Category Archives: Nashville (Starday)

Categories: Nashville (Starday), Ohio, Starday, Xenia

GT’s from Dayton, Ohio

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GTs Xenia Daily Gazette Feb. 21, 1967
The GTs in the Xenia Daily Gazette Feb. 21, 1967

GT's Nashville 45 Bad GirlThe GTs came from Dayton, Ohio. Members were:

John Boerstler
Eddie Wells
Brenda Bishop
Mary McCartney
Bruce Larson

The Xenia Daily Gazette featured a photo of the band in February, 1967 for their date at the Blue Moon Ballroom.

A 1966 single “Bad Girl” and “Farewell Faithless Farewell” on Nashville NV-5302 is reputed to be by this band, however neither song was written by a member of the group. Cathryn Wright wrote “Farewell, Faithless, Farewell” while “Bad Girl” was written by Earl Isble, listed in March, 1966 copyright registration as Earl Roger Isble. Tronic BMI published both songs.

The 45 was a Starday Recording and Publishing production, so the band only had to send their tape in, not travel to Tennessee.

GT's Nashville 45 Farewell Faithless Farewell

Categories: Nashville, Nashville (Starday), Not garage, Starday

Carol Chakarian “Put Your Accent on Love” on Nashville

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Carol Chakarian Nashville 45 Put Your Accent On Love

Carol Chakarian lets loose with a great vocal on “Put Your Accent on Love”. Not ‘garage’ music, but a pop song in a country style. Hear an excerpt.

The flip is the more sedate “Lost in This World of Love”, both songs written by Phil DeWolf, publishing by Tronic BMI. Released in 1965 on Nashville 5242, “A Tommy Hill Starday Studio Production”.

I can’t find any info on Chakarian or DeWolf.

Categories: Martin, Nashville, Nashville (Starday), Starday, Tennessee, Unknown

The Kenetics

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The Kenetics 45 is one of my very favorites in all garageland. The band may have been from Martin, Tennesee, three hours drive west of Nashville near the Kentucky and Missouri borders.

Buddy Deason wrote both the songs featured here, but I don’t know any other members’ names.

“Put Your Loving on Me” starts out with a simple riff then moves to barre chords over sustained organ notes and drum rolls, then launches into a catchy progression for the chorus where the band chants “Baby, baby put your loving on me.” When the verse starts the band lays off every other repetition while the lead singer hiccups his pleas to this chick. Otherwise the verse and chorus are identical. No bridge, just a simple solo break and it’s back to the chorus and verse pattern again. The instruments are finely balanced and there’s a nice echo applied to the vocals that blends with the organ.

“Jo Ann” is a throwback to an earlier era. The band tries hard to make the song work, but it falls flat compared to the top side.

Nashville was a custom label of Starday, based out of Madison, just outside Music City. The 45 was pressed at the nearby Columbia Records plant indicated by the dead wax “ZTSB-128084/5” in 1967.