More-Tishans
Stillwater band with a 45 on the Peak record label
Contents:
History
The More-Tishans
1963 – 1968
Fall, 1963: A group of students from Stillwater High School decide to start a new rock band. The original lineup is: Steve Peulen on vocals; Tom Cafferty on lead guitar; Chris Nelson on rhythm guitar; Hugh Kraemer on bass guitar; and Roy “Pinky” Herschleb on drums. The band practices at three locations: the Kraemer residence on Riverside Drive, the Herschleb residence on Pine Tree Trail; and The Canteen, a teen club that holds record hops. The band struggles to learn some of the more simple songs from the era (most are three chords) as none of the members have much in the way of musical experience, although Roy plays drums in the school band and Tom has played on an old acoustic guitar. Tom, Chris and Hugh play Kingston guitars purchased from Musicland in St. Paul, with Hugh re-configuring his six-string guitar into a four-string bass guitar.
Roy books the first job for the band, a local dance to be held on Thanksgiving evening. Steve, the last person to join the group, has concerns about the group playing live and decides to leave the band. Steve does not think the band is ready to perform live, after only a few rehearsals. The other band members decide they want to go ahead and play the job and Jim “Bump” Bancroft, another Stillwater High student, joins the group on vocals, just two weeks before the scheduled job. The group members try to come up with a band name, but Hugh Kraemer’s father helps them out and suggests the name: The More-Tishans (more joy… or more happiness… or more songs… depending on the translation). The band goes with the name provided by Mr. Kraemer.
November 23, 1963: The More-Tishans (Jim, Chris, Tom, Hugh and Roy) play their first job, a “Turkey Trot” held at St. Michaels Church in Stillwater (in the school lunch room) on Thanksgiving evening. The band knows how to play about six songs, half of them instrumentals, so the set list is repeated over and over throughout the night. Chris plays the entire night with his guitar amp turned to the stand-by position (the red light on the amp comes on, but no sound comes out). The band collects their payment for playing at the event… fifteen dollars.
January 25, 1964: The band plays their second job, this one at the Thalen Youth Center in Stillwater. Shortly after the job, Jim Bancroft leaves the band. Tom takes over on lead vocals and Chris adds harmony vocals. Chris eventually takes on lead vocals, along with Tom. Having two lead singers in a band at this time period was unique, as most bands had one lead singer. With two singers the band decides to focus on songs with harmonies.
Early 1964: James “Doc” Lee is a local Chiropractor in Stillwater, a musician, and also runs a music store in Hudson. Hugh Kraemer is taking bass guitar lessons at his store. Doc takes an interest in the new rock’n’roll band from Stillwater and offers to book and manage the band. The group decides to accept the offer.
May 14, 1964: The group signs a one year booking and management contract with Doc Lee. Doc Lee books the band at school dances, teen clubs, and other venues that hold teen dances in Minnesota and Wisconsin, trying to stay within the twenty-five miles of Stillwater… the distance parameter imposed on the band by their parents. The twenty-five mile limit will not last for long as the band grows in popularity. During the school year the jobs are limited to the weekends only. The band travels to jobs in Doc’s Pontiac station wagon with a rented U-Haul trailer hooked up to the back of the vehicle. A friend and fellow student at Stillwater High, James Jesse, Jr. becomes the road manager for the band. Doc Lee emcee’s at a number of the band jobs and has contests for the audiences, with records given away as prizes.
June 8, 1964: The band decides it is time to upgrade their guitars (Kingston models purchased at Musicland) and make a trip to B-Sharp Music in Minneapolis where they meet the store owner, Jim Lopes. The band purchases a Fender Precision bass guitar (with a case) and two Fender Stratocasters, for a total of $525. The three guitars are all finished in matching green. Tom and Chris decide to get custom made guitar cases made in the shape of coffins. Chris has his father (a carpenter and contractor) make up the wood frames for the guitar cases and then Anderson Upholstery finishes the cases with black naugahyde on the outside and white satin on the inside.
