Hi James, your article about Paul Revere and the Raiders brought back a cascade of memories. In 1965, I was playin' in a band called The Poor Boys based in Jamaica, Queens, New York. I was only 16 years old then and we were booked in a bar called The Queens Lounge. In those days, you needed a Cabaret License to perform in any club or bar in NYC. Being underage then, I first needed a phony ID which I obtained somehow (I don't remember that part), but I needed to swap out the picture of Robert Benny Attard to my own picture. Well as fate would have it, whilst I was carefully attempting to attain the swap, the power went off. It was November 9th, 1965, the night of the first great northeastern blackout. Well, I finished the operation by candlelight, and eventually got my Cabaret License.......more later on my substack....
Can't wait to read the rest of this story. I've read a lot a stories about jazz musicians and the problems they had with cabaret licenses but I've never thought about rock bands needing them as well.
Hi James, your article about Paul Revere and the Raiders brought back a cascade of memories. In 1965, I was playin' in a band called The Poor Boys based in Jamaica, Queens, New York. I was only 16 years old then and we were booked in a bar called The Queens Lounge. In those days, you needed a Cabaret License to perform in any club or bar in NYC. Being underage then, I first needed a phony ID which I obtained somehow (I don't remember that part), but I needed to swap out the picture of Robert Benny Attard to my own picture. Well as fate would have it, whilst I was carefully attempting to attain the swap, the power went off. It was November 9th, 1965, the night of the first great northeastern blackout. Well, I finished the operation by candlelight, and eventually got my Cabaret License.......more later on my substack....
Tim
Can't wait to read the rest of this story. I've read a lot a stories about jazz musicians and the problems they had with cabaret licenses but I've never thought about rock bands needing them as well.
I have worked with Mark a little here in Idaho. He's an interesting character.