Paul Revere & the Raiders - Steppin' Out (Robin Seymour's Swingin' Time)

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Paul Revere and the Raiders is an American rock band that saw enormous mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and earlier 1970s, best-known for hits like "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" (1971), "Steppin' Out" & "Just Like Me" (1965), "Kicks" (1966) (ranked #400 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time) , "Let Me" (1969), and "Hungry" (1966).

Initially located in Boise, Idaho, the Raiders started as an instrumental rock outfit led by organist Paul Revere (born Paul Revere Dick on January 7, 1938). In his early twenties, Revere already owned several restaurants in Caldwell, Idaho and first met singer Mark Lindsay (born March 9, 1942, Eugene, Oregon) while picking up hamburger buns from the bakery where Lindsay worked (this circumstance was later referred to in the tongue-in-cheek song "Legend of Paul Revere"). Lindsay joined Revere's band in 1958. Originally called The Downbeats, they changed their name to Paul Revere & The Raiders in 1960 on the eve of their first record release for Gardena Records. The band scored their first Pacific Northwest hit in 1961, with "Like, Long Hair." The song had enough national appeal that it peaked at #38 in the Billboard charts on April 17, 1961. When Revere was drafted for military service, he became a conscientious objector and worked at a mental institution for a year-and-a-half of deferred service as a cook, while Mark Lindsay pumped gas in Wilsonville, Oregon. Lindsay, on the strength of their Top 40 hit, toured the U.S. in the Summer of 1961 with a band that featured Leon Russell filling in for Revere on piano.

By the summer of 1962, Revere and Lindsay were working together again in Oregon with a version of the Raiders that featured drummer Mike "Smitty" Smith, who would spend two long periods with the band. Around this time, KISN DJ, Roger Hart, who was producing teen dances, was looking for a band to hire. Hart had a casual conversation with a bank teller who told him about a band called "Paul Revere-something." Hart obtained Revere's phone number and they met for lunch. Hart hired the band for one of his teen dances. Soon afterwards, Hart became the group's personal manager. It was Hart who suggested they record "Louie Louie", for which Hart paid them about $50, producing it and placing it on his SANDE label. This attracted the attention of Columbia Records. According to Mark Lindsay, the Northwest Raiders were a "bunch of white-bread kids doing their best to sound black. We got signed to Columbia (Records) on the strength of sounding like this." Whether the Raiders or The Kingsmen recorded "Louie Louie" first is a matter of some controversy; however, both groups recorded it in the same studio in Portland, Oregon. Although beaten in the charts by The Kingsmen's version, Paul Revere & The Raiders enjoyed a longer career. By then, Paul Revere and the Raiders included Revere, Lindsay, Smith, guitarist Drake Levin and bassist Mike "Doc" Holliday, who was replaced in early 1965 by Phil Volk.

1965 marked the beginning of a string of garage rock classics. The Raiders, under the guidance of producer Terry Melcher, increasingly emulated the sounds of British Invasion bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, and The Animals, albeit with an American, R&B feel. Their second major national hit, "Just Like Me" (1965 - #11) was one of the first rock records to feature a distinctive, double-tracked guitar solo (by guitarist Drake Levin).

The band appeared regularly on national television, most notably on Dick Clark's Where the Action Is, Happening '68, and It's Happening, the latter two of which were co-hosted by Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay. There is a lot more at Wikipedia.com

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[yourtubesteak]

From the old Robin Seymour show Swingin' Time.

[John1948Ten]

@yourtubesteak How do you know? Do you recognize the set? Or the performance? I am thinking about correcting the title but need a bit more assurance that you're right.

[yourtubesteak]

@John1948Ten I have tons of clips from Swingin Time including those Raiders clips. I have complete shows with a lot of local michigan bands like Bob Seger and the Last Heard, the Rationals, Terry Knight and the Pack and too much more to mention here.

[John1948Ten]

@yourtubesteak Thanks. I'm fixing the title right now. I would sure love to see some of your clips.

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

@John1948Ten I was a teenger in the detroit area in the 60s and love seeing these old "swinging time" clips agian at 58! the local ABC station in deroit was WXYZ TV. they did a local saturday afternoon show called "club 1270" hosted by local DJ dave prince, they had the rolling stones, on during their first u.s. vist. they played "not fade away", and and "tell me." if you or anyone reading this has any old "club 1270" clips please upload them! and thanks agian for swingin' time".

[John1948Ten]

@TheBabyboomkidof53 I wish I had those clips. Thanks for sharing your memories. I cansure relate to them.

[grammaruthie51]

Hi, I would love anything from Swinging Time...I was on the show as a regular dancer and would love to find some video that showed me to show my Grandkids.....

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

@grandadjim I wonder if wxyz tv channel 7 in detroit has old footage of club 1270? they were the ones who showed it . it would be great to see that old rolling stones performance agian. one of the few local shows they ever did I'll bet.

[grandadjim]

@TheBabyboomkidof53

I remember when Club 1270 was hosted by Lee Alan & Joel Sebastian. Used to watch it all the time.

[yourtubesteak]

@BognarRegis I wish. I have a great source for this kind of stuff, but that Mothers clip has not turned up yet, if it even exists anymore since most of the shows were wiped.

[BognarRegis]

@yourtubesteak do you happen to have the episode featuring The Mother's of Invention and the follow up where Seymour apologized for having them on?

[altfactor]

Don't forget the Raiders' status as regulars on "Where The Action Is" (premiering in June, 1965) helped make them superstars.

[michaelpeirce]

For those of you lucky enough to have been born after the draft, these guys had a classic line in this song, "I had to leave town 'cause of Uncle Sam's deal - my big romance done been getting abused..."

[jaxythunder]

Very kool...Ive been searching forever for Robin Seymour......my cousin RIC drummed in a band called thePUPPETs and also The Undecided? .......My uncle Ralph was in the [detroit]local band 'THE WEEDS in''1966'' they did a lot of GRANDE gigs....some with MC5......Thank's for keeping it alive !!!!!!