This is great. Love the Remains. The Remains, “The Remains” is still in heavy rotation on my turntable, I mean Apple Music. It’s a collection of truly great songs.
Saw them opening for the Beatles at Suffolk Downs in Boston 1966. I have seen another video out on RUclips about the band or the great band that never was. Also, somewhere in the Internet I read or heard about on a video, how welcoming and friendly the four Beatles were when they toured together in the same airplane, and Beatles would usually go back and talk to the guys in the group Barry and the Remains on equal terms!
I'm from Westport and the Remains were the talk of Fairfield County, Connecticut in the mid-1960's, I still have their first album. But I lost track of them and I'm pleasantly surprised that they released more albums. We thought they broke up for good after the Beatles tour.
I saw them on the Beatles last tour 1966 they were one of the best rock bands in the world then up there with the best. Later i saw them when they got back together in 1975 or 1974 at Paul,s Mall Jazz Workshop in Boston my god they were even better then than in 1966 wish those shows were taped smoking. Chip had returned then wish they stayed together then would have been explosive Oh yeah they all came over to my table to talk to me as i told them how great they were they seemed surprised at my comments i dont think they knew how great they really were.
Don't Look Back was written by Billy Vera who has forged an amazing career in Music. If you don't know who he is it is worth checking him out. The Remains were an amazing Rock N Roll Band who were and always will be one of the very very best and least recognized and underrated. They were really really good!
Best band I ever saw from Boston in the mid-late Sixties. Even better than J. Geils Band at that time. They toured with The Beatles, for heavens sake! People build long careers on shit like that. But Barry broke the band up after the tour. Wow.
Yeah.. Barry broke the band because Chip (the drummer at the time) got out of the band just days before the Beatles concert in Boston, and later the other drummer just couldn't get the chemistry in the band right.. I mean they were college mates and all of a sudden everything falls apart. I think that is the most game-changing breakage of a band in history of music, speaking from a perspective of what they could of become. As one rock critic said back in the late 60's - they could have easily been the best r'n'r band ever, surpassing the Stones. And are certainly America's best LOST band. Cheers to you Larry!
Patrick Potocki ~ I had known that. But as a guy who’s played all my life and been in a couple of bands that just couldn’t quite make that step into the arena of notoriety, it’s hard to believe he didn’t want to continue and make a good stab at success on a larger level. I also also heard that Barry felt they couldn’t go any further; that they had already reached a level much higher than they had ever expected. Man, opening for The Beatles is a calling card thousands of bands wish they had in their pocket. But I loved the band anyway. In my opinion, with some stronger original material, they had a bright future. They could really play, and they knew their stage craft, too. One writer called them “the greatest band that never made it.” I don’t know about that, but they had a real shot - a shot most any other group of musicians would die for.
@@larrypower8659 The irony is listening to their original material now - they were well written 1960's pop tunes. Their cover work was excellent and maybe if Barry had brought home some of that African weed, he could've developed the right vision for the band. The comments he made when he formed the band were spot on. They played several gigs in and around Westport - a skating rink, Longshore Country Club and other spots.
@@1blastman I grew up and played in bands on Boston’s North Shore when Barry and The Remains were making their bones. They were a bit older than we were, and by far the best band any of us knew of. Those guys could really play, and they played TOGETHER. It was kind of eye opening for us, to see a band that truly got what a band was about. I saw them several times and they just kept getting better. The Remains were beloved, and a legend to this day. Rightly so, in this old guitar player’s opinion. As great as they were, I think their weakness was-ironically-their original material. Not enough ear catchers to sustain the fantastic momentum and reputation they were building. Shit, man-they did Hullabaloo, Ed Sullivan, PLUS THEY TOURED WITH THE BEATLES! As you alluded to, maybe Barry should have kept on puffing that African weed. Really, who breaks up a band after you’ve been on tour with the greatest band of all time? Oh, well … Such is life.
Barry and The Remains were a phenominal Rock N Roll Band in Boston during the mid 60's. Their music is relevant to this day!
This is great. Love the Remains. The Remains, “The Remains” is still in heavy rotation on my turntable, I mean Apple Music. It’s a collection of truly great songs.
