It was the Chocolate Watchband they had gone to, as usual, only this time during the afternoon, to listen to a jazz quartet that had actually been pretty good.
The Monks, doing their first shows in 32 years, appear tonight and Sunday; the Chocolate Watchband, which has some new material, headlines tomorrow.
The Chocolate Watchband's founding line-up consisted of members:
The Chocolate Watchband's success and popularity was beginning to pick up at the same time as an interest in signing the band began.
The Chocolate Watchband's resurrected line-up (after their breakup in mid-1967) were:
The sound was different - the energy was different, to the fans, it wasn't The Chocolate Watchband.
The Chocolate Watchband was reformed in Autumn of 1968; its line-up consisted of:
Mr. Cobb also produced the Chocolate Watchband, whom the Standells will meet for the first time this weekend.
So, when the still-brash Chocolate Watchband reunites, no one is quite sure what to expect musically.
The headliner on Saturday was the Chocolate Watchband; on Sunday, the Standells.