THE SONGS

1.  “Modern Progress”
2.  “The Last Riders On Route 66”
3.  “A Heartbeat Away”
4.  “Hollywood, Hollywood”
5.  “Intimate Affection”
6.  “The Love I Want To Show”
7.  “Six Feet Under”
8.  “The Night Train”
9.  “The Secrets Of Life”        
10. “The Mother Road”
11. “My New Son”
12. “Out Of The Blue (The Serendipity Song)“

Produced & Engineered by Chet Nichols for
Magic Garage Records
All Music and lyrics by Chet Nichols
All vocals and instruments by Chet Nichols
All Songs Copyrights by
Chet Nichols/Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
Cover design by Chet Nichols
All Photos by Chet Nichols
Copyright 2003  by Chet Nichols
All Rights Reserved

The CD, "Modern Progress" is a collection of
singer-songwriter tunes based in the
alternative folk-rock-alternative music
genre. This CD contains the award-winning
songs, "The Last Riders On Route 66",
"The Mother Road" and "Modern Progress".



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The CD.....
One Man Band
by Chet Nichols


THE SONGS
 1. “I Want To Be Your Hero”
 2. “The Last Riders On Route 66”
 3. “Modern Progress”
 4. “The Love I Want To Show”
 5. “Say Your Prayers At Night”
 6. “Lucky Man”
 7. “Nazareth”
 8. “Who Stole The Ivy”
 9. “Keys To My Heart”
10. “Thank You For Breaklng My Heart”
11. “Honky Tonk Rock ‘n Roll”
12. “Double Margarita”
13. “Intimate Affection”
14. “When I Think About You”
15. “Your Eyes Speak Louder Than Words” **

Produced by Chet Nichols for Magic Garage Records
All Songs by Chet Nichols, except ** by Chet Nichols
& Lu Gideon
All Songs Copyrights by Chet Nichols/
Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All vocals and instruments by Chet Nichols
All Rights Reserved

"One Man Band" is Chet's Greatest Hits CD
and includes some of his best songs from
his most recent country and folk-alternative
songs.



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The CD....
Lucky Man
by Chet Nichols


THE SONGS:
1.    “I‘m A Lucky Man”    3:08
2.    “I Want The Best We Can Give”  3:15
3.    “Thank You For Breakin’ My Heart”    3:30
4.    “Two Hearts Of Gold”     3:30
5.    “Keys To My Heart”   3:10
6.    “Nazareth”     3:55
7.    “I Miss Your Fire”   4:20
8.    “Honky Tonk Rock‘n Roll”    3:10
9.    “Say Your Prayers At Night”   3:55
10.  “Double Margarita”     3:20     
11.  “When I Think About You”     6:15
12.  “I Want To Be Your Hero”  3:25

All Lyrics & Music by Chet Nichols  
All vocals & Instruments by Chet Nichols
Produced and engineered by Chet Nichols
Cover design by Chet Nichols
Photo by Paul Sherman
All  Songs Copyrights by Chet Nichols and
Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

The CD, "Lucky Man" is a collection of songs
penned and performed by Chet. The songs
fall into the Alternative Country musical genre.
The songs tell numerous fun stories.



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The CD.......

Taxi To Tonganoxie
by Chet Nichols



“Taxi To Tonganoxie” is the only CD of
Chet Nichols’ music that features full back-up
bands in the studio. The material on this CD
was recorded, engineered and co-produced by
Stephen Barncard (CSNY, David Crosby)
in two different studios. The songs,
“Paper Burns” and “If You Were They And
They Were You” , were recorded at Wally
Heider’s Studio in San Francisco in 1974.
Stephen brought in members of
“The New Riders Of The Purple Sage”
to back up Chet on these two songs. Included
were Pete Sears on bass, Spencer Dryden
on drums and Buddy Cage on guitar and
pedal-steel guitar. Chet sings, plays acoustic
and electric guitar and some very interesting
bass harmonica on these two cuts.

These two songs were initially part of a group
of songs being considered for inclusion on
Chet’s album, “Waving Prairie”.  But, due
to some recording problems that had to do
with equipment updates at Heider’s, the songs
were pulled and saved for later.