Saw them opening for the Beatles at Suffolk Downs in Boston 1966. I have seen another video out on RUclips about the band or the great band that never was.
Also, somewhere in the Internet I read or heard about on a video, how welcoming and friendly the four Beatles were when they toured together in the same airplane, and Beatles would usually go back and talk to the guys in the group Barry and the Remains on equal terms!
Read that as well
What a great band!!
“Let Me Through” is their best.
They are light years beyond every other "garage rock" band. Absolutely incredible!
How inspired and inspiring.
I'm from Westport and the Remains were the talk of Fairfield County, Connecticut in the mid-1960's, I still have their first album. But I lost track of them and I'm pleasantly surprised that they released more albums. We thought they broke up for good after the Beatles tour.
I saw them on the Beatles last tour 1966 they were one of the best rock bands in the world then up there with the best. Later i saw them when they got back together in 1975 or 1974 at Paul,s Mall Jazz Workshop in Boston my god they were even better then than in 1966 wish those shows were taped smoking. Chip had returned then wish they stayed together then would have been explosive Oh yeah they all came over to my table to talk to me as i told them how great they were they seemed surprised at my comments i dont think they knew how great they really were.
Don't Look Back is a Classic
Don't Look Back was written by Billy Vera who has forged an amazing career in Music. If you don't know who he is it is worth checking him out. The Remains were an amazing Rock N Roll Band who were and always will be one of the very very best and least recognized and underrated. They were really really good!
That was my favorite song on "Nuggets" when I was in high school
Nicely done.
Best band I ever saw from Boston in the mid-late Sixties. Even better than J. Geils Band at that time. They toured
with The Beatles, for heavens sake! People build long careers on shit like that. But Barry broke the band up after the
tour. Wow.
Yeah.. Barry broke the band because Chip (the drummer at the time) got out of the band just days before the Beatles concert in Boston, and later the other drummer just couldn't get the chemistry in the band right.. I mean they were college mates and all of a sudden everything falls apart. I think that is the most game-changing breakage of a band in history of music, speaking from a perspective of what they could of become. As one rock critic said back in the late 60's - they could have easily been the best r'n'r band ever, surpassing the Stones. And are certainly America's best LOST band. Cheers to you Larry!
Patrick Potocki ~ I had known that. But as a guy who’s played all my life and been in a couple of bands that just
couldn’t quite make that step into the arena of notoriety, it’s hard to believe he didn’t want to continue and make a
good stab at success on a larger level. I also also heard that Barry felt they couldn’t go any further; that they had
already reached a level much higher than they had ever expected. Man, opening for The Beatles is a calling card
thousands of bands wish they had in their pocket. But I loved the band anyway. In my opinion, with some stronger
original material, they had a bright future. They could really play, and they knew their stage craft, too. One writer
called them “the greatest band that never made it.” I don’t know about that, but they had a real shot - a shot most
any other group of musicians would die for.
@@larrypower8659 The irony is listening to their original material now - they were well written 1960's pop tunes. Their cover work was excellent and maybe if Barry had brought home some of that African weed, he could've developed the right vision for the band. The comments he made when he formed the band were spot on. They played several gigs in and around Westport - a skating rink, Longshore Country Club and other spots.
@@1blastman I grew up and played in bands on Boston’s North Shore when Barry and The Remains were making their bones. They were a bit older than we were, and by far the best band any of us knew of. Those guys could really play, and they played TOGETHER. It was kind of eye opening for us, to see a band that truly got what a band was about. I saw them several times and they just kept getting better. The Remains were beloved, and a legend to this day. Rightly so, in this old guitar player’s opinion. As great as they were, I think their weakness was-ironically-their original material. Not enough ear catchers to sustain the fantastic momentum and reputation they were building. Shit, man-they did Hullabaloo, Ed Sullivan, PLUS THEY TOURED WITH THE BEATLES! As you alluded to, maybe Barry should have kept on puffing that African weed. Really, who breaks up a band after you’ve been on tour with the greatest band of all time? Oh, well … Such is life.