Thanks to Pam Causey for the photo
The Lost Generation came from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and had one single on the Bofuz Enterprises label, “Let Me Out” / “They Tell Me” in 1966. Both sides are original songs.
“Let Me Out” has a great relaxed Stones feeling to it. Band members Michael Rhodes and Bob Keating wrote the song.
The flip is a different style, an echoing ballad that alternates harmonized verses with a mournful lead vocal. Mike Rhodes wrote this side.
John Herring sent in the photo above (courtesy of Pam Causey) and wrote to me about his career in music:
The personnel in the photo were the players on the Bofuz (Bonnie Fussel) record:
Bob Keating – lead vocals
Mike Rhodes – lead vocals
Ron Grassman – lead guitar
Ronnie Easley – rhythm guitar
John Herring – bass and vocals
Ronnie Schilling – drumsMike Rhodes went on to a career in broadcasting (radio & television) primarily doing Sports for WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge.
I later played bass and sang in a three-piece power group, The Joint Effort with lead guitarist Jerry Heinberg (Souls of The Slain) and drummer Jimmy Rink, before joining Danny Cohen (Casey Kelly) from The Greek Fountains and Joe Miceli (A.J.’s older brother and the drummer for John Fred and The Playboys) in an L.A.- based group who recorded on A&M Records as The Luziana Band.
The Luziana Band also had guitarist/songwriters Jeffrey Comanor and Sammy Rubin (ye olde Inn Crowd) at different times.
Contrary what you may read elsewhere, this is not the same Lost Generation who had a single on Tear Drop 3195: “Baby!” (Allan Green, Gary Green) / “Night Time (Makes You Lonely)” in October 1968. That group came from the area around Freeport, Texas, including West Columbia, Clute and Lake Jackson. The members were Leonard ‘Beak’ Johnson (lead vocalist), Willie Funderburg (lead vocalist), Gary Greene (lead guitar), Larry Beal (organ), Mike Roberts (bass) and Pat O’Leary (drums).
Great band! Love the two sided single! I wish more kids today could just know how great the music of the mid-60s was!
we started out as the silencers 5 at baird texas high school in 1964 at college it was changed to the lost generation. i played the organ and sang lead vocals. my cousin pat sadler played bass and fiddle. jay conley played lead don price played rythem and billy bollinger on drums.so much more to the story would take to long at this point. we did some recordings on an old reel to reel tape nothing never happened, we did open up a tour with the box tops. i must mention that pat came from a very musical family.he won a world championship in a contest about 1965 in kansas i think. i will add more later as time permits we were not connected in any way with the other lg band. thanks for now
John Herring is one of the best bass players I ever played with.
I, like Mike, Bob, John and Ronnie…rehearsed and played with The Lost Generation in 1964 – 1966…
I later booked and managed the Luziana Band with Joe, Sammy, John and Danny.
I am now the President, Executive Director and Founder of The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.
Sammy (and the Inn Crowd) and Joe (John Fred & the Playboy Band) are Inductees of the LMHOF…