New Christy Minstrels & Gene Clark-1963-Part l
WUNERFUL!! Barry McGuire is here too, and this was filmed during Gene’s brief tenure with the band. In what is probably the biggest irony of my life; my Dad’s brother was Randy Sparks’ best friend, up until the day he died in the late ’90′s. Randy begged uncle Walt to stop smoking, which he didn’t, and he succumbed to lung cancer. I NEVER met my uncle, but I’m told that Randy was in our house around 1965 playing Guitar; I would have been only 4 years old then, and have no memory of this. Before the Christys became famous, Randy told Dad that he was going to buy him a Rolls Royce when he bcame “Rich & Famous”! The Rolls never materialised. 
I wouldn’t make The Byrds/Christys connection until YEARS after I started playing. Gene left The Minstrels shortly after this, after hearing “She Loves You” on a restaurant jukebox, and headed to California… He can be clearly seen at 00:55. Listen for the cool key change modulation at 1:41. Part 1: uk.youtube.com Part 2: uk.youtube.com Part 3: uk.youtube.com Part 4: uk.youtube.com Part 5: uk.youtube.com Join us at The Byrds Yahoo! group: launch.groups.yahoo.com Enjoy!
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When I saw the NCM there was a cute chick called Ellen Whalen-still remember her..
the mamas and the papas sang mcguinn and mcguire but it should have been clark and mcguire. gene could write the songs and mcguire could belt them out!
This was the era when people couldreally sing….no computer correction, no RAP no CRAP
Yes, there is a Lawrence Welk quality of well-scrubbed, earnest, slightly dopey youth to all this (and, heck, check out the blond gal with the enormous BANGS!)…but! They are not dubbed, not auto-tuned, not flashing their tits or dressed up in thongs or phony “punk” gear or plaid or torn jeans…that’s cool.
Yea, kinda of trip, he remembered me and I bought a cd and had it autographed by jim, larry and russ. There music is so classic it will go on forever.
So he was in the Association? I was just sort of kidding, just pointing out that he might have looked like him, not knowing by any stretch that it was indeed him! So thanks for the great info ! It pays to pay attention, right? Thanks again. And you know him? Awesome!
Yea, thats larry ramos.. I saw the association in vegas last november, larry looked good, he lost weight and remembered me from california where he came in my work place back in the 80′s and 90′s.
I think it is the guy from “The Association” ,Gene Clark from “The Byrds” , and Barry Mcguire
There is a banjo player that looks like a guy in The Association. Is that him at 2:01 ?
wow, great story, thanks for sharing
Thanks for these posts. Folk is still my favorite kind of music (along with some “classical”). I have fond memories of shows like Hootenanny and the NCM. I want political and social commentary in some songs; but I feel it’s wrong to look down on the NCM for not being political and social enough. What happened later in the Sixties was more extreme, and there was a backlash. So it goes.
barry mcguire is out of control!!!!
I was born too late. I prefer a time when men looked like men and ladies looked like ladies and this music was the music of the day.
There are certain songs I never tire of hearing. This is one.
Nick Woods. He was also one of the arrangers of the group. He and Jackie Miller (blonde banjo player) and Randy Sparks (her ex-husband) were The Randy Sparks Trio before the Christies were formed. Reportedly, Woods, Larry Ramos (other banjo player and later of The Association) and Clarence Treat (bass player) were the core trio of the Christies around whom most of the arrangements were written.
love it
I remember watching Hootenanny. The beatles put an end to all of this.
Amazing what plugging a Ric into a Fender amp will do?
That’s Larry Ramos of The Association at 7:00 - 7:20. Wow, never knew he, like Gene Clark, was in the New Christy Minstrels.
Saw them in a concert in 1963 or 1964 at Kearney State College in Kearney, Nebraska….huge crowd and the crowd loved them…especially they loved the two girls!!!
GREAT story!
Christian
I got a little treat today. While having lunch at a little cafe along highway 49 near Jackson CA, Randy Sparks and Becky Joe Benson sat down at the table behind me. I didn’t recognize them but I knew I wanted to talk to them as soon as they walked in. Imagine my surprise to find out who they were, and then again to find out how nice and down to earth they are.
thanks very much for your help. I just think he had a great quality and tone to his voice that deserves more credit. so sad to hear that he has passed away though .
thanks once again bob
The singer doing the one solo part in the song is Nick Woods, Nick passed away in 1971.
It is so wonderful to have this music of the New Christy Minstrels preserved in history and others such as the Seekers, Chad Mitchell Trio, Kingston, Peter, Paul & Mary… what an era for greatest music ever. I am saddend to hear that Gayle passed away this past April and she will live in out hearts forever. May the Lord give her family peace and thank you for the wonderful music you gave us….