The coffin shaped guitar cases also serve another function… they are set up on each side of the stage with the tops propped open a foot or so. A light bar with four lights sits in the bottom of each case. Hugh Kraemer controls the lights with a foot pedal and can make them flash on and off at various speeds and make only certain colors shine at the same time, among other things, all by stepping on one of the buttons on the foot pedal. The light show and controls are custom made for the band by Dale Doerr and Rod Hobson, who started the record hops at The Canteen in Stillwater. Eventually, Dale and Rod build a new light system for the band using two metal boxes with the lights inside that snap together and can be carried around like a suitcase.
The group plays the popular radio hits of the era including:
Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Little Latin Lupe Lu (Righteous Brothers)
Dream (Everly Brothers)
Needles and Pins (Searchers)
Twist and Shout (Isley Brothers)
It Ain’t Me Babe (Turtles)
I Go to Pieces (Peter and Gordon)
I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
I Should Have Known Better (Beatles)
August 15, 1964: The band plays a Battle of the Bands at Aldrich Arena in St. Paul with Gregory Dee and the Avanties, The Accents and The Chancellors.
1965: Doc Lee makes a connection with David Anthony Productions and the band expands their fan base by playing in Western and Northern, Minnesota, Iowa, and into more areas of Wisconsin. Among the venues are ballrooms, armories and VFW clubs. At the time some bands are billed with an “added” adjective in their concert posters and other promotional materials, such as The Stompin’ Underbeats or The Marvelous Marauders. Doc Lee decides to bill The More Tishans as The Impeccable More-Tishans.
January 9, 1965: The band plays a Battle of the Bands with TC Atlantic at the Stillwater Armory.
March 23, 1965: The band purchases a 1950 Cadillac Hearse – Ambulance, beige colored, complete with a siren, for use as the band vehicle. Driving in a hearse (and carrying around two custom made guitar cases shaped like coffins) The More-Tishans are sometimes advertised as The Morticians. In addition, the band comes up with coffin shaped fan club member cards and also takes a number of promo photos that have the band in various cemetery settings. The 1950 hearse is the first of three that the band will purchase for band vehicles, the next two (a 1953 and a 1955) will be black with the band name in white letters on the sides. The large open space in the rear section makes the hearse a popular band vehicle for the time, as most bands could fit most or all of their equipment into the rear section and avoid the cost of having to rent a trailer.
May, 1965: The bands contract with Doc Lee comes to an end after one year and the band signs on with David Anthony Productions. Bruce Brantseg becomes the groups booking agent.
June, 1965: The band members all graduate from Stillwater High School.
September, 1965: Jim Lopes has the band change from playing Fender guitars to Rickenbacker guitars.
September 5, 1965: The band plays at the Teen Fair at the Minnesota State Fair.
October 23. 1965: The band plays at The Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota. The headliner is Glenn Yarborough, who has a national hit with “Baby the Rain Must Fall.”
December 26, 1965: The band plays their first night of a six night job at Telemark Ski Lodge in Cable, Wisconsin, finishing out the year with a job on New Years Eve.
Summer, 1966: Doc Lee and the band take a trip to Chicago in the hearse in order to attend a national musical equipment exposition and check out the latest in guitars, amps and other musical gear. The event is held at the Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue where the guys watch the Son’s of the Pioneer’s, a country – western band, who introduce their new lead singer… Glenn Campbell. While in Chicago, Doc Lee decides to take the group to the William Morris Agency with the idea that the national talent agency just might take an interest in The More-Tishans. Doc and the band show up at the agency with no appointment and discover that no one there has any idea who the guys from Minnesota are. While there they just happen to run into two popular national musicians from the Ramsey Lewis Trio: Eldee Young (bass) and Isaac “Redd” Holt (drums). The Ramsey Lewis Trio had a national hit with a live instrumental version of “The In Crowd” in 1965. Doc Lee takes a photo of The More-Tishans with the two famous Chicago musicians for posterity.
September 2, 1966: The Rave-Ons cancel a scheduled job at The Alp’s in Bloomington and The More-Tishans play the job.
September 17, 1966: The band plays in Sanborn, Minnesota with The Luv’s providing the vocals for the opening set. The Luv’s are three female singers who open up shows for a number of bands booked by David Anthony Productions.
Fall, 1966: A friend of the band going back to Stillwater High School, Mark LeBoutiller, writes songs, sings and plays guitar. Mark composes a song for the band and performs it live for the group. The song is called “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run) and the band likes the song.
