The Cordell’s…Big Gig…Bellevue YMCA!
The year was 1966, our first real band … P.J. Wehrli joins the band. P.J. was a few years older and already had a job working at the YMCA in Bellevue. One day P.J. came to rehearsal with big news, he said I think I can get us a gig at the Bellevue YMCA teen … Read more
Pittsburgh Thunder … Street Corner Harmony
It was a Car Cruise, it was a Drag Strip, it was a Burn Out Competiton, it was a Street Corner Harmony throw down in the Parking Lot of Three Rivers Stadium … but it ended up just another Pittsburgh Historic DooWop Blast! It all started with an event by Triple “J” Productions (three guys … Read more
Nick’s Fat City… it was a Happening Place!
Nick’s Fat City … it was our Happening Place in Da ‘Burgh… right here on Da ‘Sousside. It had a New York feel, it had the atmosphere, the Hip Crowd and some of the best live music in Pittsburgh! Growing up in Pittsburgh as a musician was like being in Paradise… Night Clubs in every … Read more
Ben E King Solo Career … Thanks George
As many know, in 1958, Ben E. King was a member of the Five Crowns. George Treadwell, who was the manager of the Drifters, fired the members of the Original Drifters and hired the Five Crowns as the New Drifters … known as the Ben E. King Era of the Drifters. Ben was the new … Read more
Geneva-on-the-Lake 1960’s … A Rock n’ Roll Paradise!
Our band was going through some changes … we were playing a lot of gigs outside of Pittsburgh and had the chance to play at Geneva-on-the Lake, Ohio … a Rock n’ Roll Paradise! Our good friends, the Jaggerz, were killing it at the Lake Erie hotspot and we heard stories about the music scene. … Read more
An Evening With The Vogues
For several Years I had a Restaurant at the PNC Ball Park, Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the place to be in da ‘Burgh for years. A meeting place for sports figures as well as musicians. The restaurant had a separate room for musicians to get together to play and sing, called Atria’s … Read more