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The I\cono Record, The Stroudsburg, Pa. — Sat., Aug. 0,1960Captives of Solitude liven up Sidewalk Days saleBy RICK METHOT and TONY VELLELA Pocono Record ReportersEAST STROUDSBURG - The little car nosed through tourist-clogged traffic into East Stroudsburg yesterday afternoon to see part two of the “Battle of the Bands.”Turning up to Crystal St. it jostled Hs way into a parking spot in front of the Famous Store, which had sprawled out onto the sidewalk for the Sidewalk Sale Days being held in -the Stroudsburgs.Streets were crowded even in the late afternoon hours.People were going to S. Court-land St. in search of the Captives of Solitude, scheduled to play in front of the record shop next to the movie theater.The gathering crowd of tee-shirted teenage boys and girls in shorts and madras shirts,was interspersed with occasional mothers trying to get a closer look at what teenage son or daughter had been gyrating to for the past year or so.The paisiey-fihirted band piled out of a station wagon loaded with mikes, drums, guitars, and even a baby electric organ, and began to set up.In a surprisingly short time the “Captives,'’ a five-man group from Lehighton, were ready to swing—and did with “Wild Thing” one of the current best sellers on rock and roll charts.With the first number well under way the crowd began to swell back to the curb and part of the way up S. Courtland St. Kids came in threes and fours toward the reverberating sounds.A sweatshirt and jeans crowd started to gather nodding their heads to the beat of the music—Mas the theater marquee blared “The Russians are Coming above them.Soon as the first number died in the amplifiers a pert-frecklc faced girl in dungaree shorts moved into the crowd and collected votes for the performing group.By the time the youthful appearing band started into its second number a few college kids showed up—rounding out the gap in the age group—a red convertible full of pretty girls pulled in across the street and stayed to see the fun.One of the best songs done by the Beatle-browed five was “Gloria” recently recorded by the Shadows of Night. For such a young group they did an admirable job of it making good use of a small plastic flute played into the mike—a hand thumped tambourine played in■the best Bob Dylan tradition added to the overall sharpnessof the outfit.The drummer, Jimmy, was a tiny honey-haired boy who looked as if he would go about 90 pounds dripping wet—Jimmy didn’t seem to care about stature, he could play drums.What is fast becoming one of the most popular instruments in rock and roll as well as folk rock groups is the small electricorgan—even Deter, Paul and Mary have added its bluesy sound to their background instruments.A guy named Jack stood and banged out a good piping sound on the keys.One thing that makes a good rock and roll band is volume— and the Captives of Solitude had plenty of it—they turned weak-willed ladies away from the front row with it and attractedthe sturdier leen set who knew a good thing when they saw it.One of Ihe college kids commented he’d hire them for anyfraternity party, which is about equal to LBJ inviting a struggling dance band to play at a White House reception—quite a compliment.Sidewalk Sale Days were the reason for the entertainment and local merchants reported success.Mrs. Ted Getz, of the Ted Getz Men’s Store, Stroudsburg, stated that We’re very satisfied. We always are.MMrs. Getz felt that the sale days were a very successful undertaking by the store managers, and thought that they were handled well.In East Stroudsburg, merchants reported the same reaction to the event.The manager of The Famous Store, on South Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg, summed up the feelings of the store owners by stating, “Everything’s been going very well. It’s been very successful.”The sidewalk events, with merchandise marked down for the sales and placed on the walkways in front of each establishment, will end today in both Stroudsburgs.Come See AndBeautiful...a#
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Stroudsburg Pocono Record
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Aug 06, 1966
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