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track9.mpHOME NEWS:"THE WAILERS LIVE IN ISSAQUAH !!!!!!!!!We will be playing between 5:30 and 7:30. But come early this is an all day event raising money for The Children's Hospital. For more info please go to www.childrens-ride.com"Tall Cool One"We added a new video to our media page "Tall Cool One" live at the Snoqualmie Casino.New Episode!!!Episode 2 of "The 2 Garage Guys" is available for viewing this episode features Don Wilson of the Ventures. Check it out and past episodes at www.2garageguys.com. Wailers Live at the Swiss!!!Holiday happening food drive starts at 8:00Dec 17th $15 admission $10 with can of food.1904 Jefferson AveTacoma, WA 98402click here for the details.TWO CAR GARAGE NOW ON VINYL!!!!Two Car Garage features seven songs by the Wailers, seven songs by the Ventures, and four featuring members of both groups. These rare tracks feature the vocals of Don Wilson of the Ventures, and Kent Morrill of The Fabulous Wailers. Order now on the twocargaragemusic.com website!The Wailers newest CD! ROOSTER ROCK is...Rockin' roots music (a mixture of what made rock n' roll) All scratched into a rockin sound.Click here to pick up your copy.

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album_cover_0007album_cover_0009album_cover_001061ibo-kdkcl._sl500_aa240_wailerscastlealbum_cover_0011album_cover_0008The Fabulous Wailers Discography1961 - Louie Louie/MaryAnn - Rockin Robin w/The Wailers - 45 - ET 0011961 - Mashi/Velva - 45 - ET 002 (Instrumentals)1961/2 - Wailers At The Castle - LP - ETLP 1 (with Rockin Robin & Gail Harris)1962 - Doin' The Seaside/Stompin' Willie - 45 ET 004 (instrumentals)1963 - We're Goin' Surfin'/Shakedown - 45 ET 006 (vocal/instrumental)1963 - Seattle/Partytime U.S.A - 45 ET 007. (Instrumental/Vocal)1963 - Wailers & Company - LP - ETLP 022 (Vocals/Instr./Rockin Robin/Marshans)1964 - Frenzy/Tall Cool One - 45 - ET 009 (Instrumentals)1964 - Mashi/On The Rocks - 45 - Imperial 66045 (Instrumentals)1964 - Tall Cool One - The Wailers - Imperial Rec. LP 9262 (Compilation)1964 - Don't Take It So Hard/You Better Believe It - 45 - ET 012 (vocals)1965 - Back To You/You Weren't Using Your Head - 45 - ET 015 (vocals)1965 - Wailers Wailers Everywhere - LP - ETLP 023 (vocals/1 Instr.)1965 - Dirty Robber /Hang Up - 45 - ET 019 (vocals)1965 - Out Of Our Tree/I Got Me - 45 - ET 021 (vocals)1965 - Merry Christmas - ETLP 025 - (Wailers/Sonics/Galaxies) (vocals)1966 - The Wailers - Out Of Our Tree - ETLP 026 (vocals)1966 - It's You Alone/Tears - 45 - ET 024 (vocals)1966 - Outburst - United Artists - LP - UAL 3557 (vocals)1966 - Its You Alone/Tears 45 - UA 50026 (vocals)1966 - Think Kindly Baby/End Of The Summer - 45 - UA - 50065 (vocals)1966 - You Won't Lead Me On/Tears - 45 - UA-500110 (Vocals)1967 - I'm Determined/I Don't Want to Follow You - 45 VIVA 614 (vocals)1968 - You Can't Fly/Thinking Out Loud - 45 - Bell 694 (vocals)1968/69 - Walk Thru The People LP - Bell Rec.. Bell 6016 (vocals)The last single 45 recording for Etiquette Records was by Rockin' Robin Roberts in 1967.The title was You Don't Love Me/You Weren't Using Your Head (ET 45 - 026) with the Wailers.Robin also recorded the first Etiquette single, Louie Louie (ET 45 001) with the Wailers.1965 MERRY CHRISTMAS (Sonics, Wailers & Galaxies) ETCD 025* Wailers: At The Castle Norton NW 902),US,1998,NEW: (2 extra tracks)* Wailers: The Fabulous...(Norton NW 901),US,1998,NEW:(tracks from the original album, singles,& unreleased)* Wailers: The Fabulous...(Golden Crest CR-3075),US,1962,2nd issue,b/w cover photo* Wailers: Livewire!!! (Norton NW 904),US,1998 NEW (compilation of the best mid-60s stuff,+ 2 unissued tracks)* Wailers: Tall Cool One Imperial LP 12262),US,1964,stereo * Wailers: The Wailers Wail (Golden Crest CR 3075),US,60s,mono, (reissue of 'Fabulous', with song titles on cover)* Wailers: Wailers,Wailers Everywhere (Etiquette ET-ALB 023),US,1965, 1961 recorded by Rockin Roberts with The Wailers.* The 'Wailers Outburst'' LP containing 'It's You Alone'HISTORY

