April 26, 201510 yr perhaps someone like Adey Croasdell could enlighten us? Or maybe his twin brother, Ady?
April 26, 201510 yr Given that they made instrumentals, and I was around working in South Los Angeles at the time of their records releases. and never heard of them appearing anywhere, I suspect they were Dore's house band (and were the same instrumental group that played on many of Dore's other instrumentals under various other names). I wouldn't be totally surprised if Billy Joe and The Checkmates were a subset of that house band.
April 26, 201510 yr According to the liner notes of "The Northern Soul Of Dore" , Smokey and the Fabulous Blades were the Dore house band. Lew Bedell also used The Scooters and the Cruisers as names for the group.
April 26, 201510 yr The 45 is credited to writers B Riley and C Underwood. I guess that could be Carl Underwood, as I believe he was from LA. Don't know if he played any instruments in addition singing? More intriguinging is the B Riley credit: Billy Lee Riley was mean harmonica player and he moved to LA in 1962 to take up session work. Bet it's him on the record.
April 26, 201510 yr According to the liner notes of "The Northern Soul Of Dore" , Smokey and the Fabulous Blades were the Dore house band. Lew Bedell also used The Scooters and the Cruisers as names for the group. And a couple other aliases, I'll wager!
perhaps someone like Adey Croasdell could enlighten us?