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Hills High school.Leslie and Larry were brothers.What other bands were in your school?JR: Yeah, I don't remember their names ,but the
main thing that was arotmd was the Vagrants, and they were in Forest Hills.He used to call for me in the morning and we used to go
to school together.He was a great drummer, and I'd hear from him how he
was going to get into the Vagrants.He'd be sitting there
in the study hall 'cos he'd be on permanent suspension for having his hair
too long.And I'd ask other kids in the school
about if they knew the good guitar player, and they'd go, "No, he's just
a fat kid.His brother was older, and he was just a dropout.Larry at
this point was about 15, I was about 16, and Leslie was about 18.So they were starting, and as soon as I saw Leslie play I said, "Wow, this
guy's great!"Whatever he would figure out, he would play just like
the record.Leslie would get to
sing one song, "Roll Over Beethoven," and they
would switch off on the vocals between Larry and Pete Sabatino, who was
the singer.UT: Did they have an organ all the time?Somewhere along
the way they went away to Long Island to play some places, and that's when
they came back and we started hearing more about the Rascals and Vanilla
Fudge.The Vagrants came back and they were different.They kept doing covers of other people's songs,
but they would be better than the Rascals and better than the Vanilla Fudge
at doing the stuff.UT: What kind of places would you usually seethem
play?JR: I would try and get into wherever I could.UT: Generally at these shows would it be a bill
with several bands?JR: No, later on it got that way.Probably around
'67 you'd go to shows a lot at the Fillmore, and the Fillmore would have
these multiple group shows, and the Vagrants would get onto shows like
that, probably lower down the bill.WMCA Good Guys
show here in the city which had a whole bunch of acts.Everybody would
come on and play like three songs, and the Vagrants had a fairly good bill
on that.How
did the Vagrants match up to those other acts?The band looked so good, and Larry was becoming
like a Jim Morrison.Would there
be a lot of movement?JR: Yeah, a lot of movement.I'd be trying to see
all the concerts I could.I've seen the Who ten times; the Doors probably seven, eight times.This got
regional airplay, but never hit any of the trade industry charts.Rascals and Vanilla Fudge.Although they never charted, several singles are now choice
collectibles.One of the few rock bands signed to the folkie Vanguard label,
the Vagrants cut some fair singles between 1965 and 1968.The group took their closest swipe at stardom after Felix Pappalardi
helped them sign to Atco.Otis Redding's "Respect" (which surfaced
on the Nuggets compilation) was a hit in some Eastern regions in 1967.Atco, the group broke up in late 1968, when West formed Mountain
(which also included Pappalardi).His creative partner, the late Felix
Pappalardi, took Leslie into the deep space that is "superstardom.""Rising" and "Nantucket Sheighride" are staples in any classic rock collection.Leslie is always in the thick of it.Your browser isn't frames enabled.Leslie West went to high school with Johnny Ramone?Music From The Monster Movies !Honey, Where You Been So Long !Keep The Coffee Coming !The Doors Of The Kingdom !There's A Fly In My Soup !Go Retro With Edna Million !Mr Dante Fontana's Visual Guidance !Ways To Lose Your Liver !WFMU's Beware Of The Blog !La Case De l'Affreux Thom !La Cadillac, Les Jolies Filles...Cap'n Scurvy's Treasure Chest !Jenny's (Dusk Devils) Blablablog !La Dimension De Trastos !Ubuweb : 365 Days Project !Black Cat Rockabilly Europe !The Tim Burton Collective !This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.Vagrancy is a crime in some European countries, but most of these laws have been abandoned.Laws against vagrancy in the United States have largely been invalidated as violative of the due process clauses of the U.History
In the fairy tales of medieval Europe, beggars cast curses on those who insulted the beggar, or who were stingy with their money.Witches would beg door to door for "milk, yeast, drink, pottage" in England.In 16th and 17th century England, a vagrant was a person who could work, but preferred not to (or could not find employment, so took to the road in order to do so), or one who begs for a living.Vagrancy was illegal, punishable by branding, whipping, conscription into the military, or transportation to penal colonies.Vagrants were different from impotent poor, who were unable to support themselves because of age or sickness.The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and Wales from the 16th century until the establishment of the Welfare State in the 20th century.Civil War, the South passed Black Codes, laws that tried to control freed African American slaves.Homeless unemployed African Americans were arrested and fined as vagrants.Usually, the person could not afford the fine, and so was sent to county labor or hired out to a private employer.Fourteenth Amendment to the U.Constitution, as citizens were not informed of what behaviors were illegal.Since then, the status of being a vagrant is punished by the vagrancy laws, while other actions are punished under other laws.When court such as this strike down the vagrancy laws, vagrancy becomes mostly legal.In the 1990s, new local laws in the U.The word 'vagrant' has been replaced by 'homeless person'.This page was last modified 19:56, 4 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.The "A with the arrow logo" is a service mark of ARTISTdirect, Inc."Are you sure you want to block this user?Holding Company, Ry Cooder, The Doobie Brothers, Faces, The Band, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, The Meters, bluegrass, Jazz, Classical, Latin, indie rock and the list like love goes on and on.The Vagrants are a high energy rock, indie, pop band from Melbourne Australia that will make you get up and dance!!!Everyone leaves with a hand in the air, feet hurting, sweating, and smiling.The Vagrants got their name from the obvious, life on the road with no home.The good times and the bad give their music its diversity, raw energy, edge and sweet tones.Happier on the road than at home they have been gigging constantly in separate projects and have all come together as one on stage to launch the Vagrants.Getting compared to Black Crowes, Baby Animals, The Rolling Stones and ACDC says a lot about how hard it is to categorize the music.With an EP and video released in December 2005, they have now recorded there debut album that was first released overseas in August then in Australia in December 2006.They are fun, rockin, energetic, and professional.On stage there are no lies...Have fun watching and listening to our stuff!Hey guys, thanks for supporting our Melbourne Backstage Pass page and for being a part of this.We messaged you a few weeks ago...Happy New year, and Greetings from Londonthanks for being my myspace friend on my netherlands page.Hallo The Vagrants , Battle Against Cancer wenst je een gezond en muzikaal 2008!Bands kunnen zich weer inschrijven voor BaC 2008.Kijk voor meer informatie op :www.Wishing you a happy new year!Our best musical wishes for 2008!Keep up the good work...Happy birthday for tuesday.Ho Ho My friend,The VagrantsThanks for all in 2007!Merry Christmas to you all.Have a great Xmas and a groovy New Year!Just dropped by to have a listen...Soundin awesome though guys!When you in Brissy next?THE PUB Bendigo last year.MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Thanks for coming out the other night guys.How you doing Vagrants,Great page!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Do you wish to continue your form submission?" |
