JIM MESSINA & HIS JESTERS • THE DRAGSTERS • 1964 LP AUDIO FIDELITY 7037 NM
$
134
$ 134
Sold For
Sep 16, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 6, 2014
Start Date
$ 75
Start price
5
Number Of Bids
France
Country Of Seller
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Description
• THE BREEZE AND I • RAUNCHY • NO NAME DRAGSTER • STRANGE MAN •
• HIGH VOLTAGE • YANG BU • THE THING • THE JESTER • SUSPENSE RUN •
• THE COSSACK • MASATLAN RALLY • HONKY TONK • CHIHUAHUA •
• TAMALE WAGON •
AS A SINGER, WRITER, GUITARIST, PRODUCER, AND ENGINEER, JIM MESSINA MADE
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC IN THE 1960s AND 1970s AS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR
TO “BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD” AT THE TAIL END OF THEIR HISTORY, AS A CO-FOUNDER
OF THE COUNTRY-ROCK BAND POCO, AND AS ONE HALF OF LOGGINS & MESSINA.
MESSINA WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA IN 1947, AND RAISED IN HARLINGEN, TX UNTIL
HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. DURING HIS HIGH-SCHOOL YEARS, HE ORGANIZED A BAND
OF HIS OWN CALLED JIM MESSINA & THE JESTERS, THEIR SOUND HEAVILY INDEBTED
TO THAT OF THE VENTURES, FREDDIE KING, AND DUANE EDDY, AND THEY WERE GOOD
ENOUGH TO WIN A STRING OF LOCAL BAND COMPETITIONS. THEY MANAGED TO GRAB
THE LAST VESTIGE OF THE SURF MUSIC CRAZE, AND GOT A LP OUT IN 1964, ENTITLED
“THE DRAGSTERS”, ON THE “AUDIO FIDELITY” LABEL AND COPY HERE PROPOSED FOR
AUCTION COME WITH CRISP COVER AND BARELY PLAYED STEREO VINYL RECORD
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