Kevin McKown

John - Yes the polka-dot shirts...how cool were they? We had a blast kicking around songs in your garage on Pleasant Ave or at Nick's house.

Nick - I went to my first rock concert a The War Memorial with you. Who was it Steppenwolf? We went to so many concerts there, all the biggies.

Randy - That is too funny! The next time I drive down Fay Park Drive I'll stop and check on your missing knife. I forgot all about my Mom's macaroni Christmas wreaths. Randy and Nick, remember the junior bowling league at Strike and Spare on Saturdays? Nick would kick ours butts if we went bowling now.

Stay safe all!

John Vincent

Great observations and comments! Randy, I thought that was Steve Miller? Nobody saw Rod Henry in lower left? Nick Verish is in the pic too! I remember the road sign outside the Lutheran Church that someone must have stolen. (Bump) Before they put an addition on that church we used to go sledding down the hill. It seemed so big back then!          

So glad to hear from you all! Think the last time I saw you Kevin was out at The Forrest Hotel on Sylvan Beach when you were playing with Ingo! Can not remember when I last saw Nick. Maybe snowmobiling at Borio's? You guys were so patient with me in the band! I was so tone deaf!

stay safe everyone and continue to post anything you want. Hopefully the virus crisis will end sooner rather than later!

Rod Henry

I made the mistake of pointing myself out to my wife, who noted the person in close proximity to me...

Margaret Hewitt (Phinney)

I would like to send my thoughts and prayers to Sam Anderson, his sister Barb and entire Anderson family I just read about the passing  of their mom, Elaine. My sympathies to all of you. Peggy

Sam Anderson

Thanks Peggy, John and all my classmates' for your caring thoughts at this time.  I'm especially thankful to Donna Parks, who has been a great friend to my mom, Elaine, for years.  Mom chose and enjoyed an active, fulfilling 95+ years of life, in which she and my dad (1925-2005) somehow successfully raised seven kids.  She passed peacefuly, with my brother Jon at her side, but she will forever be in our hearts.  As we work through this pandemic together, stay healthy!

Donald Guido

Sorry for your loss, Sam.  Your Mom was a great person.

George VonPless

Sorry for your loss, Sam.

Gail Collins (Jackson)

I am so sorry for your loss Sam. It sounds like your Mom was a great person.

Frank DiOrio

Sorry to hear about your Mom, Sam.

Marsha Scott (Petrie)

Sorry for your loss Sam. Sad news. Be well  my friend.

George VonPless

WTF April Snow!!!

Michael Fagan

Does anybody hear a song by 3 Dog Night and think of the senior lounge in the cafeteria ?

Or is the just me ???   asking for a friend  lol 

Pamela Perry (Brock)

Marsha Scott (Petrie)

Mike, don't you mean the detention lounge?  hahha The senior lounge next to the front doors, not the cafeteria.

Michael Fagan

Marsha,  i think it started in the cafeteria because thats where the juke box was originally. but i do beleive you are correct they moved it down to the front of the auditorium .

John Vincent

I think Frank DiOrio and I went to see Three Dog Night at the war memorial. The opening acts were theTurtles and Spirit. Can not remember where I was last Wednesday but I remember that! Our good friend, Sandy Colabufo was an usher there for some shows. His dad was the head usher there. Probably cost  four to five dollars for a show back then!    

Our senior lounge was the first one that ever existed. We were such groundbreakers! I remember the soda machine was a big time earner! Used to have to count the money from it everyday with Mr. Delaney supervising me. Mrs. Smoke and him were always "supervising" me!

Frank DiOrio

We did go to the 3 Dog Night concert, Vince.  It was a great time.  Could always count on Sandy to put you in a better seat, closer to the front!  How in the world did you remember the opening acts??  I can remember last Wednesday, but not all the details from 50 years ago.!!!  You probably remember the amounts of the bank deposits for the soda machine too!!  Great memories!

Michael Fagan

That sounds like one great concert !!!!!!!