In the past year (2007) some unblemished
mixes were discovered and the songs were
given new life. At the same time, another
group of songs recorded and produced by
Stephen Barncard at his home studio up
the hill from Beverly Glen in 1977 were
re-discovered and re-mastered.

This group of songs includes an outstanding
back-up band and singers. Included in this
group was the incredibly versatile
Wayne Goodwin on lap-steel guitar,
electric guitar and fiddle. Wayne began his
touring career with Emmylou Harris, performed
with the group Crossfire and went on to a
successful career as a feature film composer.
His credits as a violinist list the “Who’s Who”
of music including: Midnight Oil, INXS, Sting,
Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Tony Bennett,
ELO, Gene Pitney, Dolly Parton, Bread and
Crosby, Stills and Nash. Also in the band was
infamous Fuzzy John Oxendine on drums.
Fuzzy has played with many top groups. most
notably Mopy Grape, The Sons Of Champlin
and the Rhythm Dukes. Rounding out the band
was Billy Berosini on bass. Billy played with
Jackson Browne and Brewer & Shipley, to
name a few. Chet sang and played multiple
instruments.

The back up singers included those mentioned
above, plus the incredible Laura Allan,
Sherry Fox, Estrella Berosini and Rick Wallace. 
We decided to put these tunes together because as
a suite of music they sound really good together.
We hope you enjoy these tunes. The sessions
were a riot, so the music brings back great memories.

Many thanks go to Stephen Barncard for his
time, expertise and interest in saving these tapes
and remastering them. Without his efforts, we
would not be able to offer this CD to you.
..................Chet Nichols, March 2008.

THE SONGS:

1. Texacan Love
2. I Want The Best That We Can Give
3. If They Found Out We Were Living Together
4. Rock & Roll Music
5. Start Again
6. Keys To My Heart
7. (Take The ) Taxi To Tonganoxie
8. Paper Burns
9. If You Were They And They Were You

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The CD........

Paradise Unplugged
By Chet Nichols



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The CD........
WAVING PRAIRIE
by Chet Nichols



HOT NEWS!
The song, "Waving Prairie" recently won
the "Best Folk Song Contest" at
Broadjam.com!

The Songs
 1. Lady,Oh, Lady...............3:13
 2. Waving Prairie................5:40
 3. Lumbering Mountain......3:58
 4. Paradise...........................3:14
 5. Kites In The Country......7:15
 6. Judas Spy........................3:45
 7. Snow Line......................4:31
 8. Cloud Show....................5:00
 9. Hawk Market..................3:21
10. Red Tide.........................5:14
11. Lady,Oh,Lady (reprise)..3:13
12. Earth River.....................5:13

All lyrics & music by Chet Nichols.
Produced by Stephen Barncard and Chet Nichols
Engineered by Stephen Barncard.
Recorded at Wally Heider’s in San Francisco
in 1973-74
Cover design by Chet Nichols
Cover photo of Tonganoxie Farm, Kansas
by Chet Nichols
Back cover photo by M. Miller.

Copyright 2001 by Chet Nichols  &
Magic Garage Productions
All songs Copyrights by Chet Nichols &
Magic Garage Music (ASCAP).
All rights reserved.



"Waving Prairie" is a CD that helped to define the
"outside folk genre" in the 1970's. Filled with
experimental folk/rock/alternative songs that
feature many of Chet's unique guitar tunings.
If you are a fan of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor
and don't have this CD, it is a "must buy".

Waving Prairie - A Review
After having read the 'Time Loop' review,
Chet Nichols sent me a copy of the follow up
album. It was recorded in 1973 and 74, but
just prior to the release Chet Nichols got caught
in a corporate squabble between Kama Sutra's
president and a new owner who had just bought
the record company (full details here). This resulted
in the record never being released, the most unjust
treatment any recording can ever receive. To make
matters even worse the new label owners would
not let Nichols out of his contract but didn't allow
him to record either. This effectively ground his
carreer to a halt.

Chet Nichols finally released 'Waving Prairie'
himself in 2001 on his own small label. As I
expected in advance, the album doesn't touch
me the same way 'Time Loop' does. After all,
'Time Loop' quickly became my personal standard
to which all classic singer-songwriter & folk-pop
releases are now compared. James Tayor,
Joni Mitchell, all of those far better known
folk artists have to eat quite a lot of 'Time Loop'
dust. But even Nichols' own later material,
including 'Waving Prairie', doesn't quite scale
the same heights in my opinion.

