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The Centurys – Gandy Dancer [San Antonio, TX, USA ; Surf] (1964)
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˝The Pandas started out as The Centurys, formed at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio in 1963.˝
˝On April 18, 1964, the San Antonio Light profiled the band with the headline Teen Musicians with Haircuts, noting they had $3,000 invested in equipment, and listing the lineup as˝:
– Wink Kelso – vocals
– Pat Wellberg – lead guitar
– Bill Bellamy III – bass guitar
– Tony Volz – rhythm guitar
– Jimmy Taylor – drums
˝A May 13, 1965 notice in the San Antonio Light lists the same five members.˝
˝The San Antonio Express and News reported on June 27, 1965 about the band’s summer engagement outside Chicago, Illinois˝:
*Half-way through a 10-week contract in Mt. Prospect, Ill, – a suburb of Chicago – are Jim Taylor and Pat Wellberg, who spent last winter studying at Alamo Heights High School, and Bill Bellamy, Tony Volz, Wink Kelso and Chip Stokes, all veterans of one year at Trinity University.*
*Members of the “Centurys,” a dance band … the boys were hired by Club Living, an apartment complex for young people in their twenties. During the week the boys are being kept busy cleaning swimming pools, mowing lawns, chauffeuring air line stewardesses to and from airports, and generally odd jobbing. But on Saturday nights they really “go to town.” …*
*Chip is their manager.*
*This is going to be quite a deal,” the boys reported happily as they prepared to drive North. “As a band we draw an extra $300 every Saturday night!”*
˝A November 18, 1965 article shows a change in drummers˝:
– Wink Kelso – vocals
– Pat Wellberg – lead guitar
– Bill Bellamy, Jr. – bass guitar
– Tony Volz – rhythm guitar
– Eddie Phlager – drums (I’ve also seen his name spelled Eddie Pladger, or perhaps Phleger)
˝The Centurys opened for the Kingsmen at the Granada Ballroom. Unfortunately an extensive history of the Centurys early days by Bill Bellamy is now gone from the internet and not available on the Internet Archive. If anyone has archived all of mikesbandarchive.com, please contact me (aka Garage Hangover).˝
˝In late 1964 or 1965, the Centurys released a single on Mark, “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” backed with a hot version of the Ventures’ “Gandy Dancer”.˝
(source: https://garagehangover.com/the-centurys-and-the-pandas-walk-on-swingtime/ )