SOME MORE GREAT OLD BAND PHOTOS
courtesy of Bill "Islander" Clausing, Larry "Vagrant" West & Gene "Rascal" Cornish
BILL CLAUSING SPORTING THE OFFICIAL "ISLANDERS" ATTIRE
Circa 1961-1962
A Purple Double Breasted Shirt From Carl & Bob's Shop In Patchogue With Black Chino's
Bill was our sax player and was just starting to explore the joys of the guitar.
SECOND GENERATION ISLANDERS
LATE 1962 or EARLY 1963
The only known still photo of the band to exist
There may still be COLOR 8MM Movie Footage Of The Entire Original Band In Our Purple Shirts, Taken At O'Donnel's Cafe In Mastic Beach In The Fall Of 1961. This Little B&W Polaroid Was Taken After I Exited The Group ... My Replacement Was Nornan Cavaliere On The Left, Followed by 3 Original Members Doug Percoco, Bill Clausing, Adolph Almasy, The Drummer Here Is Pat O'Shea, kid brother of Frank Who Played Drums When I Was In The Group
THE CONTINENTALS
NORMAN CAVALIERE & ANGIE MISCIAGNO AT FLOYD HS 1962
With Matching White Jazz Masters From Irv's
THE CRESTMEN
circa Spring of 1963
I believe this was taken at Rennie Leone's Long Beach Club. L to R: Bill Clausing, Rick Chainey, Tommy Iarocci, Nicky Marchiano, & Leader Augie Reyes, Calling Out The Next Tune.
Like My Group The Continentals, The Crestmen Also Employed Early On A Sears Silvertone Twin Medalist Amp ( White Face) For Their PA System. Those Two Fender Piggy Back Amps That Are Tilted Back, Would Be Worth Around 10 G Today. Irv Sold Them New To Us For $210.00 .... I'll Take A Dozen
"FAB FOUR"
Village Inn, Rocky Point Circa 1965
Tony on the Drums , Bill doing a Bill Murray bit long before the world knew who Bill Murray was. Norman still playing his white Jazzmaster and that might be his brother Wayne who didn't get the message on what we are wearing, fiddling with the amps? Or The Fabulous Coachmen may of been Fab enuff to have a roadie long before the rest of us did ?
Bill, Norman & Wayne
THE CASUAL COACHMEN
Bill Clausing & Norman Cavaliere. This Looks Like It's Taken At The Shore Club In Sayville
I remember when Julie Klein took over the joint he had those Go Go Cages built.
THE UNTAMED
Barry Taylor, Bill Clausing, Frank O'Shea, Wally Hurney, Ritchie Pirsch
Wally & Ritchie Had A Mod Clothing Store In Patchogue
MASTIC MODNESS
BILL AT THE MASTIC INN CIRCA 1966
Barely visible in the rear is Johnny Potts, The Drummer Who Was In My Group The Continentals In 1964
SUMMERTIME IN THE HAMPTONS
THE BARGE 1967
Dune Road, East Quogue
Originally It Was Yellow. By Far The Best Known Club Of The Mid - Sixties In The Hamptons Only Because Of The
THE HAMPTON INN
Beach Lane, Westhampton Beach
My Trio "Cold Coffee" Played The Entire Summer Of 1969 Here In The Dining Room Lounge On The Left Side, Along With Folkie Chris Johnson .
In the Bar Room On The Right Was The Top 40 Group The Untamed.
In The Late 70's I Believe The Barge Got Torn Down or Towed Off ? The Hampton Inn Burned Down
WHOLE LOTTA WIND COMING OUT
Three Of "The Untamed" At The Drift Inn On Dune Road
Ritchie Pirsch & Bill Clausing On The Horns, Wally "The Clothier" __?__ Behind Them
THE UNTAMED AT THE NIGHT OWL CAFE
Greenwich Village. NYC. They Shared The Gig There With The Lovin' Spoonful
Note The Guild Echo - Rec Sitting On Top Of The Amps. That Standel Amp Leaning Back
Is Most LIkely One Of The Spoonful's
LARRY WEST - THE VAGRANTS
DO YOU FEEL IT ?......YOU KNOW LARRY DOES
and speaking of
Do You You Feel It....
GENE & DINO - THE RASCALS AT DANNY MAZUR's MY HOUSE
OCTOBER 1966
Little John Dizek doing a pole dance at My House, while Billy Joel seems to be looking at what Hassle drummer Jon Small, who is out of the frame, might be doing,
which is probably beating the hell out of his drum kit. Other drum set in background is from other band , My House's Stage was big enough to hold two complete combos,
resulting in non stop music & "crowd retention" which is what made owner Danny Mazur smile
