More about THE CHARMS’ early days - see earlier posts for further reference

[The Ravalons - Clockwise, starting with drummer:  Bob Sjostrans, Greg Seagram, Sid Winfield, Jack Reese, and Don Hunt]

You talked about a band where the following played in it at one time or another, but I am unsure of what band you were referring to that they were a part of (or if it may be more than one band - you were free-associating at the time so you may not have necessarily been meaning that they were all a part of one band, but some of one and some of another?). Anyways, they were:

- Maury Finney (sax)

- Allen Finney (? guitar)

- Don Hunt (you) (bass)

- Jack Reese (lead guitar)

- Bob Sjostrand (drums)

- Jim MacKay (drums)

- Sid Winfield (keyboard)

- Cheryl Locken (keyboard)

- Susan Jenson (keyboard)

- Marilyn Olson (keyboard)

Please clarify WHAT band each one was a part of, and approximately when.

See this post on the St. Vincent Memories blog about The Charms, and the line-up as they were characterized for purposes of their ‘hall of fame’ award in 2007 - 

https://56755.blogspot.com/2007/05/rockin-into-hall-of-fame.html - Except for the Finneys, none of the persons above are mentioned in the article, so it’s a bit confusing to me how any of them had been a part of The Charms history.  For instance, you mentioned that the the first concert that The Charms did was in St. Vincent, in the Quonset hut - do you remember what year?  Going by the article in the blog post, I’m guessing it had to be before 1961?

Also, who were the following bands?  Local bands?  Who were in them?

- Sabers

- Ravelons (Winnipeg?)

- ? & the Mysterians (Hallock?)

- Uglies (Hallock?)

Who played at Hootenanys (and where?)

Who played at minstrel shows (and where?…and when?)

To do further research on the above, and to write it up, your further clarifications will be invaluable.  Please respond in writing to this email with your answers.

NOTE:  Don also said that Jack Reese made his first electric guitar in shop class, and it had ‘pick ups’ on it that he made himself…

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Jack Reese told me the following

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