The NYTE

The NYTE, Gary Jedlicka at bottom of photo

My name is Gary Jedlicka, I was the drummer in the band The NYTE:

Sandy Pantaleo – lead vocals
Bill Stevenson – lead guitar and vocals
Ben Ninnman – Hammond B3 with a Leslie and a piano bass, vocals.
Gary Jedlicka – drums and vocals

Second-to-last poster for the Other Place, with the Franklin Freight Train, The Genesis and The Nyte
Second-to-last poster for the Other Place, with the Franklin Freight Train, The Genesis and The Nyte

The NYTE organized in Greenville, North Carolina, sometime in 1967 as we were all students at East Carolina College (at that time, University now). I was, and still am, from New Jersey, Bill was from New Jersey, Sandy was from Long Island, and Benny was from Virginia. Strange how a bunch of Yankees got together and started a rock-n-roll band in North Carolina.

We played The Other Place in Nags Head, NC, on August 23-25, 1968. We may have been one of the last 2 or 3 bands to rock that place before it closed. I still have that awesome poster in perfect condition hanging on my wall near my original set of 1965 Grey Oyster Pearl Ludwig drums.

We established ourselves as a pretty good rock band and eventually got picked-up by Bowie Martin of Bomar Productions. He booked us at a lot of cool places relatively close to Greenville and we had a lot of great gigs. The Other Place was certainly one of them. We stayed in NC throughout the summers, playing gigs instead of heading up North after the last semester. The NYTE eventually broke up early 1969 because members moved onto other adventures in our lives.

One thought on “The NYTE”

  1. Great to hear from Gary. Super guy, great drummer. We did hit the sites to be had back then and made the most out of our college life. Thank you Gary for this post.
    Sandy Lead Singer “The Nyte”

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