American Bandstand 1967- Interview Paul Revere and the Raiders

Dick Clark interviews Paul Revere and the Raiders on American Bandstand

[@7775Kevin]

I love how Dick walked away with the mic and Mark was trying to get it back before the tape playback of the next song started! These guys were a lot of fun back in those days.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

I got Joe, Jr's autograph when I was maybe 8 years old. My sister and her friend drove like hell to the local Holiday Inn after the show, chasing him down. He had gone back to the hotel alone, not feeling well, but he was kind enough to autograph a piece of scrap paper for this little kid. I'll never forget that.

[@michaeltriba1307]

This is GREAT BANTER!!! Methinks that the RAIDERS were Dick Clark's fave guests! These guys were truly charming!!! ❤❤

[@stevengraham6842]

Their album "Spirit of '67" is one of the best ever.

[@johnhenni2808]

I always liked that band very much. "Him or Me( what's it gonna be?) Good Thing , Hungry, they had a bunch of great songs!

[@chriscoombs9783]

Paul Revere and the raiders were the best band ever I have had a crush on mark since 1968 when I saw him happening 68 and that crush is still strong to day love you mark looking good to 😁 Chris from columbs Ohio

[@jonn.6325]

omg ru f'kin gay?

[@hugbug4408]

Gay or not,U hav the rite 4 your opinion!!Hungry 4 those good things or up/down and all around or it"s a good thing baby were big hits in 66-67 @an age of 9-10yrs old in 4th grade and vietnam era.Sneakin beers and cigarettes down pennypack park.Haha lol!!

[@wilrobles5392]

Loved this group.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Great interview and thanks for the memories. Great group.

[@eightapeach2861]

Freddy Weller went on to have a very successful career in country music

[@vickiross1025]

I loved them.

[@MrRoadster100]

There was a competition called "Northwest Battle of the Bands." They were known as Paul Revere and the Night Riders in those days.

[@johnwalters978]

I forgot how much I liked them. until I saw this

[@nerycarpenter7889]

Mark Lindsay is a great singer.

[@Hawkrvo]

Paul is a riot.

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

"We wanna do a real good job of faking it." It was no secret that bands lip-synched on TV, but it wasn't often that they blatantly admitted it, right in front of the producer, the host and the audience.

[@jamesharrison6201]

Of course this was back when they all lip synced

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

@@scdevon That would be very interesting - finding out whether the Wrecking Crew did that. Then again, they also recorded for the Beach Boys ...

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@jamesharrison6201 TRUE---BRITAINS TOP OF THE POPS, WAS ALWAYS LIP SYNCED, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS IN THE 80S 90 S, WHEN A FEW TOP BANDS INSISTED ON LIVE PERFORMANCES. THIS WAS WHEN THE LIVE TECHNOLOGY, WAS ALMOST LIKE STUDIO.

[@tod3msn]

@@scdevon You don't know what you are talking about. It just was easier for bands to lip sync and easier for the shows to not have to record them live. Paul Revere played until his passing and was a good musician and Mark Lindsey did a lot package tours in recent years doing his and the Raiders hits. To lip sync had nothing to do with the talent but everything to with the practical aspects of playing live for the shows.

[@rict5878]

The Raiders had some of the coolest songs. Kicks Hungry Steppin' Out Him or Me (What's it gonna be) The Great Airplane Strike Just Like Me Good Thing Stepping Stone

[@brendaharrup5706]

Tighter (&) Ups and Downs, are two more I would add to complete your perfect list.

[@rict5878]

@@brendaharrup5706 Absolutely!

[@caveredecorator5310]

thanks, i had only heard stepping stone by the monkeys till i got alexa to play it by the raiders just now.

[@aarongoff1111]

Check out there later albums, Collage, Indian Reservation, and Country Wine. Extremely underrated, solid rock music!

[@sandraandrews9907]

Kicks is my favorite 🎶🎤🎸🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶

[@ellenj1228]

I had the biggest crush on Freddy Weller when I was a kid....

[@johnheinrich1718]

Oh I get it, at the beginning of the interview when Mark says, this is “Paul Revere Dick” isn’t that Paul’s complete real name?

[@larrylewis5721]

According to Wikipedia, "Paul Revere Dick" really was his full birth name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere_Dick

[@birdsfan57]

Oh...Fang! We loved you so!

[@birdsfan57]

Mike Smith ...Yes..was aware of that fact...that's why I made that statement...

[@lloydcountess2744]

I always liked these guys,but I saw them in a concert in Tennessee where they had Freddie on guitar and Keith Allison in bass.Different outfits,no jumping around or dancing.Was disappointed with that.Did befriend Fang later on in life Nice guy- was working in a music store.

[@stephengiorgis7072]

Fun, Fun Band

[@douglasj.arcuri1370]

Doris Day’s Son was their !Genius Producer

[@hestermanning4666]

cool bunch of guys

[@larrylewis5721]

It ain't the Raiders without Drake Levin & Phil Volk (Fang). I'd seriously like to hear (and see?) them playing live in their scuffling days in the Pacific Northwest. I'll bet they burned.

[@moonbeam7702]

Mark and Phil are the only two former Raiders living now……don’t know about Freddy, Joe Jr., Charlie, Keith or any others who played in the band

[@orbyfan]

@@moonbeam7702 Keith Allison died Nov. 17, 2021 at the age of 79.

[@heidisierra9833]

Charlie was so cute! 🥰❤️

[@evdallas123]

Freddy Weller is from my hometown my sister worked with his mom

[@chrisbacos]

Many of the AB clips I see from 1967 are in black and white. Here is an exception.

