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Big Music
Big Music
The Outsized Influence of
Kent, Ohio, on the History
of Rock and Roll
Jason Prufer
Foreword by Joe Walsh
2019 by The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio 44242
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018029947
ISBN 978-1-60635-347-9
Manufactured in China
No part of this book may be used or reproduced, in any manner whatsoever, without written permission from the Publisher, except in the case of short quotations in critical reviews or articles.
Articles from the Daily Kent Stater are reproduced with permission. Some errors were silently corrected for the ease of reading.
Changes to and omissions from interviews were made silently to provide an uninterrrupted narrative, with the permission of the party.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Prufer, Jason, 1975- author.
Title: Small town, big music : the outsized influence of Kent, Ohio, on the history of rock and roll / Jason Prufer ; foreword by Joe Walsh.
Description: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2019] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018029947 | ISBN 9781606353479 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Rock music--Ohio--Kent--History and criticism. | Rock concerts--Ohio--Kent--History--20th century. | Kent State University--History--20th century.
Classification: LCC ML3534.3 .P78 2019 | DDC 781.6609771/37--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018029947
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In the late summer of 1965, I was 17 and left my parents home in Montclair, New Jersey, to take a train out to Kent, Ohio. I joined a bunch of other kids in my generation going to college. We were war babies, and we all sort of looked at the world the same way. None of us really knew what college was, or why we did it. Thats just what you did. I just looked at my options and said, Im going to Kent, Ohio. I dont really know why. It just felt like it was meant to be.
I lived in Manchester Hall and went to classes when the Measles, my first band, started. There were bands playing downtown already; one band, called the Counterpoints, were from Akron and played at the Fifth Quarter. I stayed in Kent the next summer, and the Measles played and rehearsed, so when school got back in session, the band was really hot, just really tight. Staying in town for the summer, I got to know people in the community. The policemen, the store owners, the club owners. They accepted me. Thats when I really felt like I became a Kent resident.
By 1969, I knew the Mothersbaugh guys and Gerry Casale was around; some of them were in art school, and they were on the perimeter. I didnt hang out with them a lot, but that was another part of the young artistic community. The James Gang came out of that. DEVO came out of that. Without Kent, I dont think that would have happened.
Chrissie Hynde was young and wasnt really a musician yet. She wasnt even old enough to get into the club. She would come in and say she was my cousin. And Id say, Yeah, thats my cousin. And she would sit and not even drink or anything, and watch the James Gang. It was like Hemingways Paris in the 1920s. It was an artistic community, there were a lot of musicians, and it was a hugely creative period when you look at everything that came out of it. Just like Hemingway described in A Moveable Feast. Then May 4 happened. The May 4 shootings had a lot to do with all of us in that scene becoming who we were and doing what we did, both in life and as artists.
Were all grateful that we had Kent. Kent was very tolerant of us. I still see some of my old Kent friends sometimes, and there is a bond. We have that experience, and that time and place, in common. We knew each other in Kent before some of us were famous. And I love having friends like that, because those are real friends. We kind of grew up together, everyone living in Kent at the time.
What brought all those peoplethose artists, photographers, poets, filmmakers, and musicianstogether? College. Kent State is what made Kent such a magical place at the time and what continued and continues to make it special. And I would never be able to be where I am now without that experience. It was just a magical time.
Joe Walshs Measles on the Kent State Commons: Richard Underwood, Larry Lewis, Bobby Sepulveda, Chas Madonio, Cory Walter, and Gerry Simon.
Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, 1967 Homecoming Extravaganza: Images for this chapter are courtesy of the Chestnut Burr, Kent State Student Media (reprinted with permission), the Daily Kent Stater, and the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries, as well as Paul Tople and Scott White. Thanks to David Bieber and Rich Phoenix.
Pink Floyds Dark Side of Kent: Big thanks to Bruce Fulper, Michael Solomon, J. Ross Baughman, and the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries, for providing me with much of the great original content for this chapter.
Paul Simons 1973 Homecoming in Kent States Memorial Gym: Big thanks for all the help on this chapter, including J. Ross Baughman, Mark Greenberg, Donna Hess, Shane Hrenko, Michael Solomon, Keith Raymond, and the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries.
