Originally Posted By FerretAfros While stumbling around on the internet, I happened across this article about the death of Paul Revere (of Paul Revere and the Raiders fame) This probably belongs in General Entertainment, but in recent years I've come to associate him with the Flower Power Concert Series at Epcot during the Flower & Garden Festival In the grand scheme of music history, I doubt he'll be remembered in the same category as Mozart or McCartney, but I've always had a big soft spot in my heart for the pop music of the early/mid 60's. It's always disappointing to see the history books closing on an era, but such is life <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blogcritics.org/r-i-p-paul-revere-1938-2014/">http://blogcritics.org/r-i-p-p...38-2014/</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I saw him when he performed for much of a couple years in Branson. His show was great fun. Not only did you have the nostalgia of the music, but he was genuinely funny. It was impossible to leave the show without grinning from ear to ear. Did he concentrate on the music when playing the Epcot shows, or also use some of the humor he used in Branson?
Originally Posted By TP2000 Aw, a bit of sad news, but thank you for the info. You know his name really was Paul Revere? And they were from Idaho and got their break playing frat parties in Portland, Oregon; a more typical American story you couldn't invent. They performed dressed as Colonial soldiers in tri-corner hats and it made for a hilarious gimmick in the age of the 1965 British Invasion.