December 17, 1966: The band plays at the 4H Building in Waseca, Minnesota, with The Luv’s on the bill for the first set.
December 26, 1966: The band plays the first night of a four night job at Telemark Ski Lodge.
January 1, 1967: The band starts off the new year with another job at Telemark Ski Lodge. Jim Lopes has the band make another change in guitars, this time to the new Guild line he is promoting at B-Sharp Music.
February 26, 1967: Local record producer Timothy D. Kehr takes the band into Dove Recording Studio in Bloomington to record two songs for a 45. The A side is recorded along with the planned B-side “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run” written by Mark LeBoutillier. Tom Cafferty and Chris Nelson sing lead vocals with Dick Schreier and Bill Strandlof singing backing vocals on both songs. Bill Strandlof plays an auto-harp on the A-side. After hearing the finished songs, Timothy D. Kehr has a change of plans and decides to “save” the A-side and market the song to national artists as a demo tape. This change in plans results in “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run” becoming the A-side and an instrumental version of this song becomes the B-side. The record is released on the Peak label owned by David Anthony Wachter, Mike Jann, and Tony Andreason. The first pressing of the 45 has a mistake… the instrumental version of the song is labeled as the A-side and the vocal version is labeled as the B-side. The next pressing of the record corrects this mistake. The record gets some airplay on WDGY and KDWB.
March 4, 1967: The band opens up a show at the Duluth Civic Center for Peter and Gordan, a duo from England who are one of the numerous groups that make up the British Invasion.
April 30, 1967: The band is part of a Battle of the Bands held at Wakota Arena in South St. Paul. The More-Tishans battle: The Del-Counts; The Grasshoppers; The Underbeats; and Jokers Wild.
May, 1967: Tom Cafferty leaves the band and enters the military service. Dick Schreier leaves The Marauders and takes over on lead guitar and also does lead vocals. With Dick in the band the group adds more of the R & B style songs to the set list. The new lineup is: Chris Nelson on rhythm guitar and lead vocals; Dick Schreier on lead guitar and lead vocals; Hugh Kraemer on bass guitar; and Roy Herschleb on drums.
The song list for the band at this time includes the following songs:
(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run (original)
Spooky (Classics 4)
Knock on Wood/Midnight Hour (Brenton Wood and Wilson Pickett)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Hurts So Bad (Lettermen)
Going Out of my Head (Little Anthony and Imperials)
Hold On I’m Comin’ (Sam and Dave)
You Keep Me Hanging On (Supremes)
I Go to Pieces (Peter and Gordon)
Little Darlin’ (Diamonds)
Feel a Whole Lot Better (Byrds)
Make it Easy on Yourself (Jerry Butler)
I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (Rascals)
Walk Away Renee (Left Banke)
June, 1967: After having three hearses for band vehicles and encountering large repair bills (due mainly to the heavy weight of the vehicles), the band decides to purchase a brand new 1967 Ford (Ranch) Station Wagon from a Ford Dealership in St. Paul. The Ford wagon has power steering and power brakes, two features the hearses lacked. Since the band is heavily booked at this time period the group is able to pay cash for the new vehicle ($3,000).
January, 1968: Roy Herschleb leaves the band due to a health issue and Dan Munson takes over on drums. The new lineup is: Chris Nelson on rhythm guitar and lead vocals; Dick Schreier on lead guitar and lead vocals; Hugh Kraemer on bass guitar; and Dan Munson on drums. Dan Munson had played drums for the local band Dudley and the Doo–Rytes who were known for recording a 45 about a UFO.
March 21, 1968: The band plays a job with local St. Paul band The Hee-Too’s (also booked by David Anthony Productions) in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
June, 1968: The band has to consider a number of factors looming in the not too distant future: Dick Schreier has been accepted into Graduate School in Cincinatti, Ohio and will be leaving the band. The idea of finding a replacement for Dick is considered a very difficult challenge. Also, Chris and Hugh will be graduating college and subject to the military draft and the possibility of being sent over to Vietnam to fight in the war. One option for Chris and Hugh is to join the National Guard (which they eventually do). Another factor they consider is the changing music scene. The teen dances are winding down as the baby boomers are getting older and a number of teen clubs have already closed down. Some of the bands that had been playing the teen dances are now playing in bars, an idea the band does not really care for. After thinking it through the band members agree to put in place a plan to bring The More-Tishans to an end and schedule their final job to be held in their hometown of Stillwater.
