Rat Race Choir - RRC in G

[kirk0respite]

Man, I remember that drum set. If I remember correctly, RRC had a quadraphonic sound system.

[CJBAUMSR]

remember when they played at glenn island casino in pelham on tuesday nights. place was packed and .50 cent drafts in plastic ups. those were the days.

[captbss]

This was what I saw the first time I saw them and I am still impressed all these years later. They had the most talent but Twisted Sister & Zebra were the ones who got the record deals.

[mtc3000]

This song was called "G" way before being called Pathagorus.

[0Mike0Banks0]

pythagoras!!! great band as always and i would know cause of my dad

[djteleboy]

mark hitt is the shit

[ciacciom]

One time i said to mark "your drummer is awesome, he sings and plays the drums at the same time " and mark looked at me and said "yeah and he'd play this guitar and that bass also if we let him" They never got along with the huge ego.

[djteleboy]

what does that mean?

[mickeyg57]

HI Dave Mark ,SteveJack and Karen .... It;ss Gary B Bulldog I Misss You alll you were al are great friends..Hope to see Ya 's Again..... Bulldog or GarY  t

[polypman]

Unbelievable! The memories of seeing these guys on Long Island in the seventies. Mad Hatter, OBI, Three penny opera. Remember when they blew away Twisted Sister and other lesser bands at a battle of the bands in Commack arena. Loved all they did but I guess thier rendition of "Minstrel in the Gallery" was my favorite and the rare times they did "Won't get fooled again".

[stiehlreddog]

Mark is my hero!So thats how you rape a guitar and make it screem without a tremelo bar.I still can`t believe him.25 years after first seeing him at the riseing sun.I remember

when i was a teenager,i could`nt pick up my guitar the next day after watching him.He is that good. 

waiting for next torque cd mark! :^)

[glassslide]

Man--I grew up on these guys--they used to smoke at all these clubs in Westchester--killer band,Mark Hitt is a GREAT guitar player.

Good times--thanks guys!

[djteleboy]

great memories mark is so talented man...

[yostow]

I thought this song was called "Skeletron" ????

I used to see these guys play all the time years ago at the

Fore N' Aft chain of rock clubs in Westchester and Connecticut...

[drmrsdad]

Ohhh My God!!!! I used to see these guys all the time at the SOap Factory! And I used to love this tune, I always thought is was done by another band, One night I asked Mark who does this Song, "it's Ours" I flipped, I used to love the way they openend with Alaska! Man this brought back memeories!!!

What was the bass players name????

[FishingDudeGA]

Dave Chmela was the bass player. He still has RRC going with new members, as Mark and Steve are now in TorQue, among other things they're doing.

[mickeyg57]

Dave,Hope you see this, it;s GaryB. Gary K's friend ... Remember Thanksgiving at your Mom;s and foot ball over the mantle everySunday & The Briarpatch Days?? miss you guys, Say, Say Hi to Karen, Mark and Steve for me.... Missss Ya's Thanx, Gary {Bulldog}

[ironcandy]

You have given back to me something I thought I had lost forever. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

[CJBAUMSR]

@ironcandy

Me too!

i thought these guys were great back in the 70's

are they playing again?now

[pieman128]

This riff is a part of a song on the Torque cd that Mark and Steve did on the 103103 cd

[aloyisious]

They used to do a Tull, Zep and Who set. I always waited for this tune. They did a great version of The 7 Rays by Utopia as well

[barbararosephd]

Another AWESOME find. Where did you find this? I used to see them nightly & was very close to Dave - spoke to him last year. This is too cool. Thanks for the amazing memories!

[FishingDudeGA]

Yes, this is also known as "Pythagoras", Mark Hitt wrote the guitar part, and I think Larry McGowan and Dave Chemela wrote up the other parts.

Unbelieable that I'm seeing this after all these years, gosh what memories! "Speaks" on Long Island was the place I mostly saw them. Best band ever, IMHO!

Thanks for getting these out in the public, been trying to get their old stuff for years!

[inyonimama]

Thank you NyLawDog- Rat Race Choir is my all time favorite band! I have a few videos, tapes and cds in my collection along with some photos, newspaper articles and tons of stories. I was a groupie and still am!

Charlene

[tonidigi]

Wow!!! Did that just bring back some great memories!!

Thanks so much!!

[FrankieELP]

Great memories. Saw these guys back in the 70's at Pemoes in Yonkers and the Glen Island Casino. Best cover band ever. Thanks~ Frank

[orlandofriend]

Great stuff.... and nice camera work too.

[petenoon]

I can't thank you enough for posting these. It brings back such great memories. Anyone know what happened to the Hurricane Relief DVD Torque was supposed to come out with? I was looking forward to that.

[deltarising]

NyLawdog, you rule. I thought this stuff was lost.

[NyLawDog]

TonyGaltieri (15 hours ago)

This is called Pathagorus.

Thanks for posting all these. I have a few shows on vid /dvd. Im friends with these guys and even took lessons from Steve way back in the day. :O)

Best,

~Tony~

PS: Check out Steve and Mark in TorQue also

[tripleeff]

to ny lawdog are you also known as tony the taper from tarrytown ny.

[NyLawDog]

no just a fan from CA now.

[TonyGaltieri]

This is called Pathagorus.

Thanks for posting all these. I have a few shows on vid /dvd. Im friends with these guys and even took lessons from Steve way back in the day. :O)

Best,

~Tony~

PS: Check out Steve and Mark in TorQue also.

[NyLawDog]

Thanks