Comments on: Hall of Fame Week: Don Everly, John Fogerty, and “Balls”

By: mary

mary — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:30:12 +0000

Hey, is this the Kathy Yochis that owned in Wisconsin at the Rock N Roll Ranch??? If so, this is Mary.
Email me at thisweek8

By: mary

mary — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:30:12 +0000

Hey, is this the Kathy Yochis that owned in Wisconsin at the Rock N Roll Ranch??? If so, this is Mary.
Email me at thisweek8

By: band hall

band hall — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:58:26 +0000

[...] that John Fogerty, the Everly Brothers, and the long-forgotten band the Rainmakers all intersected.http://popdose.com/hall-of-fame-week-don-everly-john-fogerty-and-balls/A Campus Tour of Pearl River Community CollegeThe band hall was constructed in 1973. It contains a [...]

By: Things to read elsewhere | Rapid Eye Reality

Things to read elsewhere | Rapid Eye Reality — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:38:49 +0000

[...] How the Rainmakers Got Signed–If you lived in Missouri any time in the late 80s, you knew The Rainmakers. Chances are you loved them. My cousin and I did. He tipped me to this story today about how the band ended up getting signed by a label that wasn’t signing people. [...]

By: Older than I used to be, younger than I’m gonna be « Dateline: Anytown USA 2.0

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:53:16 +0000

[...] a Kansas City group called The Rainmakers, which had a little sniff of fame back in the late 1980s. Here’s the story of how they were signed. Fascinating read. Link from largelypro.com, the personal blog of the band’s former [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:46:03 +0000

Fun read. Thanks for sharing the story.

Bob (of Steve, Bob, and Rich) got the rights to re-issue “Balls” and the Rainmakers albums on CD. If anyone is so inclined, they're available from Village Records (http://www.villagerecords.com). Direct link: http://www.villagerecords.com/advanced_search_r...

By: JimK

JimK — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:42:19 +0000

Great article, but for the record, the Hyatt Regency Kansas City skywalk collapse (July 17, 1981) killed 114 people, not 13. On a lighter note, John Fogerty quoting Bob Walkenhorst lyrics verbatim is just priceless. Thanks for sharing this great story with us!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:35:10 +0000

Bob plays weekly at the recordBar, which in my book qualifies as regularly, not semi-regularly.

By: Teaser

Teaser — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:52:30 +0000

I've heard it before but I could read it a million times. Your wordsmith-ship is a delight.

Can we have another, please?

By: Kathy Yochis

Kathy Yochis — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:43:14 +0000

Hey Lubes,
Have you heard that I shovel it now – and don't take it any more. Just returned from China rescuing bears!? It was amazing. Live music was strained at best though. Circles get even smaller thanks to google. Hell the world has gotten smaller too!