August 14, 1968: The band plays a dance party held outdoors in a tent in Old Hayward, Wisconsin. The headliner act is The Detroit Wheels (without former lead singer Mitch Ryder), who use The More-Tishan’s band equipment for their set. Tony Wise, the owner of Telemark Ski Lodge, built Old Hayward in the style of an old logging town.
August 23, 1968: The More-Tishans play their final concert, held at the Stillwater Armory. The Armory is packed full with hundreds of fans of the band with even more fans standing outside waiting to get in under the supervision of the local Fire Marshall. Dick “Lars” Larson, a member of The Marauders, records the final concert on a reel to reel tape player with one small microphone that is set up near one of the Showmen amplifiers. After a successful run playing rock’n’roll music since the fall of 1963 and logging in with over 500 band jobs, The More-Tishans come to an end.
Shortly after the final concert, Dick heads off to Ohio for graduate school. Chris, Hugh, and Roy decide to take a road trip in the Ford wagon and head West to Pikes Peak in Colorado, then South to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, then East to Kent, Ohio (where Roy had lived before moving to Stillwater) and eventually back home to Minnesota prior to the start of college in September. Back in Minnesota, the group sells the Ford wagon and most of the band gear and divide up the money between the four final band members. For The More-Tishans… an era in time comes to a close.
UPDATE:
On October 15, 1989, a record company based in New York released a compilation CD called “Psychedelic Microdots” (Volume 1) with 18 tracks. Included on the CD (Track 13) was “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run” by The More- Tishans.
In 1990, the same record company in New York released a compilation album called The Best of Metrobeat. Included on the album was “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run” by The More-Tishans. Peak Records was a subsidiary of the local Metrobeat record label. Also on the album were songs by other local bands including The Trashmen, The Underbeats, and Jokers Wild.
In 2004, the same record company that released The Best of Metrobeat put out a series of compilation albums called Garage Beat 66. Volume 2 of the Garage Beat 66 series includes the song “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run” by The More-Tishans.
In 2007, Chris Nelson took the tape recording (made by Dick “Lars” Larson) of the bands final concert from August 23, 1968 and put together a double CD with 24 songs recorded on that night. 300 copies of the CD called “The Last Dance” were made and given away to fans of the band.
On May 3, 2008, The More-Tishans were inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame (formerly known as Rock Country Hall). Original members Chris Nelson and Hugh Kraemer performed at the event, backed up by The Northshore Grease, a Stillwater band. In the band was Scott Shell on lead guitar, a music historian, who wrote a book called “Garage Sound” which featured the history of the bands from the Stillwater area. The book was published in late, 2008 by the Washington County Historical Society and has since become the most popular book (as far as sales) for The Historical Society.
Following the concert and the induction, Chris and Hugh decided to put a new version of The More Tishans together with the following lineup: Chris Nelson on rhythm guitar and lead vocals; Nancy Rowland (the younger sister of Chris) on lead and backing vocals; Craig Hanson on lead guitar; Scott Shell on rhythm guitar; Hugh Kraemer on bass guitar; and Ben Rosene on drums.
In September, 2010, The More-Tishans recorded a live CD called The More Tishans Live 2010.
In November, 2013, Chris Nelson reported that when Dick Schreier passed away in 1986, Dick left Chris his 1973 Les Paul Custom guitar in his will. In the current version of The More-Tishans, Craig Hanson plays the Les Paul Custom that formerly belonged to Dick.
As of January, 2014, The More-Tishans are playing approximately three or four jobs a year, mainly in the Stillwater area. Their set list still includes “(I’ve Got) Nowhere to Run” from their 45 recorded 47 years ago in February, 1967. A number of The More-Tishans current fans were present at the bands very first job, the “Turkey Trot” in November, 1963.
In April, 2014, Chris Nelson reported that he believes the name of the song the band recorded with Timothy D. Kehr that was planned for the A-side of the band’s 45 was called “Could I Please Have Some Roses Today.” The location of the tape of the recording is unknown.
