tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783044812387522698.post8462707839365355939..comments2024-02-19T00:46:19.485-08:00Comments on Down The Line: THE OUTSPOKEN BLUES / THE BRYDSDown The Linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05028330764903601297noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783044812387522698.post-24055978428057426772014-08-22T12:44:18.307-07:002014-08-22T12:44:18.307-07:00Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in the Waukegan ...Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in the Waukegan - North Chicago area I clearly remember the music of the Bryds and the Syns played at Slovenic Hall and Lithuanian Hall. These two halls hosted dance band music for our parents' generation in the 1940s. Many of us were conceived by parents who met at these halls. But in the mid to late 1960s the music was so ELECTRIC...so LOUD.. so NEW. I can still see and feel the dark hall overflowing with teenagers dancing to the throbbing music on Friday and Saturday nights. I swear those halls vibrated and shook to their foundations. The Bryds and the Syns raised our musical consciousness by playing the latest from the Animals, Yardbirds, Stones and Van Morrisons' Them among others. Who can forget the Bryds version of the Animals' version of the song "Bury my body" ("Lord I don't care where they..)? Who can forget my Lithuanian brother Mr. Michael Zaugra (RIP) singing with the Syns and suddenly jumping from the stage onto the dance floor to start what had to be one of the very first MOSH PITS ever while Jack Kostoff (RIP) kept time on the drums.? PO-DO they called it. I called it special. I still do. In my.minds-eye I can see my other Lithuanian brother Mr.Frank Zavaski wandering the floor and keeping an eye on things as good band managers do. Or how about John Jamnik, my little league team mate hunched over the keyboards (was that a Farfisa?) making serious music? Because of these guys I found the power and beauty of music for the rest of my life. I bought albums, listened to every word and eventually picked up a guitar and became a self - taught musician. Now I'm 65. I'm retired and enjoying life in Florida. But I still remember. Thanks guys. God Bless you each and ever one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com