIXIE single. My dad was an advertising guy in Dayton and he knew Mr. Freeman and everyone at the studio so we went there to record the record. MegaCity Music was the company that owned PIXIE.”

Bittervetch cut two great singles and a number of demos now collected on a Gear Fab release that I definitely recommend. Their website (www.robhegel.com/bittervetch.html) with an article by Mike Dugo is currently defunct.