Written by Tom Campbell
Version 1. January 26, 2014
Version 2. January 30, 2014
Version 3. February 2, 2014
Version 4. February 8, 2014
Version 5. February 15, 2014
Version 6. February 23, 2014
Version 7. March 16, 2014
Copyright 2014 by Thomas R. Campbell
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Recordings
45 Record Info Sheet
Nowhere to Run – Time = 2:04
Nowhere to Run ( Instrumental ) – Time = 2:04
More-Tishans Band Jobs
1963 – 1968 (partial list)
1963
November
23: St. Michael’s Church, Stillwater (Turkey Trot)
1964
January
25: Thelen Youth Center, Stillwater
April
3: KC Hall, Hudson, WI
May
8: Taylor’s Falls Community Hall
June
5: KC Hall, Hudson, WI
July
14: Aldrich Arena, St. Paul
18: Thelen Youth Center, Stillwater
August
15: Aldrich Arena, St. Paul (with Avanties, Accents, Chancellors)
December
31: Crossroads RR
1965
January
2: Stillwater High School
8: Pla-Mor Ballroom, Rochester
9: Stillwater Armory (Battle of the Bands with TC Atlantic)
15: Thelen Youth Center, Stillwater
16: Klub Kaposia, St. Paul
22: Thelen Youth Center, Stillwater
23: Thompson Grove
29: Stillwater High School
30: Gibbon Ballroom
February
5: Coffman Union, U of MN
6: Safari Club
13: Lion’s Den
14: Lion’s Den
20: St. Bernard High School
21: Cathedral High School, New Ulm
27: Stillwater Armory (Halberg wedding reception)
March
5: Northfield Armory
12: Crossroads RR
13: Macalester College, St. Paul
14: Lion’s Den
20: Mr. Lucky’s, Minneapolis
26: Har Mar Mall
April
2: St. Peter Armory
3: Macalester College, St. Paul
4: Stillwater High School
9: West St. Paul Armory
10. Thompson Grove
11: Lion’s Den
23: Newman Center, U of MN
24: East Side YMCA, St. Paul
25: Gibbon Ballroom
30: Glenwood (Prom)
May
1: Stillwater
7: Roosevelt High School, Minneapolis
8: Milltown, Chisago City
14: Coffman Union, U of MN
15: Duronda Roller Rink, WI
28: Elk River
29: Frat Party
June
4: St. Peter
7: Golf Club Dance
11: Aldrich Arena, St. Paul
12: Har Mar Mall
15: Glenwood
16: U of MN
18: Lion’s Den
19: Woodley Country Dam, WI
26: Arcade YMCA
30: Lion’s Den
July
2: Woodley Country Dam, WI
3: Woodley Country Dam, WI
4. Woodley Country Dam, WI
8: Stillwater
9. Aldrich Arena
10: Woodley Country Dam, WI
16: Private Party
17: Chisago City
19: Highland
21: Lion’s Den
23: Duronda Roller Rink, WI
24: Stillwater Armory
25: Woodley Country Dam, WI
30: Aldrich Arena, St. Paul
31: Stillwater, WI
August
3: Fiesta Ballroom, Montevideo
4: Maple Lake
5: Little Falls
6: Kimball
7: Foley
8: Spring Hill
11: Woodley Country Dam, WI
13: Hudson, WI
14: New Ulm
15: Gibbon
18: Woodley Country Dam, WI
29: Lion’s Den
21: Lion’s Den
22: New Ulm County Fair
24: Lakeside Ballroom, Glenwood
25: Woodley Country Dam, WI
September
3: Ellsworth, WI
4: Golden Valley Golf Club
5: Teen Fair (MN State Fair)
6: Lion’s Den
8. MapleLake
10: Aldrich Arena
11: Spooner Armory
16: Archbishop Murray
17: Aldrich Arena, St. Paul
18: Austin
24: Lion’s Den
25: Nisswa
October
1. Coffman Union, U of MN
2: Rice Lake Gardens
8: Kimball Ballroom
9: East Side YMCA
10: Cretin
15: Mahtomedi High School
16: Midway YMCA
22: Carlton College, Northfield
23: Coffman Union, U of MN (with Glenn Yarborough)
29: Hilltop Riding Stables
30: Bemidji Armory
November
5: Stillwater High School
6: Chisago City
12: Lion’s Den
13: Har Mar Mall
19: Newman Center, U of MN
20: Milltown, WI
21: Archbishop Murray
24: North St. Paul
25: Lakeside Ballroom, Glenwood
27: Osage, Iowa
December
3: Eau Claire, WI
4: Hudson, WI
17: Pla-Mor Ballroom, Glencoe
18: Cumberland
22: Red Wing
23: St. Thomas
26: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
27: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
28: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
29: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
