left to right: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter at Steve Paul's THE SCENE
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Jogging Justo's Memories
The Candymen because of the type of band that we were, were not a band that would have other musicians "sit in".
I guess it was because we had a formula devised, that ensured that we would sound good as a band, and, weren't concerned about individual recognition.
But.....for some reason when we went to New York to play at
Steve Paul's THE SCENE (unquestionably
THE place to play) the other musicians wanted to play with us, and we, for lack of a better word aquiesced.
Though I can't claim that anything remarkable happened while these other musicians "sat in" with us,I guess in hindsight I guess it was in fact,memorable.
Jimi Hendrix as I recall played
Stormy Monday with us but the one that would really enjoy being with us was
Noel Redding Jimi's bass player who liked that we would let him play guitar since he regarded himself as a guitar playerwho was playing bass ( which he really didn't like). I thought that was really complimentary when in an article in
HIT PARADER magazine he told the interviewer that
we were his favorite American band.
John Entwistle also would show up and ask if he could play with us,and of course
Al Kooper who was
the first person to say hello to me when we finished our first set,telling me that within three days we would be the talk of New York, loved to play whenever he had a chance.
We played
I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU, the
Ray Charles song.
All in all, looking back on our times at
THE SCENE specifically the most remarkable thing really was that all of the well known musucian/singer/artists were kinda' like any other people that wanted to hear music.
Jimi would walk up to the stage during the middle of our set and request us to play a particular song,more than once it was
THE SUN AIN'T GONNA' SHINE ANYMORE.
The only singers I remember sitting in with us were
Keith of
98.6 fame who was a guy we hang around with quite a bit in NYC and,
Bobby Goldsboro came by to see us once as did
Brian Hyland.
I don't remember if it was
Bobby,or
Brian, but, we turned one of them into a solo act, because we were tired, and just left the stage to him forcing him to play by himself,bringing the comment
,"have you ever felt like you've been left holding the bag ?"
ORBISON'S '65 TOUR SCHEDULE
1965-01-
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour Far East Tour: Australia, New Zeland and Singapore January 22 to February 17, 1965 Also Touring: Rolf Harris, The Newbeats
1965-01-22
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Manufacturers Auditorium, Agricultural Hall Sidney, Australia ROY ORBISON had transportation problems. Arrived late to perform.
1965-01-23
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Manufacturers Auditorium, Agricultural Hall Sidney, Australia Other acts: Roy Orbison, Rofl Harris, The Newbeats One afternoon show/Two evening shows
1965-01-25
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At City Hall Brisbane, Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-01-26
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At City Hall Brisbane, Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-01-27
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Manufactures Auditorium Hall Sidney Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-01-28
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Palais Theatre St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-01-29
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Palais Theatre St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-02-
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour Far East Tour: Australia, New Zeland and Singapore January 22 to February 17, 1965 Also Touring: Rolf Harris, The Newbeats
1965-02-
Oh Pretty Woman/Yo Te Amo Maria. Single. Monument 851
1965-02-
30-date UK tour with: Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin' Berries, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers. Opening night at the Adelphi Theater, Slough. Ends at the Empire Theater, Liverpool, Merseyside. February 16-March 21
1965-02-01
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Theatre Royal Christchurch, New Zeland Same acts Two shows
1965-02-02
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Civic Theatre Invercargill, New Zeland Other acts: Roy Orbison, Rolf Harris, The Newbeats and the Ecophones Two shows
1965-02-03
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Town Hall Dunedin, New Zeland Other acts: Roy Orbison, Rolf Harris and The Newbeats Two shows
1965-02-06
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Town Hall Auckland, New Zeland Same acts One afternoon show/two evening shows
1965-02-08
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Town Hall Wellington, New Zeland Same acts Two shows
1965-02-10
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Palais Theatre St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-02-12
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Centennial Hall Adelaide, Australia Same acts Two shows
1965-02-13
Rolling Stones/Roy Orbison Tour At Capitol Theatre Perth, Australia Other acts: Roy Orbison, Rolf Harris One afternoon show/two evening shows
1965-03-
30-date UK tour with: Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin' Berries, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers. Opening night at the Adelphi Theater, Slough. Ends at the Empire Theater, Liverpool, Merseyside. February 16-March 21
MORE OF
JOGGING JUSTO'S MEMORIES
This will be remembered more by
Robert [NIX]
than me ( I might add Robert,that it's probably the ONLY think that you remember with more clarity) because I wasn't there.
Travel was expensive in those days and either the promoter or
Roy didn't have the money for one more plane ticket and room so, I was paid as if I was there,but stayed home.
Since we knew that ultimately we would someday be "on our own" we had entered into an agreement with
Roy, that we were to have a segment at all shows where we would perform as a separate band.
We released
"You Pretty Fool" (as the
WEBS) there around that time or shortly thereafter and
I have somewhere, a list of the TOP 40 that showed it charting somewhere in Australia. No doubt, due to the other band members making sure that they promoted the band while I wasn't there.
Love the picture !