Not content with Shindig! airing as much as twice a week (until the winter of '66), ABC produced & distributed to syndication Shivaree, hosted by popular LA radio DJ Gene Weed, which lasted just one season. A half hour crammed with musical performances by some of the top acts, and some special, occasional, celebrity guests, such as, in this sampler, John Astin (The Addams Family), who performs his own composition, "Querida Mia". Also on the bill: The Yardbirds and Johnny Nash.
Edit, 2/25/22: Unfortunately, the YouTube poster decided to privatize the video hours after we posted. In its place is John Astin's performance of "Querida Mia" as a stand-alone clip:
Weed would later work as a producer for Dick Clark. You might've seen his name in credits for American Bandstand in succeeding years.
Rating: A.
2 comments:
Switching gears, you should do Everlast's The Knack (1990) for What Might Have Been in music (look it up on You Tube).
"What Might've Been" is meant for shows that failed. Music has its own category. I know Everlast had a big solo hit with "What It's Like", but I'll have to see about "The Knack".
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