by bill@thephilter.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Pre-VU
In his senior year of high school Lou Reed formed a band called the Valets, who mostly played around Freeport. According to guitarist Rich Sigal, “We played at parties, bars, beach clubs, never making much money, and playing for as little as plates of spaghetti.” Lou... by bill@thephilter.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Pre-VU
The Jades’ single was a moderate success on jukeboxes and the radio, especially in the South. It didn’t do as well locally but did garner some airplay on WINS, then New York City’s biggest rock’n’roll station. (Nowadays WINS has an all-news format.) After “Leave Her...