Nevertheless this does not mean Waving Prairie
is a weak or a bland record. This is still signature
(early) Nichols, but a bit mellower, a bit less
dynamic, and maybe also a bit more (even more)
introspective. The style hasn't changed. Apart
from the addition of horns in a few songs and
the slide guitar in 'Judas Spy' any of these songs
could easily pose as a 'Time Loop' track. It just
wouldn't have been one of the standouts.

Since I feel the vocal melodies on general
have less instant appeal this means that the
album doesn't have the same ability to captivate
you from the start. 'Waving Prarie' is more the
kind of record that will grow on you over time.

As far as instant impact is concerned the
crescendo in 'Earth River' and the title song
itself are still impressive. The title track
especially, with that surprising almost
Oriental vocal harmony in the middle
(that sadly isn't repeated) and the ethnic
drums and with its fluent and slightly intricate
(almost progressive) structure, is quite breathtaking
and deservedly won the "Best Folk Song Contest"
at Broadjam.com.

On a finishing note my guess is that if you enjoyed
the 'Time Loop' album, 'Waving Prairie' will please
you as well. In fact, I think 'Waving Prairie' feels
like a companion album to 'Time Loop'. So if you
don't know Nichols' music yet (which is most
likely the case), go to his site and start with
(the must have) 'Time Loop' first.




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The CD....
TIME LOOP
by Chet Nichols

