Pete Basio's Party... Fall of 1974

In the early Fall of '74, Pete Basio had a party at his place. This party actually occurred shortly before the party at The Farm (see an earlier post on this BLOG).


The band "River" played for us. The lead singer / flutist and the rhythm guitar player of "River" were my roomates, cronies, and partners-in-mischief that year. I have forgotten their names too! In those days we lived at the Artillery Club, which I leased on North State Street in Syracuse.


They were good musicians, especially with songs by the Moody Blues and Cat Stevens. They rehearsed a lot at the Artillery Club... so there was always music there. They played gigs all over Syracuse, several for various student unions on different college campuses, and at clubs including The Firehouse and The Orange. Pretty coeds threw themselves on these guys a lot...
River's lead singer eventually "stole" the girl I was interested in at the time...her name was Carol Templeton...(I understand that Tad Blount eventually won her heart).

Me? During that time I was fresh out of college and working as an electronics maintenance technician at Hutchings Psychiatric Center. Goose (Mark Liszewski), Kooney (Mark Kuney), and Bruce Mothersell's Dad (from Greenboro) worked there too, in the same maintenance building. THAT job was a drastic failure best left forgotten.

Appearing in this video: Gary Sheldon (Garr), Barry Rowe (Wild-Berry), Kirk Kenyon, EJ Lapham (just a small boy), Jack Francher (Jumpin' Jack), Sig (forgot her last name!), "River", Joe whats-his-name on drums again, Frankie Arquette and Jimmy Beach on the swings, and Sharon I-forgot-her-name-too... Well, JEEZ, it WAS 38 years ago... ! Help me out here... for example Carol (Hilliker) Didden emailed me recently about The Farm posting to remind me that her cousin Starr's last name was Hilliker. Thanks Carol.


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