WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A MUSICIAN?

It takes Heart, Soul,  Chops,  Drive,  Passion,  Dreams,  Drive,  Feel,  and Mojo.

But most of all it takes TALENT … lots of talent. The amazing players who created the music on this site have an abundance of talent and this project is meant to memorialize their work and the blood sweat and tears that went into the making of these songs .

Now … Cleveland has always been a hotbed of musical talent and the bands in this site are by no means the only bands that made contributions to the city’s rich rock history. But these groups represent a microcosm of Cleveland music in the 60’s and 70’s.

With that said, I salute all of the crazed fans who made our town an important market in the national music business. And I thank the hundreds of talented musicians who brought the magic to the fans over the years.

— Buddy Maver

PS — Since social media is today’s main form of communication, it would be greatly appreciated if you would help us get the word out. Please, share this post with all your friends.

 

Special Thanks to Richie Green for remastering Bocky and the Visions, Dick Whittington’s Cats and Charades Live at the Agora. To Dave Yost and Bob Pelander for analog transfer and remastering Rainbow Canyon. To Tom Baker for his enthusiasm and great ear producing Charades, the Mushroom album and Rainbow Canyon (Original demos). To Jimmy Fox for his production work on “Rollin’ in the Rockies.” To Arnie Rosenberg and Alan Howarth for Rainbow Canyon Live at the Agora. And thanks to Al Harlow who got this massive project rolling.

Very Special Thanks to webmaster, Mike Criscione at MJC Consulting LLC, for going above and beyond the call of duty to bring this project to fruition – for spending endless hours assembling and optimizing hundreds of pictures – and for not seeing this as just another job, but seeing it as a labor of love.