The Songs:  Horses and Eagles Electra Water Sand Castles Who Stole The Ivy Lonely Woman The Ballad Of Diamond Joe (Spinning On The) Time Loop * Tell Me What The Count Is The Offing The Beetles Are Coming Quasar Sleeper  ************************************************* All Music and Lyrics by Chet Nichols. Produced by Chet Nichols and Stephen Barncard, except * "Time Loop" produced by Nick Gravenites. Engineered by Stephen Barncard. Instruments on all songs played by Chet Nichols except on “Time Loop” as follows: Piano-Nicky Hopkins Drums-Dave Garibaldi Electric Guitar-Leo Collignon Bass-PeteSears Guitar-Chet Nichols Recorded in ‘72 at Wally Heider’s in San Francisco, CA. Photography by Gary Petersen. Cover Design by Chet Nichols and Gary Petersen Old photos from the record session: http://wallyheider.com/gallery/Chet_Nichols All songs published by Time Loop Music/Magic Garage Music (ASACP), Copyright by Magic Garage Productions. All rights reserved. "Time Loop" record review Chet Nichols : Time Loop (Kama Sutra - 1972) Category : criminally overlooked If you're into smart and poetic Folky singer/songwriter stuff, then this obscure release is a must have because of the high quality of the songs and the driven yet pleasant way in which they are performed. But as several of these Chet Nichols songs also have doses of Rock, I guess the album could also be of interest to fans of Classic Rock and Folk Rock. 'Time Loop' has a pure and honest and at the same time slightly melancholic feel that's reminiscent of James Taylor or, to name someone more recent, José Gonzales. And it's just as good as the best material either of these artists released, which raises the question why this album didn't get the attention it deserved and why it didn't propel Nichols to stardom. One listen to the album highlights 'Electra' and 'Who stole the Ivy' is enough to make you understand what a gifted composer and lyricist he was. In fact, there's only one average track on the entire album (not counting the superfluous outro 'Quasar Sleeper'). Highly recommended. Link to this review...... A RECORD REVIEW: “Time Loop” – a review “Amongst the obscurest LPs on the Kama-Sutra label, bent loner outsider folkie like a disturbed Tim Buckley at times, has a raw underground edge that it gaining a big following with collectors. But it is still a bargain having been released in the waning days of this semi-major label. Weird song titles like "Who Stole The Ivy", "The Offing", "The Beetles Are Coming", “Water Sand Castles” and "Quasar Sleeper, give an indication that this guy was out there. But he makes the acoustic guitar really sing and he creates some of the most unique guitar tunings ever created. His voice is melodious and multi-faceted. His lyrics are spacey, yet, thoughtful in an abstract way. The lyrics are borderline poetry. This record really grows on you. Chet’s Co-Producer and Engineer, Stephen Barncard, states at his website that Nichols was his guinea pig to help create the acoustic guitar sound made famous by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Nichols is also quite a musician and plays all the instruments on this record, something very rare in the early 1970s. He combines a Richie Havens feel, a Donovan attitude with a Dylan prespective. The production is minimalist, yet dynamic. On the title tune, "Time Loop", he has San Francisco's Nick Gravenites producing and he brings in a back-up band that includes piano by Nicky Hopkins (Rolling Stones-RIP), drums by Dave Garabaldi (Tower Of Power) and bass by Peter Sears (The Airplane). Quite a supporting cast. The record was recorded at Wally Heider's studio in SF, so maybe he's outta California. This is a necessary LP for fans of outside folk, since Nichols appears to be one of the pioneers of this unique genre. I caught a concert that he played at Long Island University and he was the best solo performer I saw play back in the 1970’s.” A RECORD REVIEW: "TIME LOOP is one of the BEST FOLK PSYCHEDELIC ALBUMS EVER MADE! Thank you CHET for this KILLER ALBUM. Warm Regards, Miguel - Germany" Listen to Chet's Music  :: Contact Chet  ::  Chet's Website ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The CD...... BLACK & WHITE    ““Black & White” is a CD of the solo, live show by Chet Nichols at the legendary Cowtown Ballroom in Kansas City, MO on the evening of January 9, 1972. Chet was the Opening Act that evening for the esteemed Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. This show marked the first time a Philharmonic Orchestra had ever performed in a rock’n roll venue. The CD also contains some “bonus tracks” from another “live” performance he did for a TV show on Channel 19 in Kansas City, Mo on the evening of September 11,1973. Out thanks go out to Chet’s long-time producer, Stephen Barncard for his interest and skill in taking this valuable historical tape and digitizing it, so that it can be preserved for future generations. Although shorter than we’d like, we wished Chet had played a few more songs, Chet’s performance highlights many of the components that personified Chet’s solo shows back then. This CD shows his versatility as a musician, songwriter and singer. He begins the set showing his prowess on harmonica with a harmonica & vocal performance of Chet’s song, “King Barlow. Chet was known to have backed-up Brewer & Shipley on harmonica when they toured. Chet then shifts to the song, ”Judas Spy”, where he shows his mastery playing bottleneck guitar. The next song, “Waving Prairie”, displays one of Chet’s special talents, creating unique guitar tunings. He then proceeds to playing one of his most popular songs, “Electra”. Then Chet does a fabulous job performing one of his signature songs from the 60’s and 70’s, the iconic blues tune, “I’m The Ice Cream Man”. This is the ONLY surviving concert performance of this classic tune. Finally, Chet continues to show his versatility as a musician and performer when he switches to piano to perform his classic rock tune, “Time Loop”. And there is more. After the performances were over and the crowd had left, Chet returned to the stage to re-record the song, “Time Loop”. This second rendition is included on, “Black & White”. The conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic was so impressed by Chet’s musicianship, voice and song writing, he invited Chet to meet with him later that week. They discussed a “rock ‘n roll marriage” of some of Chet’s more modular and classical tunes with the Philharmonic backing Chet up on stage. As a token of his appreciation, the conductor gave Chet one of the ornate, gold-leaf music stands used by the Philharmonic, a working antique that Chet cherishes and uses to this day. Unfortunately, this “show” was never produced. In addition to songs from the Cowtown Ballroom show, we were also able to salvage three songs, performed by Chet for a live TV show at Channel 19 on the evening of September 11,1973. We start this section on the CD with the humorous song, “My Baby’s Bringing In The Dough”. It features some great guitar and nifty harmonica and, as Chet puts it, “it’s a song about the ups and downs of being a musician”. Next, Chet performs, “The Train, Plane Blues”, another humorous song lamenting the transportation problems faced by musicians when they tour. This cut features Chet on piano and, again, playing some wicked harmonica to back-up a solid vocal performance. Finally, this section ends with the hypnotic and airy, “Kites In The Country”, a song from his second CD, “Waving Prairie”. When coming up with a title for this CD, Chet settled on “Black & White” because of the straightforward, artistically honest nature of his performance. In Chet’s words, “what you hear is what you get”. We are very confident that if you are a fan of Chet’s and/or a fan of unique singer-songwriters of the 60’s and 70’s that you will find great value in adding this CD to your music collection. We hope you enjoy the CD! Listen To Chet's Music   ::   Contact Chet ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The CD...... RAW 'N ROLL by Chet Nichols & The Chosen Few