30: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
31: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
1966
April
29: Stillwater High School, WI
30: Har Mar Mall (for NW Suburban YMCA)
May
20: Private party at home of Simon Ryan, Wayzata
28: Avalon Ballroom
August
6: Camp Courage, Maple Lake
10: Willmar Armory
September
2: The Alps, Bloomington (for the Rave-Ons)
3: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
5: Wadena
9: Alexandria
10: Har Mar Mall
15: Archbishop Murray
16: Macalester College
17: Sanborn (with The Luv’s)
22: Hamline College
23: Stout, WI
24: Waseca
30: Ryan’s Ballroom
December
17: 4H Building, Waseca (with The Luv’s)
22: Baldwin High School, WI
23: Grand Rapids
25: Foley
26: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
27: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
28: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
29: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
30: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
31: New Munich Ballroom
1967
January
1: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
February
3: Kimball
4: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
5: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
6: Macalester College
10: Willmar
11: Hamline College
17: Cloquet
18: Richardson’s, Clayton, WI
24: Washburn High School, St. Paul
25: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
March
3: Macalester College
4: Duluth Civic Center (with Peter and Gordan)
11: YMCA East Side
18: Waverly, Iowa
22: Bobby’s
25: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
31: Glenwood
April
1: Sanborn
7: Hill High School
8: Bobby’s
14: Pla-Mor Ballroom, Glencoe
15: Pine Point, Menomonie, WI
21: Hamline College
22: London Inn, Eau Claire, WI
28: Lakeside Ballroom, Harris
29: Foley
30: Wakota Arena (Battle of the Bands with The Del Counts, Grasshoppers, The Underbeats, and Jokers Wild).
May
5: New Munich
6: Hector High School Prom, Glencoe
12: Ryan’s Ballroom
13: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
19: Two Harbors, WI
20: Pioneer Hall, U of MN
27: Rainbow Ballroom, Rice Lake, WI
28: New Munich
June
9: Aldrich Arena
10: Buffalo
14: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
15: Madison Armory, WI
16: Anoka
17: Clayton, WI
19: Duluth Armory
21: Independence, WI
22: Willmar
23: New Munich
28: Beloit, WI
29: Beloit, WI
30: Renville
July
1: Maple Lake
2: Spring Hill
3: Richardson’s, Clayton, WI
5: Old Hayward, WI
8: Audubon, Iowa
9: Fox Lake, Sherburne
12: Appleton, WI
14: Aldrich Arena, St. Paul
15: Osage, Iowa
18: Stillwater, WI
19: Lake Marion Ballroom, Hutchinson
20: St. Alphonsus, Brooklyn Center
21: Ryan’s Ballroom
22: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
26: Winsted
28: Montgomery
29: Fertile
August
4: Stillwater, WI
5: Hayward, WI
6: Spring Hill
7: Camp Courage, Maple Lake
8: Faribault
9: The Alps, Bloomington
10. Willmar Armory
11: Ellsworth, WI
12: Foley
14: Stillwater
16: Hutchinson
17: Marshall
18: Someplace Else, Robbinsdale
19: George’s, New Ulm
24: London Inn, Eau Claire, WI
25: Glencoe
September
1: Stillwater
2: Clayton, WI
3: Spring Hill
8: Palms Ballroom, Renville
15: Hill High
16: Pines Ballroom, Bloomer, WI
22: Virginia
23: Rice Lake, WI
29: Macalester College
30: Hamline College
October
2: U of MN
6: Eau Claire, WI
7: Willmar
11: Pioneer Hall, U of MN
13: Hamline College
14: North St. Paul Teen Center
19: London Inn, Eau Claire, WI
20: London Inn, Eau Claire, WI
21: New Richmond
22: Glencoe
27: Country Aire Ballroom, Appleton, WI
28: Tip Top, Suring, WI
29: Country Aire Ballroom, Appleton, WI
31: University Club, St. Paul
November
3: Pipestone Vocational High School
4: Chisago City
10: Rice Lake, St. Joseph
11: Clayton, WI
17: New Munich
18: Sanborn
22: Montevideo
