Comments on: Growing up as a teenager in South Central Pa http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/09/growing-up-as-a-teenager-in-south-central-pa/ This is where you can comment Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: YaYa http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/09/growing-up-as-a-teenager-in-south-central-pa/#comment-15 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:17:42 +0000 http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/09/growing-up-as-a-teenager-in-south-central-pa/#comment-15 I grew up in Middletown and had to lie to my dad about going to The Raven, which of course was where I <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">desperately</span> wanted to spend Saturday nights listening to the greatest soul music in the country. The O'Jays, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, The Four Tops, the Mag Men ... I can still hardly believe all that talent was playing in a poorly rendered fake gothic block building surrounded by corn fields just a few miles from my home. Remember going through the "great entryway" over the wooden door suspended over the moat -- ha Ha!! But what's really gotten me thinking about The Raven is watching the fabulous new DVDs of the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and seeing Jimi Hendrix burn so hot that if it weren't for that cool Monterey crowd, the whole place would have gone up in flames! I remember a rumor or myth that Hendrix had played The Raven as a sideman for some band, maybe Little Richard, I don't know. Does anyone have anything to add to that? I love telling that story but have no idea if it's really true!! I grew up in Middletown and had to lie to my dad about going to The Raven, which of course was where I desperately wanted to spend Saturday nights listening to the greatest soul music in the country. The O’Jays, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, The Four Tops, the Mag Men … I can still hardly believe all that talent was playing in a poorly rendered fake gothic block building surrounded by corn fields just a few miles from my home. Remember going through the “great entryway” over the wooden door suspended over the moat — ha Ha!! But what’s really gotten me thinking about The Raven is watching the fabulous new DVDs of the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and seeing Jimi Hendrix burn so hot that if it weren’t for that cool Monterey crowd, the whole place would have gone up in flames! I remember a rumor or myth that Hendrix had played The Raven as a sideman for some band, maybe Little Richard, I don’t know. Does anyone have anything to add to that? I love telling that story but have no idea if it’s really true!!

]]> by: President http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/09/growing-up-as-a-teenager-in-south-central-pa/#comment-9 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:21:18 +0000 http://pmmbh.org/blog/2007/02/09/growing-up-as-a-teenager-in-south-central-pa/#comment-9 Original members of the "Mag Men" perform twice a year in York, Pennsylvania at what is called a "Party." http://www.classof60somethin.com/ In addition to this, there was a reunion concert at the Whitaker in Harrisburg last year. All of the group, except Tom Hoover. were in attendance. Dave Bupp, Buddy King, Jim Seville and Bob Angelucci did perform and it was a great night. This November 25th it happens again. http://www.whitakercenter.org/theater/index.asp November 25, 2006 Class Act Featuring Rita With special guests Dave Bupp and Buddy King, former lead singers of the Magnificent Men The Magnificent Men tribute continues! Sunoco Performance Theater, 8pm Tickets are $27.50. Available online or by calling 717/214-ARTS Jim Seville (bass) and Bob Angelucci (drums) are performing with "Class Act featuring Rita". Their public appearances are limited so check their site for dates. http://www.classact-rita.com/ Original members of the “Mag Men” perform twice a year in York, Pennsylvania at what is called a “Party.”

http://www.classof60somethin.com/

In addition to this, there was a reunion concert at the Whitaker in Harrisburg last year. All of the group, except Tom Hoover. were in attendance. Dave Bupp, Buddy King, Jim Seville and Bob Angelucci did perform and it was a great night. This November 25th it happens again.

http://www.whitakercenter.org/theater/index.asp

November 25, 2006
Class Act Featuring Rita
With special guests Dave Bupp and Buddy King, former lead singers of the Magnificent Men
The Magnificent Men tribute continues!
Sunoco Performance Theater, 8pm
Tickets are $27.50.
Available online or by calling 717/214-ARTS

Jim Seville (bass) and Bob Angelucci (drums) are performing with “Class Act featuring Rita”. Their public appearances are limited so check their site for dates.

http://www.classact-rita.com/

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