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Paul Revere And The Raiders


The leader of one of the most colorful bands in Rock history was born Paul Revere Dick on January 7th, in Harvard, Nebraska, and grew up in Boise, Idaho. His high school buddies, the leather clad biker crowd, called him "River." After graduation, Revere went to barber college, opened his own shop, and eventually started a drive-in restaurant, The Reed 'n' Bell, in Caldwell, Idaho. In his spare time he played keyboards in local bands and performed at community venues. One night, a sixteen year old lad named Mark Lindsay asked if he could sing on stage with the band, where he impressed the others enough to land a permanent spot in the group. By they had evolved into The Downbeats, a name taken from the Jazz magazine, and played local high school dances and sock hops.

In late Revere took his band to a small recording studio in the area where they cut a half dozen tracks and began shopping them around. In early he landed at the Gardena Records pressing plant of John Guss, who not only agreed to cut a record from Revere's tape, but suggested a name change to Paul Revere And The Nightriders. Revere rejected the name, but later settled on Paul Revere And The Raiders, which was the name that appeared on the group's first single, a boogie woogie

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