Paul Revere, Bandleader und Organist der US-amerikanischen Raiders ist gestorben

Der am 7. Januar 1938 in Nebraska geborene US-amerikanische Organist und Bandleader Paul Revere (Bild) ist am 4. Oktober 2014 in Idaho gestorben.

Foto: Kepgeek – CC-Lizenz: Attribution 3.0 Unported – Zur Originaldatei: http://en.wikipedia.org/

«Girl, you better get straight» – so lautete die entscheidende Zeile von «Kicks», dem ersten Song, mit dem Paul Revere & The Raiders 1966 in die Top Ten der US-Singlecharts vordrangen. «Ein toller Song», befand Jahre später der berühmte Musikkritiker Greil Marcus, «so gut, dass er seine eigene Message (es war ein Lied gegen Drogensucht) gleich wieder plattwalzte – das Stück lieferte genau das, wogegen es vorgeblich protestierte.»

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/paul-revere-and-the-raiders-indian-reservation-bandleader-gestorben-a-995508.html

«The Madman of Rock & Roll» was known for his unique outfits, infectious stage persona and garage rock hits.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/raiders-leader-paul-revere-dead-at-76-20141005

Paul Revere, a teenage businessman who found an outlet for his entrepreneurial spirit in the form of a campy rock ’n‘ roll band that capitalized on his name, wore Revolutionary War-era costumes and cranked out a string of grungy hits in the mid-1960s, has died.

Claire Noland

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-paul-revere-20141006-story.html

The band recorded a string of hits in the 1960s and early 1970s, including «Kicks,» «Hungry» and «Indian Reservation.» Revere, the band’s organist, had a hyperactive effervescent stage personality and came to be known as «the madman of rock ’n‘ roll.»

Ralph Ellis

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/05/showbiz/paul-revere-obit/

Videos:

Paul Revere and The Raiders – Kicks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8G4clUJBY

Paul Revere & the Raiders – Indian Reservation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVwEwdIIZD0

Paul Revere, ’60s rocker and leader of the Raiders, dies at 76

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/10/06/dnt-paul-revere-obit.kboi.html

Mehr:

http://www.paulrevereandtheraiders.com/Roger-Hart-Memorial-to-Paul.pdf

http://www.paulrevereandtheraiders.com/