[Vision2020] Paul Revere dies at 76, founded Paul Revere and the Raiders

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times at:

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-paul-revere-20141006-story.html
 
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Paul Revere dies at 76, founded Paul Revere and the Raiders

Paul Revere, a teenage businessman who found an outlet for his entrepreneurial spirit in the form of a campy rock 'n' roll band that capitalized on his name, wore Revolutionary War-era costumes and cranked out a string of grungy hits in the mid-1960s, has died. The founder of Paul Revere and the Raiders was 76.

Revere died Saturday of cancer at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho, his longtime manager Roger Hart told the Associated Press. After a near-constant touring schedule in recent years, Revere retreated six months ago to his adopted home state because of health issues, said his tour manager, Ron Lemen.

Along with singer and saxophonist Mark Lindsay, Revere, a keyboard player, formed a band called the Downbeats in Boise in 1959. Within a few years they would become Paul Revere and the Raiders, string together top-10 pop hits including "Kicks," "Hungry" and "Good Thing" and become fixtures of Dick Clark's weekday afternoon TV show "Where the Action Is."

"Just Like Me," a 1965 hit written by Revere and Lindsay, made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

Born Paul Revere Dick on Jan. 7, 1938, in Harvard, Neb., he grew up on a farm near Boise, where he learned to play piano. While still a teenager he opened a barbershop. At 18, with three barbershops to his name, he sold them to buy a drive-in restaurant and put together the band to attract young customers.

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"Good Thing"
http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/PaulRevere/Good_Thing.mp3
 
"Hungry"
http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/PaulRevere/Hungry.mp3
 
"Indian Reservation"
http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/PaulRevere/Indian_Reservation.mp3
 
"Just Like Me"
http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/PaulRevere/Just_Like_Me.mp3
 
"Kicks"
http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/PaulRevere/Kicks.mp3
 
Rest well, Paul.

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
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