Posted by admin on 23rd January 2012

The Good Guys 1967 Battle of the Bands Tea Council short film

Short film for the Tea Council’s 1967 battle of the bands contest in Los Angeles featuring music by The Good Guys. as reviewed by : www.60sgaragebands.com “Through the years, we’ve been fortunate to interview several members of bands that competed in the 1967 National Tea Council Battle of the Bands. It was with great anticipation, then, when we learned of an approximately five-minute short film that featured footage of the event. The Good Guys, a Paul Deason film, was shown for the first time in 39 years at the 2006 Don’t Knock The Rock Festival, and we recently received a review copy for the 60sgaragebands.com Archives, courtesy of Michelle Boomer, daughter of the drummer from Manhattan Beach, California’s The Good Guys. According to Michelle, the short was a 1967 UCLA student film project, but it appears to have been produced in conjunction with the Tea Council of the USA Winners of an earlier elimination round where they were selected the top group by both the judges and the crowd (leading to the film appearance), The Good Guys were but one of many bands that competed in the event (held at Gary Bookasta’s Hullabaloo Club, home of The Palace Guard and Yellow Payges), and the film documents the band rehearsing, being interviewed, and ultimately performing at the Tea Council Battle. One of the stipulations in order for bands to compete was that they each had to perform a version of the Tea Council song, and The Good Guys’ version is a highlight of the film. Their other
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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  1. muymuymuy says:

    Mark Hoffman the lead singer, is living in the Sacramento area. When he was in town a couple of weeks ago, we walked down to the Manhattan Beach Pier. He’s still a Good Guy.

  2. Khultan says:

    Truly, truly amazing footage. Thank you, Number13Baby.

  3. hammerharv says:

    Good Guys- they were definitely the cream of the crop from ’60s Manhattan Beach. Many great memories of their performances at the MB Elks lodge on Friday nights!! Thanks to 60sgaragebands for posting these great clips!!

  4. ooogeegeegoo says:

    Yep, truly amazing. :)

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