Has this happened to you? A band that you really like from the past,is coming to town. You have not seen them in years. Checking further, it is revealed that, not all the original members are still together. Maybe, the band member you were looking forward to seeing, is not a part of it.
Well, I was a part of taking this to the extreme.
On hiatus from "White Light", I was contacted by former "Attack" members. They were on a tour in Reading, Pennsylvania, as the "Detroit Wheels", (without Mitch Ryder).
In fact, the only original "Detroit Wheel', was, you guessed it, the bass player! He had become ill, and could not continue. So, there we were, playing, "Jenny Take a Ride", "Devil with the Blue Dress on",etc., with no original band members. Girls would knock on our motel room doors carrying Mitch Ryder albums, and ask us, "Which one are you?" We would point to a guy, and sign the album. Give the people what they want.
"Rolling Rock" was the local beer.
We then finished this off in Buffalo, N.Y.
To close out the Canadian story, (Buffalo is near Canada),'Stanley Mitchell and the People's Choice' played at the Embassy Bar and Hotel in Windsor, on Ouelette avenue. Travelling there five nights a week, for about six months, I was never really hassled by the border guards. The drinking age in Canada was eighteen, twenty one in the states. As a result,the influx of "Yankees", provided the bar with great business.
The bar also contained a hotel. "Nuff said".
The saga will continue.
Thanks for reading.
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