Jimmie Bolado – guitar
Zeke Green – guitar
Jim Bisset – bass, sax
Mickey Drumm – drums (also Eddie Guererro – drums)
Jim Frizzell also was a member on guitar and keyboards before he joined the Chayns.
The Rel-Yea’s were young kids when they recorded their first two 45s on Wildcat Records in 1960.
Their second Wildcat single credits the band as “The Relyea’s From ‘The Ricci Ware Show’. Ricci Ware was a popular San Antonio DJ. Johnny Ware played sax with the group at times, I’m not sure if he was related to Ricci Ware. “Round Rock Boogie” includes someone named Ware as co-composer, but the Library of Congress registration only lists Zeke Green.
Beginning in 1963 the Rel-Yea’s released three singles on Kaye Records, which seems to have been their own label, located at 327 Shropshire Drive in San Antonio. The first of these is a fast instrumental by the band, “The Rugged Rock” b/w a version of “Good, Good Lovin'”.
“You Know How” is the second of their Kaye Records singles. Jim Bissett and Jimmie Bolado sang lead vocals.
I found a notice for the Rel-Yea’s playing at the Arcadia Theatre in Kerrville on April 17, 1964. Bruce Hathaway, DJ at KTSA in San Antonio is also on the notice. The Arcardia was the primary movie theater in Kerrville, but this is the only live band notice I’ve found so far. The former Rialto Theatre hosted a number of live events in 1967.
A full discography for the Rel-Yea’s is at Rockin’ Country Style, and you can see a few photos of the group at Mean Gene’s Bull Session blog. Jimmie Bolado’s Facebook page has a number of photos of the group, including many with famous country & pop stars of the day, including George Jones and Roy Orbison.
I’d like to know more about the group. The Rel-Yea’s continued into the mid and late ’60s but the recordings stopped around 1964.