23: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
24: Madison, WI
25: Bloomer, WI
December
1: Glencoe
2: Har Mar Mall
8: Benson High School
16: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
20: Two Harbors Teen Center, WI
23: Wadena Armory
25: New Munich
26: Hayward, WI
27: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
28: Hayward, WI
29: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
30: Algon Ballroom, Alexandria
31: Richardson’s, Clayton, WI
1968
February
2: Hamline College
3: Hayward, WI
4: Telemark Ski Lodge, Cable, WI
9: Fergus Falls
10: Bloomer, WI
11: New Munich
16: Montevideo
17: Macalester College
23: Mankato High School
24: Stillwater
29: Menomonie, WI
March
1: North Star St. Paul Campus
2: Renville
9: North St. Paul Teen Center
15: Crosby
16: Halstead
21: Menomonie, WI (with The Hee – Too’s)
22: Glenwood
23: Someplace Else, Robbinsdale
29: Harris
30: George’s Ballroom, New Ulm
April
4: Milltown Bar (413 Main Street), WI
5: Mod Mill, Rice Lake. WI
6: Foley
11: London Inn, Eau Claire
13: Redwood Falls Armory
14: New Munich
19: Proache’s Ballroom, Ellsworth, WI
20: Independence, WI
26: Melrose High School
27: Plymouth Village
28: Mankato
May
3: Anoka Armory
4: Hamline College
9: Montevideo High School
10: Burnsville
11: Clayton, WI
17: Huron, WI
18: Milan Prom
19: Duronda Roller Rink, WI
24: Hullabaloo
25: Frat Party, Sunrise, WI (in a tent)
30: London Inn, Eau Claire
June
7: Anoka Armory
8: Foley
9: Fox Lake
13: Madison, WI
16: Spring Hill
25: Montevideo
28: Alexandria
July
3: Spicer, WI
4: Augusta, WI
5: New Munich
13: Avalon Ballroom
20: KC Hall, New Prague
25: Rice Lake Garden
27: St. Cloud Fairgrounds
August
2: New Munich
4: Spring Hill
6: Glenwood
10: Clayton, WI
14: Old Hayward, WI (tent dance with the Detroit Wheels)
15: Marshall Armory
16: Lokates Teen City, St. Paul
23: Stillwater Armory (final job)
Bandtree
The More-Tishans_____________BAND TREE
More-Tishans 1963 to 1968
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Jim “Bump” Bancroft Vocals 1963 to 1964
The More-Tishans
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Tom Cafferty Lead Guitar / Vocals 1963 to 1967
The More-Tishans
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Chris Nelson Rhythm Guitar / Vocals 1963 to 1968
The More-Tishans
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Hugh Kraemer Bass Guitar 1963 to 1968
The More-Tishans
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Roy “Pinky” Herschleb Drums 1963 to 1968
The More-Tishans
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Dick Schreier Lead Guitar / Vocals 1967 to 1968
The Marauders
He – Too’s
Upper Division
The More-Tishans
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Dan Munson Drums 1968
Dudley and The Doo-Rytes
The Marauders
The More-Tishans
Fabulous Flippers
Solo Artist
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Where are they now?
Jim “Bump” Bancroft: Living in Northern Minnesota.
Tom Cafferty: Passed away at age 56 on September 3, 2003, was living in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Chris Nelson: Living in Houlton, Wisconsin, playing with The More Tishans.
Hugh Kraemer: Living in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, playing with The More Tishans.
Roy “Pinky” Herschleb: Passed away at age 57 on February 2, 2004, was living in Bellingham, Washington.
Dick Schreier: Passed away at age 40 on December 17, 1986.
Dan Munson: Passed away at age 58 in 2005, was living in Silver City, New Mexico.
Mark LeBoutillier: Passed away at age 20 in 1968, was living in Idaho.
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Interview
Interview PART ONE – Time = 22:59
Interview PART TWO – Time = 24:31
Interview PART THREE – Time = 28:19
Interview PART FOUR – Time = 22:43