The Highwaymen (folk band)
The Highwaymen were an American folk-rock band that was formed in the late 1950s at the University of Middletown, Connecticut.
Members
- Bobby Burnett ( born February 7, 1940 in Providence, Rhode Iceland, † December 8, 2011 in East Providence, Rhode Iceland, guitar, tenor ). He studied from 1964 at the Harvard Law School and later became a banker.
- Steve Butts ( born 1940 in New York; guitar, bass). He was later an administrator at several universities, a doctorate at Columbia University and taught statistics and baroque music.
- Chan Daniels (born 1 January 1940 in Buenos Aires; † August 2, 1975, guitar, vocals)
- Dave Fisher ( born July 19, 1940 in New Haven, Connecticut; † 7, 2010 in Rye, New York, lead guitar, tenor ). After the Highwaymen, he recorded several solo albums, after which he worked as a composer and arranger for film and television.
- Steve Trott ( born December 12, 1939 in Glen Ridge (New Jersey), to 1962: guitar, baritone ). After a law degree from Harvard Law School, he was a federal judge.
- Gil Robbins ( born April 3, 1931 in Spokane, Washington; † April 5, 2011 in Esteban Cantu, Mexico). Robbins was after the dissolution of the Highwaymen manager of the Gaslight Club in Greenwich Village.
Career
In the fall of 1958, four students from Wesleyan University in Middletown occurred in the U.S. state of Connecticut Dave Fisher, Steve Butts, Chan Daniels and Bob Burnett first appearance as Scots- Irish folk band under the name The Clansmen. During rehearsals for a university show came as the fifth member, guitarist Steve Trott to the group. After several successful performances, the quintet sought a recording contract, which occurred with the record company United Artists Records (UA) in early 1959. Ken Greengrass became her manager, who made a name change for the group to go to The Highwaymen. With reference to the eponymous poem by Alfred Noyes should therefore be clearly noted on the repertoire of the group.
In the late summer of 1960 UA released the first long-playing record (LP) with partly self-written songs of the Highwaymen as The Highwaymen, produced by Don Costa. The panel attracted as little attention as the debut single with the extractions Santiano and Michael, Row The Boat Ashore. Only started as a dealer in Connecticut, to operate for the Michael B-side advertising and other dealers as well as disc jockeys followed him, the demand for the board first in the northeastern United States and later nationwide. In the U.S. Billboard charts the title was recorded for the first time in July 1961 and ended in September on the top spot. Michael was also an international success, even in Britain was the title in the first place. In the U.S. the audience after the success of Michael 's attention on the LP The Highwaymen, it still managed to No. 42 in the LP charts.
Even with their second single, which was released in October 1962, the Highwaymen were successful. As with the first single, the B-side Cotton Fields to the A - side title The Gypsy Rover was preferred. While The Gypsy Rover only reached number 42 on Billboard, Cotton Fields rose to the rank 13. With their 1962 single tracks I'm on My Way ( 90th ) and The Bird Man ( 64 ) the group came back into the Billboard charts. All of the following publications were Unlisted. By 1964, UA brought out twelve Highwaymen singles and eight LP's.
In 1962, all five band members completed her high school, settled in New York's Greenwich Village and beat the Gaslight Club her master 's accommodation. Previously, Steve Trott had resigned and been replaced by Gil Robbins of the Belafonte Singers. For six months, the Highwaymen were only four of us, as Bob Burnett was drafted into the Army. After their LP Spirit and the Flesh, the Highwaymen disbanded in 1964. While Bob Burnett, Chan Daniels and Steve Butts recordings studies, Dave Fisher and Gil Robbins translated into other formations continued her musical career. The name The Highwaymen was preserved because it was acquired by the record company ABC - Paramount and transferred to a new grouping, with the 1965 plates were published.