THE SONGS
1.  Play With Fire              02:23
2.  You Made me Cry        03:12*
3.  Summer Love              03:11*
4.  Stay Away                   03:20*
5.  Bye Bye Love              03:25
6.  Johnny B. Goode         03:01
7.  Great Balls Of Fire       02:22

Executive Produced by
Chet Nichols and Stephen Barncard
for Magic Garage Productions

Re-mastered and digitized by
Stephen Barncard,
House Of Cubes, SF, CA

Produced by Chet Nichols,
Tom Peck, Wayne Welch
Jeff Weinstein and Bill Bradley

Engineered by Bill Bradley in 1964 in his
3-story home in Wilmette, Il

* Songs composed by Chet Nichols.
Copyrights by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)

Special thanks to Stephen Barncard,
Greg Welch, Susan Peck MacDonald
and Mrs. Peck  for their time and
contributions

Dedicated to the memory of
Thomas O. Peck, Jeffrey Weinstein
and Bill Bradley

Copyright 2007 by Chet Nichols. 
All Rights Reserved.
Cover design and photos by Chet Nichols


L to R: Chet, Jeff and Tom "live" at
Winnetka's "Rolling Stone"....

Record Review

Forget "Ten Years After" with Alvin Lee,
how about "Forty Three Years After with
The Chosen Few"!
 
Chicagoland's Quintessential
Mid-Sixties Rock Band
 
     Like discovering a diamond in the rough,
Musician Extraodinare  Chet Nichols
unearthed a long thought lost 1964 taping
of his band The Chosen Few.   Thanks to
Chet's perseverance,  he had it
re-lobotimized, cleaned up and digitized,
reproduced and packaged.  Considering
the primitive conditions under which it was
recorded on 1/2 inch tap, as well as it's
forty three years of entombment in a long l
ost music graveyard, the sonic clarity and
quality remained intact!  Chet must have
employed a kitchen magician, the ghost
of Houdini,  and a clone of George Martin,
the producer of The Beatles, to bring this
baby back to life. (Actually it was Chet's
buddy and David Crosby producer,
Stephen Barncard).

Thank the Music Gods for miracles.
 
     What we have before us now folks,
is the only known recording of one the
hottest mid-sixities bands to grace the
Chicagoland area and The North Shore. 
This band had a following that always
backed the venues where they played. 
In spite of the young age of the members
of the band (17-18), they displayed a
sense of musical professionalism, far
beyond their years.  Additionally, their
vocal talents were top notch, and
balanced in true harmony.  They
played the various covers of that era,
that ran from The Beach Boys to The
Stones to The Beatles, and on and on. 
With Tom Peck on bass, Jeff Weinstein
on rhythm guitar, Chet Nichols on lead
guitar and lead vocals, and Wayne Welch
on drums, they were a together group
with a very tight sound. The biggest
surprise of the group was Chet Nichols's
song writing ability, which led him to a
long and highly successful career as a
highly acclaimed performing artist,
proficient song writer and well noted
author.  Chet's self-penned songs on
this CD are well written, highly evolved
and perfectly vocalized and were a
highly positive harbinger of things to
come for him in his music career.
Having seen this band blast out their
many great songs on many occasions
in those music filled years,  I now have
a piece of music history that I had
longed for many a year.  Anyone
from that era needs this CD for their
music collector.  In addition, anyone
who has ever lived or went to High
School in the Chicago area, the North
Shore, Wilmette, Winnetka, Kenilworth,
Evanston and Highland Park, etc, is
required to have this album.  It's too
bad that we don't have any more of
the music that The Chosen Few
played. However, this sonic taste of
that time is like a whole musical
feast!  Chet, many thanks for giving
us a piece of the past that we had
longed for such a long  time.  It is a
true Mid-West Musical Masterpiece!.

.......GW, Marquette, MI


L to R: Jeff, Tom and Chet in the Peck's
basement....

