sf scene

About a year ago i contacted john mckindle of 'pyewacket' hoping he could supply me with details of the bands history and so he wrote back and i immediately put a track up from a whole bunch he sent along plus a short biog of the band.Here though i want to expand on that so that we all have a better picture of the band and its place in the san francisco music scene... 1965 and with beatle mania still in the air many high school bands were formed,played aa gig or so and vanished leaving little behind...one or two got the opportunity to record a self written song and probably payed for by put upon parents! out of this came a marin county group 'the abdo-men' who's line-up was :john mckindle/dave olson/steve bennett/dennis arnold/paul stoop and rounded off by brian woodyard.Playing a heavy mix of beatle-ish tunes they did the usual round of high school dances & local venues where teens would concregate to dance/meet girls and talk about their cars... By 1966 the ba...

  . Welcome to my very first blog and what is really an extension of my youtube channel but in greater depth.Here i want to say i've chosen a group that  has fasinated me for some time after viewing their name on several posters over the years.Later finding out they were in fact linked to light show artist/painter bill ham made me suddenly want to know more.A beginning is needed so let's venture back to 1964 and a young female singer who along with mike stewart (brother of john later in the kingston trio...) and jerry burgan formed a folk group named 'the ridge runners' as a quartet but quickly expand to a quintet of 'beverly bivens/mike stewart/jerry burgan/pete fullerton & rounded off by guitarist bob jones'.... little known to many was that bevins & stewart had earlier released a single on decca records in 1964 as 'beverly & mike' - shame/i wouldn't know(what to do) a pleasant enough pop-styled two sider that failed to ignite the char...