Just to cool.

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Include The Tabard as a late sixties venue which later became a medical supply store on Dorr St.
The Cave on Sylvania Ave. west of Secor was initially the Almond Cookie run my Marty and Kathy Baez in 67-68.
local bands like Kraak and regional acts like The MC5 and The Pack minus Terry Knight

TRAFFIC

There has been a lot of activity here @ Toledorocks.com blog lately.
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THANK YOU!  
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I looked at the " STATS" and thought I'd share them with yall'

This is truly exciting!

"Keep them cards & letters coming in folks!"

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Be sure to check out the new comments under 

" NEW INFO &  EMAIL FROM RANDY FOLEY

Any info?

Are you a familiar with a band called the Eighties (or “the 80's”?)?   I believe
they were from the Toledo area (back in the 1980s) and had a single called “Tough
World” or “Cruel World” or “Living in a Tough World”.

TOLEDO ROCKS WEBSITE

http://toledorocks.com 

http://www.themods.us/

http://www.struffandterry.com/

http://www.seapeace.org/donglenn/donbio.html  

http://www.musicnotesandquotes.com/JonPonemanFeature.htm

 

The House of Lords?

I was reading your Toledo Rocks blog and 

I was wondering  if you remember the band,
 The House of Lords? 

It was Gary Jackson, John Sedlak,

can't remember bass players
name and Mike Lamb played the drums 

for them. 

I was wondering if it is the same Mike
Lamb that died of cancer.

Been looking for 

those guys for a long time now.

Wondering
what happened to them. 

Any info will be appreciated!

Thanks,

Sandra

 The bass players name was Fred Kenngott 

I know because that is me.

I can't belive that the "House of Lords"

showed up on a website anywhere. 
What a wonder this WWW is.

Fred Kenngott

A winters day

Over four decades ago,there was a place called 29 S. Erie at 29 S. Erie St. here in Toledo,That exists today.All those days have seen many changes come and go,Some,hardly noticed.For a few of my friends and I The music and the people makin' it at 29S. Erie were truly experimental as a"coffee house" and venue of Bawdy jams from Gypsy Blue,Pork and Beans,through the haze I can't see more,but I know there indeed there were "n" are other groups.But it is the individuals that stick to my ribs Lothar,Bruton,Pig,Dave Briner,Lee Gillenkirk,Bill Bromley,Tom Trudeau,Joe Misch,Kim Greenley,Kelsey Moore,And many that were there when I couldn't or wasnt able to make it. That time in the winter of '69 was a study in bleedin ears and exotic visuals like wet shows and strobes jus' like Frisco or was it truly their idea.There's been many revelations "n" revolutions since.The Pythian Castle brought us Don Glenn along with groups like Elan Vital,Midnight Apothecary,Ruby Dee,and Blues Confidential.People who endure as well,Rick Thomas,Bob Chapman,Rick"n"Randy Oswald,Tony Candella and Ray, oh can't remember his last name,guitarist from Blues Confidential,had a gold top Les Paul sounded ssooo sweet. Don't for get about the all night jams at the Gigilo where I first saw and heard the likes of Dennis"Pudgie" Gwynne,that might have been before Yazoo,can't remember.Ya know maybe I'll remember more,later.  
                                                                                                                    Yours,
                                                                                                                     Ed Decko

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Gipsy Blue was a blend of Gipsy Moth, Don's group out of BG and US Blue's which was Chuck's group. This must have been about 1968. Don was drafted about 1969. Used to go through alot of Cymbols etc in those days when instruments got torn up. Kept JJ Rinehart in business :-)
Kraak must have come after Don left.
Lightshow consisted of two rented carousels and one mfged and rigged bright 100w light forever breaking the lenses boiling bubbling beautiful oil/ food colored backdrop :-)
Found your site trying to recall the name of the coffee house prior to it being called 29 S.E. I recall the interior construction of stage and projection booth.

FRESH START COFFEE HOUSE 

Ed Decko said... in response to Randy Foley

IT was,I believe,Randy,The Gigilo"all night jams" that which is caught in the folds of your mind.Where I recall,having braved the Ottawa Hills PD,one could well have seen the inspirational jammer-xcitr Dennis"pudgie"Gwynne,with his gold top Les Paul tryin to shred the speakers of a Plush amp.About that time he was with Yazoo and soon to be Art Attack.Also I recall the Cave on Sylvania west of Secor Rd.,how bout the Carousel I think that was on Central by Douglas.Did you remember Pork and Beans playin At 29 S. Erie they were there several times.They also played at JJ Reinhart's music store at Miracle Mile in the parkin lot.They played a major role in the clean up of the Ottawa Park ampitheater,long before the city poured the new stage,think that was spring '69.I think Tony Candela was with Blues Confidential in their prime.which was Pythian Castle time.You could see Them and Ruby Dee.Elan Vital.Midnight Apothecary,Allegion Fields,and then go next door and see Terry Cooper at the Country Palace.That's all for now.We should be interested in the road we've laid for our proginy to travel.

January 27, 2010 9:30 PM