In 7th grade, I didn't know anyone with a "stereo". In room 21, Fred Teeter, Ken Betz, Paul Ellis and I had transistor radios. WCAO was the popular station of the day to wake up to. I seem to recall that Johnny Dark may have been the morning disk jockey. If we thought there was a chance of a snow day, we had to tune to WBAL since McDonogh didn't call WCAO on snow days.
In 8th grade, I ended up switching rooms half way through the year with Chris Illardi. We were room officers and flipped rooms. I had Hugh Wilde, Jim Long, Joe Hoffman, and Kyle Swisher in my first room and ended up with Harry Rimmer, Al Bischoff, Lee Rhodes, and Charlie Billingsley. Harry had a stereo, the first one I had seen in a dorm room. He built it from a Heathkit. Harry was a fan of Otis Redding. "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" was the regular wake up music. I think Harry was also a fan of the Temptations.
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Wally -
The first stereo I recall at McD (if not anywhere) was Carl Mosley's. I think we were in 8th grade. Among other groups, Carl was into The Mothers of Invention at the time, Zappa having just released his first LP, a spoof on Sgt. Pepper's. The following year, he turned me onto Cream's Wheels of Fire and, still later, Crosby Stills Nash. I owe him for introducing me to some of the greatest rock/pop music of our time. Cream remains my favorite group; I saw the band at Madison Square Garden in October, 2005. Carl ended up in Colorado, I think, playing guitar in various bands. He attended our 10th (?) reunion at Baltimore Country Club.
Fred:
I remember Carl's passion for Cream and other groups. CSNY was one of my favorite groups, but I didn't get there until junior year. Went to one of their last concerts in 1974 at the Cap Center. Carl was at our 20th at BCC.
Carl Mosley was a very good guitarist. Frank played bass, I think. Some of the names are faded, but music at MCD was sparse , but fun. I brought my Farfisa organ and Leslie Speaker into my room with Phil Leventhal for a time.
I remember the band director trying to convince me to play baritone horn in the band. like a small tuba. no way , I was a piano/organ player. he even mentioned George Maxwell as a guy who also played horn in the band , even though he was a piano player. He later went on to become world famous as Jessica Williams.
Gregg Karukas www.karukas.com
9th grade 1970. then sent home in the great purge of '70
Gregg:
Wow, I had forgotten about the great purge of 1970. A few names in our class that didn't return: Joe Rogers, Jim McNinch, Mark Goodrum (alias Bosco). I'm sure I could remember a few more. Bosco was my roommate for the first half of 1969-1970. He used to sneak off campus in the middle of the night for a Pixie pizza fix.
Gerald Wilson was great at convincing people to take on extra musical instruments. I think I played four different saxes (and I was a clarinet player) as well.
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