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Someday, I hope to put up a thorough list of all the bands associated with the
warehouse, and the bands that they spawned and the bands that all of the members of those
bands played in either before or after the halcyon days of the late sixties. But until
then, here's what I could remember. Your additions and
correction are welcomed.
Band 1 Dust
The original warehouse band, circa 1968.
"John
Taylor, MA, CASAC (523-8285)
is the Director of Evaluation Services [at the Smithers Center of St. Luke's Roosevelt
Hospital]. John not only knows how everything works (or
should work) at Smithers, he also has an
impressive fund of knowledge regarding other addiction and related services.
John can help you decide how best to access Smithers
for a particular patient, or help you find another more appropriate
resource." [From Dr. Alexander DeLuca's website. Apparently John stayed on after DeLuca resigned in 2000.]
[Nos 1-16-04:] He's the brother of Joan Penderell Taylor and Ellen Taylor,
both of California
| Wolf drummer |
| Lou Ramundo Lead guitarist. Lou was also in one of the versions of Stud and the
Brass Knuckles. |
From Steve Cohn 6/15/03: "I have been seaching on the web for a couple
of childhood friends who I played in a band with when we were teenagers, Louie
and Phil Ramundo. The band was the "Corvairs." I noticed their
names on the Bands page on your website. Do you know how I could contact them
or do you have any information about them at all?"
From John Lehmann-Haupt 3/29/03: "I stumbled across your site
searching for Lou Ramundo (Raimundo?), a very talented guy; I was hoping to
find out what had become of him. A little peripheral info that may or may not
be of interest: I played guitar behind Lou in a short-lived band in the summer
of 1967 that also included John Taylor as vocalist and leader, John Cotton on
bass, and John Velez on drums. I think our name was Milkweed; we only did one
gig, a debutante party in Atlanta, GA that was booked by a management outfit (Elan
Associates) that was a holdover from a previous band of John Taylor's (which I
think also included Lou, and his brother Phil on bass). We had a rather
impressive light show by Rudi Stern, also a holdover from the earlier
band."
| Phil Ramundo -- Lou's brother (KN: shorter than Lou but still cute) |
| Kathie "Stud" Niederhoffer Lead singer and songwriter. Our Paul
McCartney. Also in Cherry and the Pickups. |
| Nostradamus Rhythm guitar |
| Deven Black Bass guitar |
| Lou Ramundo Lead guitar |
| Franne -- drums |
Note from Deven 5/23/99: I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall that at the only Stud
& The Brass Knuckles gig I can remember (was there more than one ?), the one at the
girl's home where just as we broke into our rousing rendition of "Karma Kustard"
(or was is "Wassail In The Oven"?) I noticed the nuns all over the joint, Martin
Mosbacher was a vocalist.
Nos responds: I think he performed with us somewhere, but I can't remember where or
when. For that matter, I'm not sure which of the bands I was in actually got to perform at
CBGB's. I also seem to recall being in a band with Finley Hunt III and Danny Ramirez. Bob
Ullmann might also have been in one of these bands, but it's kind of a blur now.
Kathie says: Chuckie Solomon played with us at a benefit at the warehouse.
Email from KN 7-14-99: I was just looking at the band page and thought i’d
mention some of our fabulous non-paying gigs (always the best kind—art for art’s
sake!!!). We played the Hey, Brother! Cafe more than once. I guess we were sort
of the house band. [Nos says: I didn't remember so many gigs there] Was that the
first one where they paid us in soul food—ribs, candied yams, etc.? I still
can’t believe the guy running it, Rev. Matt Jones, let us sing those slightly
raunchy songs. Maybe he wasn’t a real minister, but just one of those guys who
sticks "Rev." in front of his name. He was nice to us --- that’s all
i know. [Nos says: Mat was a sweetie. I ran into him in the late '80's on the
West Side. He was a naturopath, nutritional consultant and specialist in colonic
irrigations.] What happened to Fred Kirkpatrick? Is he still around? [Nos says:
He passed away, prob. in the early '80's. I wonder what a web search on
"Rev. Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick would turn up.] Then there was another
HB gig where there was an English guy who dug Franne (she prob. remembers). And
the one where a maybe 16-yr-old Latino guy asked me to go out and smoke pot with
him and his friends (i don’t remember if i did). Wild, wacky times!!!!! I
remember the reform school gig deven mentioned. Wasn’t that the one where you
and Franne carried some disagreement onstage and one or both of you walked off
in the middle of the show? [Nos says: I wouldn't do such a thing. I'm much too
even tempered.] Those were the days!!! Then there was the FDR-WW gig w. Chuck. I
remember doing "I’m Speeding on You" (and the words are still
meaningful today!!). I don’t know mm’s E address, so i’m saying hi to him
here. I remember when we went to the moonwalk show in CP w. R. Power and Sherry.
You were the first guy i had falafel with. I’ll never forget it!!!!
7/19/99 Started uploading "The Incomplete and
Heavily Expurgated Greatest Hits of Stud & The Brass Knuckles (The Early
Years)" to the web site.
Kathie's band. Click on the link above to go to the Cherry and the Pickups home page.
Band 4 Early Wayne band
| Wayne Shevlin lead guitar, vocals |
| McCoy -- keyboards |
| Mickey Davis bass |
| Nostradamus rhythm guitar |
Band 5 Middle Wayne band
| Wayne Shevlin lead guitar, vocals |
| Nostradamus bass |
| Beth Ullmann keyboards |
| Becky Cole rhythm guitar |
| ??? singer |
Band 6 Flying Dutchman
| Wayne Shevlin lead guitar, vocals |
| ??? drums |
| Nostradamus bass and organ |
Band 7 Chris Glen and Edge
| Chris Glen Singer, songwriter, rhythm guitar |
| Bob Keleman lead guitar |
| Jeff drums |
| Nostradamus Bass |
| ?? singer |
| Greg -- keyboards |
Band 8The Bubbes and the Zaydes
| Nostradamus bass, arranger, vocals |
| Jay Korman guitar, lead vocals |
| Jody lead vocals |
| Iris Korman vocals |
Band 9 Los Dos Latkes
| Nostradamus bass, arranger, vocals |
| Jay Korman guitar, lead vocals |
| Jenny Hurwitz (Franne's old roommate; was Jenny Brown) - Songwriter,
guitar and vocals |
| Franne - Drums and vocals |
| Talbot "Top" Katz (Jenny's husband) - Bass, vocals, sometime
songwriter |
NOS: My notes show Three Card Monte gigs from at least 5/31/99 to 1/10/2004.
8-12-06 Jenny points out that Three Card Monte began about 1992-3 with Roz as
the drummer.
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