Chessmen - You can't catch me - 1966 ( Wild 60's Garage Punk!! )

* Chessmen - You can't catch me - 1966 *
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The Chessmen were from Fort Wayne Indiana and were originally formed in 1964 under the name "The Telecasters". The original members were the founder and leader of the group, Jon Finchum, drums , Chuck Weick, bass guitar, Phil Motley, rhythm guitar, and Steve Griebel, lead guitar. The name change to the Chessmen took place in 1965 with the addition of a fifth band member, Kevin Evans playing the organ. The group, collectively, wrote "You Can't Catch Me" in early 1966 and recorded it on the Phalanx label that same summer. Phil left for college in the fall of '66 for 2 years and was replaced by Al Crowe. Phil returned in 1968 and rejoined the group. Near that same time, Chuck left the group and was replaced by Mike Geise on bass guitar. One of the most memorable moments for the Chessmen, aside from hearing their song being played on the local area radio stations, was a guest appearance on the WPTA Television teen program called "21 A-Go-Go" where they played 3 songs. The end came for the Chessmen in 1969 when 3 of the 5 members, Phil, Kevin and Steve were called to duty in Vietnam. All returned safely, but their days as members of a band were now behind them. Jon Finchum and Mike Geise, however, went on to perform with a very popular group known by 2 names: Peace & Love and their alter-ego stage name "Snake and the Armpits".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Chessmen
• You
• can't
• catch
• me
• 1966
• Wild
• 60
• Garage
• Punk

[billygarage]

IL TESTO SI TROVA? :/

[Cavegirl66]

@billygarage

forse.. chi sei??

[Sabb99GL]

You might not believe me, but my dad is on Rhythm guitar in this song, thanks so much for uploading it.

[Cavegirl66]

@Sabb99GL

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! This is fantastici!!! ^^

[stevengolfs]

@Sabb99GL ...............Then your dad's name must be Phil. I'm the lead guitar player in this record, and Phil and I go back many, many years. We had a lot of fun writing and recording this with John, Chuck and Kevin.

Say hi to your dad for me!

Steve G

[snarci]

mungetta sound....

[WickedTornado]

@stevengolfs Where were you guys out of?

[gwugluud]

@penguinworm Yeah, not a single break-dancer in this whole vid. Man, the 60s really sucked. Nobody shaved their heads so they could look like Curly Howard back then, either. Boy, what a square decade.

[mickeymousebiker1]

Pure garage sound, energetic twisting, wholesome clean-cut kids, monsters from the surf. Yeah, 1960s Pop culture all the way, baby.

[mickeymousebiker1]

All fuzzed up and everywhere to go-go, baby! This one's for you guys: Lenny Kaye and Little Steven.

[gotanigo]

@Sabb99GL Cool! :-)

[gotanigo]

great stuff, thanks for uploading!

[penguinworm]

Being a good dancer was so much easier back in the day. Because everyone sucked.

[crashingtingler]

When a band can still comment on their own material on youtube, (and still be fuckin rad) id say thats a cool band.