DEVOs Seminal 1975 Night on Kent States Front Campus: Roger Thurman, Gary General Jackett, Richard Myers, Pat Myers, Adam Steele, and Michael Pilmer.
North Water Street High and Lows: Emmylou Harris and the December 1975 Fire: Big thanks to everyone who helped me out with this chapter, including the Daily Kent Stater, the Chestnut Burr, KSU Media, the Kent Historical Society, Stephen Downey, Mary DuShane, Gerry Simon, Bob Smith, Richard Underwood, and Dennis Rein.
Bo Diddley Backed by the Numbers Band (15-60-75): Images for this chapter are courtesy of the Chestnut Burr, Kent State Student Media (reprinted with permission), the Daily Kent Stater, Mark Hughes Archive, Robert Kidney, Scott White, John Neitzel, and the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries. And a special thanks to Bent Tree Coffee Roasters, Byrun Reed, Jack Kidney, Michael Stacey, and Terry Hynde.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984 Punk Funk Explosion at JBs Down in Kent: Big thanks to Ernie Smith, Mark and Mary Hughes, David Jerome Bragg, John Teagle, Michael Purkhiser, Steven McKee, and everyone else who helped me with this chapter. It is much appreciated.
Legendary Vermont Jam Band Phish Descended upon the MAC Center: Images for this chapter are courtesy of the Daily Kent Stater and the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University Libraries, as well as Dan Soulsby. Additional assistance from Shane Hrenko.
Black Keys Member Patrick Carney and His Early Days in Kents Music Scene: Gabe Schray, Philip Swift, Brice Forman, Ryan Brannon, Jon Ridinger, Julie Robbins, Patrick Carney, Robert Petrella, Shane Hrenko, and Jamie Stillman.
My thanks to Olaf Prufer, Trina Prufer, Adam Prufer, Kevin Prufer, Diana Prufer, Keith Prufer, Daniel Medalie, Susan Perry, Ben Medalie, Clara Medalie, Ken Burhanna, Cassandra Saltsman, Kelly Shook, Kara Robinson, Elizabeth Gould, Melissa Spohn, Joe Salem, Amanda Faehnel, Julie Spohn, Cara Gilgenbach, Diane Sperko, Hilary Kennedy, Cindy Kristof, Mark Pike, Karen Ronga, Azeez Bankole, Angela Kelly, Alicia Kay Gelfond-Holtz, Avi Gelfond, Tova Gelfond, Jordan Kay, Mark Hughes, Mary Hughes, Jim Fox, Brian Slease, Scott White, Phil Zimpfer, Dina Zimpfer, Darci Kracht, Todd Diacon, Laura Davis, Mary Mosher, Dylan Tyler, David Elswick, Dianne Centa, Tiffany Harris, Jeremy Garver-Hughes, Scott Calhoun, Stephanie Gaskins, Michael Weber, Mathias Peralta, Betsy Carney, Kyle Jacobs, Patrick Oplinger, Dorothy Peachock, Phillip Peachock, Stephen Buck, Joe Dennis, David A. King, Matthew Weiss, Jason Rulnick, Jim Greco, Bill Rubenstein, Rita Rubin-Long, Michael Pacifico, Kendra Pacifico, Carole Barbato, Alex Gildzen, Christopher Butler, Brandon Andexler, Jeremy Morrow, Chris Graves, Fred Tribuzzo, Robert Lewis, Bill Watson, Clint Alguire, Harvey Gold, Roy Skellenger, Chas Madonio, Roger Di Paolo, Sandra Halem, Henry Halem, Tom Hatch, Patrick Sweany, Bootsy, Michael Staufenger, Brett Davis, Matt Napier, Jona Burton, Kasha Legeza, Mark David, Tim McCoy, Stoney Larsen, Gerry Keefer, Michael Ennemoser, Mike Beder, Evan Bailey, Matt Manus, Mark Watt, Courtney Nething, Bobbie Watson Whitaker, Steve Panovich, Alex Lehner, Ellen Zielinski, David Giffels, Kevin Walter, Peter Heroux, Lauren Heroux, Kristen Mariola Watt, Kyle Thrasher, Robert Kidney, Jack Kidney, Terry Hynde, Kyle Thrasher, Irving Kay, Shirley Kay, Geoff Dee, Tom Dechristofaro, and everyone else who helped me or inspired me to make this book.
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