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Nov 26, 2021 · The influence that Rich's lead guitar work had on my guitar playing, (especially my trying to improvise which is actually pretty funny), all goes back to Astronauts and the records they made for RCA. At some point in the late 90's I ran into Willie Moseley who writes for Vintage Guitar Magazine at a local guitar show.
[4] [11] [12] Fifield also had a role in assisting Axelrod and record engineer David Hassinger, who owned the rights to the group name of The Electric Prunes, to find a new group of musicians to take on that group's name for their record, Mass in F Minor. Fifield contacted fellow Colorado musicians, Richard Whetstone, John Herron and Mark Kincaid, who then agreed to form one of the final line ...
Dec 26, 2021 · Sorry to report the passings of Rich Fifield (lead guitarist) and Jim Gallagher (drummer) of The Astronauts. Both were age 78. Rich was a good friend and a fantastic lead guitarist. The Astronauts recorded a dozen or so albums for RCA back in the 60’s. I was a student at the University of Colorado in Boulder when The Astronauts we’re THE ...
Sep 30, 2022 · Rich Fifield, guitarist in the ‘60s surf band The Astronauts, died November 16. He was 78. Formed in 1956 as The Stormtroupers by four high school friends in Boulder, Colorado, the band changed its name after Fifield joined in ’61. They gained a strong local following, then began touring the Midwest and into Texas. Their.
Facebook. Facebook. The Surfrajettes. sotodnrpSe19imee u75mh9f4o9 3taf8r5mg2vf1m,70lcNb073ila20142 ·. We’re very sad to hear of Rich Fifield’s passing We are very thankful for his contribution to surf music with The Astronauts, and all the inspiration their music has brought to so many. 1Ziibi.com. Photos from The Surfrajettes's post.
The classic Astronauts lineup—Rich Fifield (the only member who hadn’t graduated from Boulder High), Dennis Lindsey and Bob Demmon on guitars, Jon Storm Patterson on bass and drummer Jim Gallagher—played rock ‘n’ roll and R&B hits of the day to pre-hippie crowds around the University of Colorado campus circa 1962.
The Astronauts. YouTube. Tulagi poster circa 1963. In the early 1960s, most surf bands were big California concert acts. But the Astronauts caught the sun, sand and summer fun from Boulder, Colorado—1,000 miles away from the nearest ocean. Circa 1962, the Astronauts played rock ‘n’ roll and R&B hits of the day to pre-hippie crowds around ...
