The Shadows
A busy rock combo that featured members of other bands and played high school and college frat/sorority and driveway partes 1967-68.
Not to be confused with The Nashville Shadows.
History[edit | edit source]
Drummer Phil Maxwell also played for the Fairlanes, King James and the Sceptres, Chessmen, Continentals and Canned Soul. Vocalist Chip Curley played in a handful of other bands, including the Mystics, the Sands Combo, Pagan IV, and later Tranquility Carnival. Drummer Kin Cosner also played with the Barons. Barney Evers and Tommy Crain would later play in The Flat Creek Band in the early 70s.
Southern Garage Bands records the following info:
Influences: Soul & British
Setlist Sample: Soul Man, Midnight Hour, Summertime
Equipment: Fender Amps, Bogen PA Amp, JBL Speaker Boxes, Echoplex, Hammond B3, Ludwig Drums, Shure Mics
Rehearsal Space: Anybody's garage
Band Vehicles: U-Haul and 64 Ford Station Wagon
Best Gig: Vanderbilt Frat Houses. They were too drunk to tell if we were out of tune.
Community Center Basement...had to lug B3 and 2 Leslie Tone Cabinets down stairs
Members[edit | edit source]
Tom Crain - Guitar
Barney Evers - Bass
Bart Graves - Hammond B3
Tom Groover - Sax
Richard Cannon - Trumpet
Chip Curley - Vocals
Kinny Cosner - drums
Phll Maxwell - drums
Pete Zimmerman - drums
Bill Davidson - drums