For your consideration, from Plymouth High School - 1966 - we present The Saharas.The Saharas were chosen to be the music of the kids for the Republican party fundraisers. Maybe because of these kids (parents were business and country club socialites) Nixon won the '68 election.
The Saharas traveled to Columbus in '66, and this was the only photo I could find. The Go-Go girls were a hit, but the word is they played "too loud". Hard to imagine, but times were different.
Members were:Larry Truman
Kurt Kralovanshy
Jim Boudreau
Dan Williams
Steve Robertson
The Saharas left us one 45, with a truly dazzlin' sleeve.
Hear the songs:
Spirit of '66
Because of Him
Hope we hear from the guys (or gals). I wrote to Kurt back in '98 or '99, but never heard back. Hope they are all doing well, and still love the music.
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Nixon actually won the election in '68, not '67.
Just one of many typos I have made and will make. Thanks for looking though!
Just a quick thanks for this and all the stuff you post. Such a great resource. I'm going to be playing "Spirit of '66" tonight on WFHB's (Bton) Local Music show for sure. Hilarious good ol' times!
-Liza
Let me know if you ever need music for a local show Liza. I'm easy to find. Is Jim still in charge over there?
Jim is still the music director, yes. I was subbing for the Local show tonight, it's not my regular gig, but I do like to throw local music and/or random oddities in my general afternoon mixes as well. If I find myself wanting for anything, I'll be sure to hit you up, although I've periodically been collecting your stuff for a while now. Thanks again, Liza
The Saharas were ok but they were heavy towards pre-bubblegum type music. They were preceeded by a great local band in the Plymouth Indiana area called the Nomads. (note the name rip) The Saharas as you note were"republican", jocks, clickish types that went to college at Depauw, Hanover etc. The Nomads were bad (good bad). Their rep included some of the great R&B music that you would never hear on WLS. Members; Larry Inks, Mick Hindman, Gene Demont, Geoff Snyder. Great musicians and always put on a good show.
The Nomads seem like the kind of band I need to write about. Where are they. Many "Nomads" out there. Send them my way if you can.
After their Republican Party fair tour the Saharas performed at many venues such as Indiana Beach, Tippy Gardens, the Black Light, Stepan Center and they opened for groups like the Spencer Davis Group, Merseybeats, Ides of March and the Buckinghams.
Another great band from Plymouth was "Pooh and the Rebels"! They sang a mean "Hang on Sloopy".
These guys and gals gave their community a positive kick and everybody appreciated the short lived experience.
There was another bad boy band back then out of argos and Rochester, The Highwaymen. Blew the saharas away back then. Took over the tennis courts at the park. These guys were definitely not republican stiffs. They could play virtually anything you could request.
How about The Starfires? Same time as Saharas.
Who were the go go girls?
My name is James Boudreau and I was a member of the Saharas. It was a truly magical time that summer in 1966 when the band climbed on board the big white bus to start out on the "Spirit of 66" tour. That Summer we played in a different town every night for 90 straight nights while the days were filled with interviews by local radio stations and an occasional afternoon performance, it was the night time shows at local county fairs throughout Indiana that we were able to do our full Spirit of 66 show that included the GoGo girls dancing to the Rock & Roll beat of the Saharas. Some nights the crowds were only a few hundred and some nights it was people as far as you could see with the largest turn out being around ten thousand. We were all only 16 years old living in a dream that filled our hearts with warm memories that are still with us 60 years later. I could write a book about the summer of 66 a simpler time and place when a really great band played music and GoGo girls danced to the hits from the best music era ever. I still write music and record covers of classic oldies from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. At 75 years old, I post mostly mellow romantic music and have a lot of Baby Boomers that follow my music and give this old guy a reason to keep on singing. "Rainy "Rainy Day Music And James Boudreau" on Facebook or James Boudreau's Mellow Music on YouTube
https://www.facebook.com/rainydaymusicjb
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