John Vincent

Music, especially live music has been such a large force in many of our lives. We were so fortunate to live when places had over and under 18 music venues. We experienced so much great music and cutting edge stage experiences. From black lights to strobe lights and even outdoor festivals we were so lucky to grow up in the 60s!  Sometimes I feel bad for young kids today. They have a different path to adulthood than we had. It is so much more sterile and parent driven than our journey was.

Enough soapbox. What was the greatest music everyone saw growing up? I will never forget seeing James Brown at the State Fair in a tent near the midway! Another great show I saw was at Lemoyne College. Think I went with Bill Auyer and maybe Jim Lambert. It was the Lovin Spoonful. Such great musicians! And I will never forget all the times Frank and I saw Dan Elliot and the Monterays at Holiday Bowl! The pregame at Wanda's was always fun too!

Sam Anderson

Of course, we always needed tunes to get there and back, at Ontario's beaches, the Cleveland stone barn (now owned by Adrien Brody)....Loved the 8 tracks!  I still remember the orange cased Sly and the Family Stone tunes - lots of moods escaping from those plastic shells....

Frank DiOrio

I agree, we were blessed with the music and so many great spots to go out and have fun times with all our friends.  I went to the Lovin Spoonful concert too, Vince.  I remember going to Jim Lambert's house before the concert where he and his brother had every Spoonful record ever produced and many more.  One band of the past, that I don't think I saw mentioned yet was the Brass Buttons form Rochester!  Another memory was from Morrisville -- a place where many NS grads visited.  Two bands that put on great concerts in my first year there were Chicago and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.  Hard to believe two bands like this visited a small school like Morrisville!!

George VonPless

We were lucky enough to grow up in an era when there was a lot of great music. I don't think I truly appreciated it at the time, but I certainly do now!!!

Tough to believe some of the bands, like the Stones are still around and turning out decent music. I'm amazed that Mick still sounds as good as he does. 

In my twenties, I got to see Pink Floyd, The Who, Talking Heads, and other 60's and 70's artists, but seeing Chuck Berry, in an intimate venue called Blueberry Hill, in St.Louis, Mo. has to be one of my best concert scores.

Bill LaRonde

I missed the greatest concert ever! During the summer of 69 I worked at a restaurant supply on Salina Street. In August a couple of guys working there asked me if I wanted to go to a concert in the Catskills. My father had  asked if I wanted to go on a fishing trip to Quebec during the sametime. This was right before football practice was to start. I chose fishing!  Missed Woodstock!

John Vincent

Such great memories from everyone! I will never forget the welcome freshmen concert at Hudson Valley. We were not going to go because they had said no alcohol would be allowed. The show was great. Melanie opened and then The Allman Brothers did about 1.5 hours. (With Duane still alive). The headliners were J.Geils Blues Band! It was $2.00 per person! When the lights came back on there were wine bottles, beer cans and even kegs scattered all over the floor! 

Rod Henry

I liked the old multi-artist Dick Clark, T.A.M.I. or Phil Spector shows at the War Memorial.

The ones where they had 7 acts, one or two backup bands, each act did three or four songs.

The first one I went to had Herman's Hermits - Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars:

Hermans Hermits- first visited and performed in Syracuse with the Dick Clark Caravan of Stars back on May 25, 1965 at the Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium. Peter Noone fronted Great Britians third most popular band Hermans Hermits. That nights concert  included such stars as Bobby Vee,  The Hondells (Little Honda),  Little Anthony and the Imperials, Freddy Cannon, Brenda Holloway, Round Robin, Reparata & The Delrons, Billy Stewart , The Ikettes and other. The Mc of that show was George McCannon III and presented to you my WOLF Radio. Hermans Hermits were riding high the the US charts following Mrs Brown, Henry the VIII and others.

I think Syracuse got a lot of good acts for its size because the industry was very different then - no huge corporation owned many radio stations - and, in those days, Syracuse was a test market for new products.

The quote about the shows was from: http://ronwray.blogspot.com/2016/