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| "Sail": band at Damascus Road Coffee House |
The coffee house, as the article says, was located two miles south of Cherryland Mall on Garfield Road. "Sail" played a repertoire ranging "from rock to folk, with emphasis on percussion". I remember hearing about this place on the radio, and they had a lot of bands there over the years. But I never made it there. The coffee house is long gone. As for "Sail", who knows? Their name makes them hard to Google. I wonder how long this band lasted, or if any of the musicians found fame in other bands,
11 comments:
Now that's cool. Where do you find all of these old articles and postcards! They are wonderful!
Oddity of digital history storage:
found quite a bit of interesting stuff on the Indian Play at Petosky, but nary hint of 'Sail'
and their fate.
Whenever I hear the term, "Christian rock", I always think back to that "South Park" episode in which Eric Cartman started that Christian rock band (his motives being slimy/impure, of course).
Now that is funny... I thought of that South Park episode too. Ha1
I never heard of these folk, but I sure saw other like bands pop up in the sixties and seventies.
One I recall from about 1968 starred some guy named Winkey Prattney. He insisted that there be no bass played in his band because "the bass is the devil's instrument". I thought he was joking at first and giggled. But he assured me that he was very serious.
Leticia: I cut out this clipping from the newspaper right when it came out.
BB: What else did you find about the Indian Play?
Silly: I've seen bass players called many things before, but not devils!
And yes, I posted this on the off-chance that a member of "Sail" comes along and finds it.
It seems the Petoskey Hiawatha
is published as a 'libretto', apparently performed by Ojibwes,
somehow connected to the railroad
serving that area. Lots of
historical info for that time and era.
I even read an excited review by
some lady..which unfortunately I
cannot find....
Really interesting. So I guess those were actual Indians (Chippewas, as many know them now).
When my great Aunt passed away, my grandmother gave me a small box of stuff that came out of my Aunt's vanity dresser. Among the various items, was a brass hand mirror. The back of that mirror had a hand colored sepia photograph of a Native American Indian under a celluloid cover. The photograph was titled "Hiawatha Petoskey, Michigan"
My grandmother didn't know anything about it, she guessed it was a souvenir of some sort that my Aunt picked up in her travels.
From reading your posts, I'm thinking this must have been a memento from the Hiawatha play.
I'd be happy to share a picture if someone can tell me how to do it.
Thanks for all the neat info and links!
When my great Aunt passed away, my grandmother gave me a small box of stuff that came out of my Aunt's vanity dresser. Among the various items, was a brass hand mirror. The back of that mirror had a hand colored sepia photograph of a Native American Indian under a celluloid cover. The photograph was titled "Hiawatha Petoskey, Michigan"
My grandmother didn't know anything about it, she guessed it was a souvenir of some sort that my Aunt picked up in her travels.
From reading your posts, I'm thinking this must have been a memento from the Hiawatha play.
I'd be happy to share a picture if someone can tell me how to do it.
Thanks for all the neat info and links!
Email me and I can try to help you.
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