Paul Revere, Founder Of 1960s Rock Band, R.I.P.

Paul Revere, who founded the 1960s rock and roll band that bore his name, passed away on Saturday at his Garden Valley, Idaho home at age 76 from cancer.

Mr. Revere, who was the keyboardist for his band, Paul Revere & The Raiders, had formed a band called the Downbeats, which were renamed the Raiders in 1960.

Those of us who remember watching Paul and his band perform on such television shows as Where The Action Is, which was a weekday afternoon program hosted and produced on the West Coast by Dick Clark and aired over ABC, remember the band wearing Revolutionary War-era costumes.

The band reached its' peak when a song entitled "Indian Reservation" reached the top of the pop charts in 1971.

By that time, lead singer Mark Lindsay had left the band and had a big hit around 1970 with "Arizona."

Here's Paul in the foreground, with, from left to right, Phil Volk, Drake Levin, Mike Smith, and Mark Lindsay.
 
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