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"One of the most important bands in the history of rock and roll."Michael Tomasnetsky - Blue Suade News #42 The Boys from TacomaFrom Jimi Hendrix to Heart to Nirvana, the Northwest has produced some musical giants. Geographically isolated, the area's cultural scenes have always been a bit skewed from major metropolitan centers. And through it all, the "Northwest Sound" has been influential in rock music for the past 40 years. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks & David Bowie all can be linked to this corner of the country by their quotes or music.The fifties in the Northwest were an interesting melting pot. Clubs such as The Black and Tan, Birdland, and the Evergreen Ballroom routinely brought black R&B acts to town, and Ray Charles was based in the area. Rockabilly had made its presence known, and Elvis Presley was huge. It was out of this environment that five teenagers from Tacoma, Washington formed the Fabulous Wailers. • The Boys from Tacoma hit nationally while still in high school. "Tall Cool One" reached the national charts at #36 in June of 1959. Fame called the band to the East Coast for some appearances, including the Alan Freed Show and American Bandstand. Turning down high- powered management, they returned to the Northwest to dominate the local entertainment scene.As with any band with a ten year longevity, membership changed in the Wailers. Kent Morrill (keyboards, lead vocals) was there for the band's entire history. Buck Ormsby (bass, guitar) joined immediately after "Tall Cool One" and lasted the duration. Over the years they had several guitar players: Rich Dangel, John Greek, Neil Anderson and Denny Weaver. The band's original drummer was Mike Burk and later Dave Roland. Mark Marush played tenor sax, and was replaced by Ron Gardner who also sang lead and developed into a compelling front man. Frustrated about the way they were handled (or mishandled) by the major record labels, Ormsby, Morrill and Rockin' Robin Roberts formed their own "indie" record label "Etiquette".Thus, their material was self-recorded and self-promoted. They produced a number of other acts, and Etiquette has left a fine history of some of the Northwest's most gritty recordings.The Original WailersKent Morrill - piano, organ, vocalsRichard Dangel - guitarBuck Ormsby - bass, background, vocalsKim Eggers - Sax, VocalsRuss Kammerer / Gail Harris - DrumsFeatured Vocals - Penny Haydon-Anderson,Kay Rogers-Allotia, Mary Ellen Jerkovich-Hanson1958-1960John Greek - Guitar, TrumpetKent Morrill - keyboards, vocalsRichard Dangel - GuitarMike Burk - DrumsMark Marush - tenor saxRockin' Robin Roberts – vocals1960-1962Kent Morrill, Buck Ormsby, Richard Dangel, Mike Burk, Mark MarushRockin' Robin Roberts records Louie Loui in '611st Etiquette Records 45 single1962-1964Kent Morrill, Buck Ormsby, Ron Gardner, Mike Burk, Richard Dangel1964-1967Kent Morrill, Buck Ormsby, Nell Anderson, Ron Gardner, Dave Roland1967-1969Kent Morrill, Buck Ormsby, Denny Weaver, Dave Roland, Rod GardnerThe Wailers were always experimenting and pro-gressing musically. They had several fine vocalists, and with Rockin' Robin Roberts cut the definitive version of "Louie Louie". The band also featured singer Gail Harris. She was only 13 years old when she first sang with the Wailers, and eventually became a regular during the early sixties.Audiences were so awed by the powerful performancesby this group of musicians and singers that an album was produced called "The Wailers At The Castle" recorded live at the then famous Spanish Castle Ballroom this was the first record featuring The Wailers, Gail Harris, and Rockin' Robin Roberts All together.They often toured and recorded with female back-up singers The Marshans thus emulating and updating the R&B revue/extravaganzas that had been so influential years earlier. Songs such as "Hang Up" and "Out of Our Tree" showed their abilities with mid-sixties "punk rock", but they were certainly as talented in any other musical sub-genre of that magical decade.The Wailers are probably directly responsible for the 60's rock explosion in the Northwest. Paul Revere and the Raiders aspired to be as big as the Wailers. TheKingsmen had a hit with the Wailers / Rockin' Robin's arrangement of "Louie Louie".The Sonics were groomed and produced by the Wailers. The list goes on and on. Beginning in the late seventies and through the 80's The Wailers joined together for a number of successful reunion concerts. Today a new wave of interest and fans all over the world have enticed "The Boys from Tacoma" to once again pick up their instruments and play their rock 'n' roll. A new Wailers CD 'Cadillac to Mexico' was released on October 10, 2001. A 'Cadillac to Mexico' West Coast Tour followed.CONTACT/PRESS