[@vividwatch47]

They started taping the series in color in the Fall of '67.

[@SlickBlackCadillac]

You can add it to your collection

[@thewordlove4316]

count me in the "RRHOF = W T F??" crowd!!!!!

[@mikecaldwell4442]

all versions of the band were good....pro stuff...worthy of the rock hall....A holes for not putting them in

[@russellcrawford7453]

What songs did they do I'm more interested in the music than I am the interview ship

[@QueenFan12]

Does anyone know the 2 songs they played here (before and after the interview?)

[@k133566]

Peace of Mind and Do Unto Others

[@TurtleFrack]

I don't get it. Dick Clark acts like he has never met the band before. This was taped in 1967. He had to have known them since they were the house band for ABC's "Where the Action Is", which debuted June 27, 1965 and he was the host. Please explain.

[@MK-ws4tw]

They're just having fun. Dick Clark knows all of them.

[@MK-ws4tw]

@@aliceshaw8265 oh I know. I think he was making sure they were all introduced to the audience. I know he had already met Freddy because I saw a short interview where Freddy was introduced to Dick as a new member. I'm not sure about Joe or Charlie. Again, I think these introductions were for the benefit of the audience.

[@MrDaiseymay]

iT WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THEM

[@moonbeam7702]

What did they sing before the interview?

[@zacherywagner9232]

Here is a bit of history that no one knows that Charlie coe has a brother name Chansey coe with niece Kim coe and Chansey married a half native woman named Phillies Miller with her daughter name Jamie Miller. Back in 1965-66 Paul Revere and the raiders was practicing in a basement of Chansey coe's home in Idaho 2 little girls Charlie's niece Kim with her sister in-law Jamie was playing and running around the band while they were practicing. To make a long story short I'm the son of Jamie Miller now known as Jamie Wagner. P.s Jamie still calls Charlie coe Uncle.

[@Peorhum]

Hey!! I need the mic!

[@dustyrustymusty3577]

The half Paul Revere and the Raiders.

[@durandjohnson1321]

How come they changed band members?

[@MrDaiseymay]

THEY ALL DO--EVEN THE BEATLES DID

[@Lizardlizard02]

i still think fang was cooler

[@ACCOMPLISHEDSHEIS]

WAY BETTER. MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAVE A NEW LINE UP WHERE PAUL AND MARK ARE THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS.

[@chriscoombs9783]

Oh I forgot mark I'll let you any time , Chris from columbs Ohio .

[@russellcrawford7453]

Chris Coombs you'll let him what???

[@russellcrawford7453]

Very cool looking outfits, looks like they are the rock group that started the trend in women wearing boots to their knees IE riding boots, every woman in the United States has a pair of knee-high boots nowadays. This is where it came from

[@MrMike-fm8bp]

Where’s fang ?

[@Littlebigbot]

You can see the tension between Revere and Lindsey when Revere rushed for the mike before Lindsey could introduce the band. Revere always wanted to be boss but Lindsey had the fan base.

[@strongarms5249]

Nice

[@farpointgamingdirect]

It's almost an entirely different lineup except for Mark and Paul...

[@monicaford5106]

Met him this yr. Mark. I was 18. He's 80 now. Yikes!

[@leesagrrl]

No Fang!!!!

[@opiegoldenberg2640]

Charlie Coe was a cutie 😍

[@swidahooverlanding2867]

He is my uncle.

[@jxxy666]

@@swidahooverlanding2867 yo uncle hot asf

[@strongarms5249]

Bosque goloso

[@lynnehenderson4140]

Paul did what they did back in colonial days---the ushers had a long pole with a knob on the end to hit sleepy people in church LOL

[@lynnehenderson4140]

@@yossarian6799 LOL Yes I am, Lutheran, to be exact :-)

[@raylopez9653]

they lost the Frontline The Originals Raiders in 67 only Paul and Mark original Raiders

[@Glen-ft8ch]

Kicks was an anti drug song.

[@monicaford5106]

Also met dick this yr. And he was 1 to me. V rude when I asked him about Mark at a big party for batman. My dad knew the producer

[@weeverob]

great 60's pop but the costumes....

[@PAULLONDEN]

Oh my....those sculpted Bietel hairdos........The music was great ,but they were such clowns....no wonder that not even till today when most bands from those days gained some respect over time, even The Monkees were taken more serious than these guys.....which is a shame , because people miss out on some of the best mid 60's USA pop rock....in the same class as for example The Byrds and Beach Boys.....who ofcourse were also brilliantly produced by Terry Melcher......

[@skyone4950]

Yes but that's why they got to host where the action is, because they were funny, and cute. They were just different than most bands but still good. Mark crush!!

[@TheArabchaser]

Beatle hairdos.

[@monicafavia5006]

Sad, really, listen to their version of Louie Louie, far better than the Kingsmen. Listen to Steppen Out and Kicks they were and are great pieces of music. If you read Mark Lindsay's account of the band, the clowning came about when they were performing live in the very early days. The audience loved it, so they kept doing it.

[@billmercer1229]

They swerved toward the teeny bopper audience in the later 60s hence too much cuteness . That’s where they kinda lost me . But I still love the classic lineup and the kickass songs !

[@jv-ep2tc]

the line up matters. these 3, Coe, Weller and the drummer do not have the charisma of Volk, Valley and Smitty.

[@HaywoodZarathustra]

Drake Levin played that mean guitar in Just Like Me.