Recently we posted a video clip featuring the Moon Dawgs, a 60s era Maine rock group thats still together and is playing at the Governors Inauguration this week. Weve since discovered that the clip was the rough cut of video shot for a documentary movie, Pal Hop Days, and there are lot more clips featuring other bands that were part of the local rock scene back in the day. Heres a description of the movie: In the spring of 1964, eight weeks after the Beatles first arrived in America, another music phenomenon was set to occur in the twin city mill towns of Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. What started out as a battle of the bands to benefit the citys Police Athletic League unexpectedly turned into a weekly event known as the PAL HOP. Several New England groups would battle it out every Friday night, attracting nearly 2,000 kids who came to dance and enjoy live music. For more than three years, until a riot abruptly ended the shows, the PAL HOP was the nucleus of one of the largest garage band scenes in the country. Dozens of these groups cut their own records. Most of them found the road from Maine to the Top 40 marred with challenges and disappointment. Today, some of that music is being re-discovered. PAL HOP DAYS is the story of New Englands answer to Liverpool, and six groups that reunited more than forty years later for one unforgettable concert. PAL HOP DAYS was produced and directed by Bill Maroldo. Now that weve discovered this treasure-trove of videos featuring local groups from the 60s were going to share them with you. Heres the first of what we hope will be a regular Sunday series - well start with some of the rough cut videos from the movie, but if you have video youd like us to share let us know in the comments or a message. Well start with the trailer from the movie to give you an overview of where all this is coming from: https://youtube/watch?v=PO3cKEZ7UcE
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 23:01:29 +0000
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