Stories Behind The Association with Russ Giguere

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3 жыл бұрын

Find out how Russ Giguere became part of one of the most successful bands of the Sixties, the first band to open a rock festival, the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival during The Summer of Love. Hear the stories behind the band’s hit records Windy", "Cherish", "Never My Love" and "Along Comes Mary” in Russ's personal memoir, “Along Comes The Association”. Russ shares his passion for The Association in this episode of “The Rock N Roll Show with Pam and Joe.”
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@janicecioffi3187 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, The Association should be in the Hall of Fame!!

@bernardomedina5943 Жыл бұрын

Great interview! Love, Love, Love the Association!

@leograndovic5171 2 ай бұрын

I think it’s unforgivable that the Association is not in the R n R Hall of Fame! I think the music is as relevant today as it ever was. I play “Birthday Morning” every year on my birthday!

@kensellers4082 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great interview with Russ Giguere, one of the original members of the superb group, The Association. In most groups, the members of the band usually originate from the same city and state. However, the members of The Association hail from different parts of the country; I believe Mr. Giguere is originally from New Hampshire, Terry Kirkman is from Kansas, Jules Alexander and Jim Yester are from the South, Tennessee and Alabama, respectively, Larry Ramos, Jr. was from Hawaii, Brian Cole was from the state of Washington and Ted Bluechel is a native Californian. I enjoyed Russ Giguere’s remembrance of performing in Battle Creek, Michigan. The late, great George Carlin echoed Russ Giguere’s childhood recollection of enthusiastically cutting out coupons from cereal boxes and sending away for toys like model airplanes and submarines from the almost mystical American city of Battle Creek, Michigan. I knew The Association had performed in England, but I didn’t know they had also performed in Rome, Italy. I wonder if they learned to sing “Cherish” and “Requiem for the Masses” in Italian phonetically for that concert? Who knows, maybe Tony Soprano and Dr. Jennifer Melfi are big fans of The Association? Way back in 1968, The Association performed on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in New York City one Sunday night. I remember that next day in school, one of my classmates mentioned that a couple of the guys in the group had been to his parents’ home for dinner on Saturday night. Patrick Collechio, The Association’s manager, was a boyhood friend of my classmate’s father here in New Jersey. So, we were all mightily impressed when our high school classmate informed us that Larry Ramos and Ted Bluechel along with Mr. Collechio, had been to his house as dinner guests over the weekend. It really is an injustice that The Association is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This does not speak well for the RRHOF co-founder, Jann Webber.

@pamelapulice3900 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments, Ken. Glad you enjoyed the interview. We certainly did! What a lovely man Russ is.

@kensellers4082 3 жыл бұрын

@@pamelapulice3900 I saw The Association perform at the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park in 1972. It was the finest concert I have ever attended. The video of the group performing at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois here on You Tube is terrific. Although, it’s also somewhat sad in watching this video, knowing that Larry Ramos and Brian Cole both died long before their time.

@edwardbliss8931 Жыл бұрын

My mother used to play this for me on vinyl in the 70s. I never stopped listening to them

@martylmilton 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought the Association was one if the best groups in the 60s. Their harmonies live always sounded as good as the recordings. They were one of the most polished groups in concert.

@pamelapulice3900 3 жыл бұрын

You are so right, Marty. Thank you for commenting.