Where Were You October 7, 1966?-- Part 1

Yesterday, Bob Stroud TimeWarped us back to that date, October 7th for 1966 and then jumped ahead ten years to 1976 for the second half of the three hour show.  I always like these trips back.  Brings back lots of memories.

October 7th of 1966, I was a sophomore at Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois, after having been a freshman at Fremd High School in the same village.  We were the first sophomores at the school since Fremd had been built and turned into the freshman-sophomore school for Palatine.  They were in the process of splitting the two schools.  I was starting wrestling practice and running the halls to get in shape.

The construction workers were still working on the new addition to Palatine so classes were forever being interrupted by work sounds.

DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON/ GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY--  MITCH RYDER & DETROIT WHEELS--  Hit Bound.  A medley they had put together.  "Devil" had originally been a Motown song by Shorty Long and "Molly" was a Little Richard classic.  (Was there ever a better Garage/Frat Rock band?)
SEE SEE RIDER--  ANIMALS--  Their version of an old R&B hit.  Mitch Ryder had a version of it out earlier in the year, but called it "Jenny Take a Ride."  (When Stroud played this one, at first I thought it was another Mitch Ryder song, but it just didn't quite sound right.)

MR. SPACEMAN--  BYRDS--  (Was this a "druggie" song?)
THE GREAT AIRPLANE STRIKE--  PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS--  (A song about a real airplane strike.  About 35,000 airline employees at five airlines went on strike July 8th to August 19th, right in the middle of the summer flying season.  "If I can't leave here, I just might stay here.")

Taking me Back.  --RoadDog


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