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The Roadrunners
Wet Fur |
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Genre
Garage rock
History
Rushville, Indiana 1964-1965
In his first, junior high school band, Max played for the largest audience of his career: over 2,000 people, more than a quarter of the population of his hometown, in a community musical extravaganza.
Later that night, 12-year-old Max sang "House of the Rising Sun" to inebriated adults in an after-party at the local Elks Club.
The Roadrunners played many gigs, beating out older bands in a "Battle of the Bands" when Max's grandpa dropped a $20 bill in their tip jar. Their all-cover repertoire featured the current hits of the Animals, Kinks and Rolling Stones. |
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Personnel
Tim Ludington (Max Carmichael): vocals, electric guitar
Dave Clifford: vocals, electric guitar
Curt Smiley: electric bass
Jim Smiley: drums
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Photos
Jim, Dave and Tim (Max), all wearing the same haircut
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Genre
Acoustic folk-rock
History
Rushville, Indiana and on the rails, 1970-1978
Tim and John Guffin started working together during Tim's senior year in high school. Then Tim's mom introduced them to Mark and Beau, and Tim named the new group Wet Fur.
They begin rehearsing in the basement of the Main Street Christian Church, and their first gig found them singing "Let it Be" at easter sunrise service. Similar to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, they were an all-guitar band who sang harmonies together. Their repertoire combined originals written by all the band members with covers of songs by the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Perhaps inspired by the urban "Happenings" they'd read about in Time Magazine, they begin performing on top of stepladders, creating collaborative public artworks, and shooting psychedelic super-8 movies together.
Before Tim left for college in the fall, they produced a Final Concert on Tim's family farm for their numerous local fans, who sat in the grass on the front lawn as the band played on the wide porch, surrounded by dozens of candles, which were still burning as the last car drove off in the wee hours of the morning.
Tim, Mark and John continued to play together and record sporadically during the following 8 years, performing in trains and railroad stations across the country on their trips together. |
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Personnel
Tim Ludington (Max Carmichael): vocals, acoustic guitar, drums
Mark Norris: vocals, acoustic guitar
John Guffin: vocals, acoustic guitar
Gary "Beau" McManus: vocals, acoustic guitar
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Photos
Earliest known photo of Wet Fur, in the church basement: John, Tim, Beau, Mark, unknown classmate
Wet Fur on the eve of Tim's high school graduation: John, Tim, Mark, Beau
Last known photo of Wet Fur: friend Linda, Tim, John & Mark outside the St. Louis train station, 1977
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Graphics
Wet Fur set list, 1970 |
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