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The Everly Brothers played the Lakeside Ballroom in Glenwood in the late 50's a couple of times on their way to stardom on Ed Sullivan and American Bandstand. Their music and music style influenced the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys and the BeeGees. If none of those ring familiar to you, you're too young to be reading this.
What is not widely known is the brothers were old car aficionados. Gus Hanzlik was the bartender (Colas and Squirt on teen nights) and the brothers asked if there were any old cars around. Gus pointed them to Lowry. So Wednesday morning after the Tuesday teen night gig at Lakeside, the brothers showed up in Lowry in their tour bus for breakfast at the Dahl House and a trailer loaded up something that was stored in Hank Brandt's garage. Bob Bennett's Model A. Bob was in the process of restoring the old Ford, but I guess Don & Phil charmed him out of it.
A brief brush with the soon to be famous. Don't know the negotiated pricetag but Bob's daughter got autographs.
I don't know if that pair really loved old cars or just went around the country like American Pickers, hauling old vehicles back to CA and flipping them for an easy profit. Whatever the case, I'd like to know where that old car ended up.
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| Everly Brothers luxury tour bus parked next to Ben Rice's shop in Lowry |
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If anyone knows who Bob acquired the Model A from, please chime in.
ReplyDeleteDavid, I never knew who Dad got the Model A from but it was from someone fairly local. Maybe it was one of his fuel oil customers?
ReplyDeleteThe money from this sale must have been to his satisfaction since he had gotten it to restore and then sell. He didn't try to do another so that was the end of that!
Can you all imagine the teenaged Bennett sisters hanging around the driveway drooling over the Everly Brothers who never even glanced our way. They'd had all of that they craved from the night before in the Lakeside and we were too young to have attended!
As I remember, their manager, business agent, or someone traveling with them was the one who bought the car. We can’t picture it ever in Hank’s garage but remember Dad working on the car in the (new) garage by the house as opposed to our (very old) garage in the alley next to Hank’s garage.
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I have a vision of the car being pulled out onto Drury Ave. Thought it came from Hank's but this could be faulty memory on my part. A high probability at this point in my life.
DeleteI noticed the Jim Gordon autograph, so looked him up to make sure he was the same Jim Gordon who was a studio musician, playing on recordings of multiple 60s and 70s rock albums, including George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass", John Lennon's "Imagine", albums by Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Beach Boys, Monkees, Neil Young, Buddy Guy, Byrds, Barbra Streisand, etc., etc. and was part of Derek and the Dominoes (and a Grammy co-winner with Eric Clapton for the song "Layla"). Unfortunately, he was a schizophrenic convicted of murdering his grandmother in 1983.
ReplyDeleteAs noted in the attached link, he began his professional career as a drummer in 1963 with the Everly Brothers.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/jim-gordon-the-man-rock-roll-forgot/
Correction - He murdered his mother, not his grandmother.
DeleteAlso a Sonny Curtis autograph. Sonny was an early member of Buddy Holly's band the Crickets, wrote "Walk Right Back" (recorded by the Everly Brothers), "I Fought the Law" and the theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore Show".
ReplyDeleteHe is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame since 1991, and a 2012 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Crickets.
There were some very influential musicians that day in Lowry. It was my bad luck to be out of town when they visited.
Wow. Thanks for the color commentary. Appreciate it. I'll have to let Roberta know of her treasure trove.
DeleteThis would have been in July 1965. $2.00 admission (outrageous!) - No shorts, pedal pushers or jeans (Wouldn't that be a violation of constitutional rights?)
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