Background Notes About
The Chosen Few

The Chosen Few was an important rock ’n roll
“basement band” based on the North Shore of
Chicago in the early 1960s. Basement band?
Well, they practiced in basements. All of the
initial band members attended New Trier High
School, a school that has spawned many great
creative artists, musicians, actors and
producers. The North Shore was a hot spot for
developing rock’n roll bands and artists in the
area. The Chosen Few began playing together
in the Fall of 1963. The co-founders were Chet
Nichols, who played lead guitar and sang lead
vocals, and Phil Hagenah, who initially played
guitar. A friend of Phil’s, Tom Peck, was
begging to join the band, so Chet and Phil
taught Tom to play bass and Phil graciously
moved to the drums. Mark Springer joined to
play rhythm guitar. Like many bands, there
were changes in personnel until the final
nucleus was solidified. Along the way they
added Wayne Welch on drums and vocals and
Jeff Weinstein on rhythm guitar and vocals.
Phil Hagenah, went on to be a very successful
film producer and Mark Springer went on to be
a singer in The New Christie Minstrels.

They were one of the “house bands” at the
famous Winnetka rock ’n roll nightclub,
The Rolling Stone. What set the band apart
from other bands was the fact that they played
originals penned by Chet Nichols and mixed
them in with danceable cover songs. Chet’s
songs were influenced by The Beatles,
The Kinks, The Beach Boys and The Rolling
Stones. He wrote songs that people still
remember today; “You Made Me Cry”,
“Million Dollar Sandbox”,“Stay Away”,
“Over and Over”, “Summer Love” and
“If You See Kaye”, to name a few..............


Wayne Welch at his "workbench"......

They played together until the summer of 1967,
when college and the Armed Services finally
split the band up for good.  Tom Peck headed
to Boston and lived there for several years until
migrating to San Diego, where he lived as a
free-lance writer and cared for his mother until
June 2005 when he passed away. Jeff
Weinstein moved to Colorado and played in
bands in the Boulder area until he passed
away in the 1980’s from complications of
diabetes. Wayne Welch went into the Army
and took his basic training near Oklahoma
City where Chet first attended college. Wayne
now lives in Bonanza,Oregon and his band,
"The Usual Suspects" plays in the Klamath Falls,
Oregon area. Wayne has two sons, T.J., a bank
executive in Illinois and Bob, an artist. Chet
transferred to Kansas University and was
“discovered” in a coffee house in Kansas City.
This led him into a long-running solo career as
a performer, recording artist, singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, actor, writer, designer and
composer that is still going strong. Chet has
produced 11 CDs of material that runs from
Outside Folk Rock to Americana to Alternative
Country to New Age/World Fusion Instrumental
compositions. Chet has been married for 27
years to Nancy and they have two sons,
Chet III,  a system administrator and web
developer at AOL and Ben, a college student........


Tom Peck working-it-out on bass....

Chet thought he had lost this tape, but found it
in a box of old tapes stored in his garage in
December of 2006, He turned to his old friend
and respected San Francisco producer, Stephen
Barncard, to salvage the tape and digitize it. The
tape was recorded on a 1/2 machine and is
in mono. It was engineered and recorded by
Bill Bradley in his 3-story house in Wilmette
one Saturday afternoon. Bill went on to being
one of the best engineers in the music business,
eventually working with Madonna and running
her record company.

There is distortion and a raw feel to this tape
because the pre-amps on the mixing board were
not built for loud drums and amplifiers and The
Chosen Few played loud AND fast. But the vocals
are clear and out front. This CD is un-cut and
un-edited. It is an honor to be able to bring to
you this little gem of the history of an important
band that was part of such a vibrant and exciting
time of emerging music in the 1960’s........


Jeff Weinstein relaxing in the Peck's kitchen.

We want to send out very special thanks of
appreciation to Stephen Barncard, Greg Welch,
Susan Peck MacDonald and Mrs. Peck for
their time, enthusiasm and contributions to this
production. Their help has truly enriched
this project.

Also thanks to Mr. Hagenah, Mr. and Mrs. Peck
and Mrs. Nichols for letting the band practice in
their basements, drink cokes and empty the ice
boxes of food. Also, thanks to Mrs. Bradley for
letting us trample her beautiful home in East
Wilmette on one fateful Saturday afternoon.

This CD is dedicated to the memory of
Tom Peck, Jeff Weinstein and Bill Bradley.

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