The Raiders couldn't just swap out three of their members in late '67 and expect fans not to notice or care. I wondered who Charlie Coe and Freddy Weller were.

Mark Lindsay on a nighttime talk show ca. 1971 was asked about groupies. He said there were women who came backstage, but wouldn't say what they did there.

Bobby Keyes played sax on "Brown Sugar" and other Sticky Fingers tracks that included a saxophone. The Dave Clark Five had a saxman in the group, as did Roxy Music and Morphine. Mark Lindsay played sax in the Raiders, notably on "Melody For An Unknown Girl" which he also wrote.

Mark Lindsay went to school in Cambridge, Idaho. He met Paul Revere in Caldwell. They then relocated to Portland and eventually to LA. It's amazing that starting out playing clubs in Idaho could eventually lead to the Raiders' level of success.

I guess that you can become successful in show business from anyplace in the continental US.

To me Drake and/or Harpo with the rest of the "Where The Action Is" crew--Fang, Smitty, Mark and Paul--is the classic Paul Revere and the Raiders lineup.

The Raiders toured Western Europe as the opening act for the Beach Boys. Mark Lindsay called it "an eye-opening experience." thanks in part to Dennis Wilson's drug use. "Bruce Johnston was a health nut. He took thousands of vitamins and other pills. Dennis also took thousands of things...not as many vitamin pills as Bruce Johnston," he says.

The people on the tour were concerned that Dennis would get caught with drugs at a border stop. The Raiders and Beach Boys had their own plane for travelling. One time they pulled into Heathrow and were diverted to a corner of the runway. The plane were searched.

The UK police found Johnston's pills and Johnston had to accompany them to the police station. It took several hours for the police to test the pills. Eventually the police had to sheepishly tell Johnston that the tests came back clean. There was no problem with his pills.

Picture duck-tailed 15-year-old Mark Lindsay hitchhiking into Caldwell, Idaho in 1957. With dreams of being a star fuelled by having won a talent contest.

The Raiders played Knott's Berry Farm. The stage had a waterfall backdrop and was hot and humid. Mark was woozy. After the show he barfed on Mrs. Knott's shoes.