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THE ASSOCIATION
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The Association is a pop music band from California in the folk rock or soft rock genre. Jules Alexander was in Hawaii in 1962 serving a stint in the Navy when he met Terry Kirkman , a visiting salesman. The two young musicians jammed together and promised to get together once Alexander was discharged. That happened a year later; the two eventually moved to Los Angeles and began exploring the city's music scene in the mid-1960s. At the same time, Kirkman played in groups with Frank Zappa for a short period before Zappa went on to form The Mothers of Invention. Eventually, at a Monday night hootenanny at the LA nightclub The Troubadour, in 1964, an ad hoc group called The Inner Tubes was formed by Kirkman, Alexander and Doug Dillard, whose rotating membership contained, at one time or another, Cass Elliot, David Crosby and many others who drifted in and out. This led, in 1965, to the forming of The Men. After a short time, however, The Men disbanded, with six of the members electing to go out on their own. At the suggestion of Kirkman's then-fiancée, Judy, they took the name The Association. The new band spent about five months rehearsing before they began performing around the Los Angeles area, finally, Valiant Records gave them a contract, with the first result being a version of Bob Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings". Their national break would come with the song "Along Comes Mary". On June 16, 1967, the Association was the first act to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival. At the end of 1972, Kirkman departed, as did Meltz and Berkowitz. The group was then moved over to the CBS distributed Mums label and put out a new single "Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels". It failed to make much of an impression, though, and Mums folded by the end of 1974. 1975 saw the band now on RCA and they put out another single, "One Sunday Morning". During the summer of 2011, the Association appeared in a heavy touring schedule throughout the U.S. as part of the "Happy Together: 2011" tour, along with The Grass Roots, Mark Lindsay, The Buckinghams, and The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie. In Summer 2013 Alexander, Giguere, Ramos and Yester became part of the "Where the Actions At" tour that included: Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Mitch Ryder.
MEMBERS:
Jules Alexander - Vocals and Guitar
Terry Kirkman - Vocals, Brass and Woodwinds
Russ Giguere - Vocals and Guitar
Jim Yester - Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards
Brian Cole - Vocals and Bass
Larry Ramos - Vocals, Bass and Guitar
Ted Bluechel, Jr. - Vocals and Drums
CURRENT MEMBERS:
Russ Giguere - Vocals and Guitar
Jim Yester - Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards
Jules Alexander - Vocals and Guitar
Bruce Pictor - Drums
Jordan Cole (Brian’s son) - Guitar and Keyboards
Del Ramos - Bass
BEST LINK:
The Association official website
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