Patriotic rocker passes away--when else?--July 4th

I haven't been on this in a while, so it's a little like I'm the one who's passed away. But no, another rocker bites the dust. I missed at least one important one along the way--Sky Saxon of the Seeds, who "passed over to be with YaHoWha" on June 25. Today I read about the loss of the rocking guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders, Drake Levin.

I knew he was rocking, because those smooth pop records had a pretty wild guitar sound for mainstream radio in 1965 (Just Like Me got to number 11 nationally). But I could not have told you the name of the person scorching that fretboard and smokin' them amplifiers!

We do a pretty fair impression of this tune, so come down and see us sometime. In the meantime, bone up on your Paul Revere history with this NY Times obit.