{"id":580,"date":"2005-05-21T12:21:47","date_gmt":"2005-05-21T17:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2005\/05\/21\/kerry-and-the-electras\/"},"modified":"2006-05-21T09:19:37","modified_gmt":"2006-05-21T13:19:37","slug":"kerry-and-the-electras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2005\/05\/kerry-and-the-electras\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry and the Electras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1961, Presidential candidate John Kerry was part of a prep school band called <em>The Electras<\/em>. They pressed 500 copies of a &#8220;vanity&#8221; album, and 40 years later, the album was rediscovered. This is the authentic reissue, with original artwork and liner notes, as well as a photo of the young men who made up the band. Copies of the original have sold for more than $2,500. The reissue is a limited edition. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towerrecords.com\/product.aspx?pfid=3098463\">Get a copy<\/a> of the rock-n-roll album presidential candidate John Kerry recorded in 1961 with six of his schoolmates at St. Paul School in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>John Kerry as a member of &#8220;The Electras&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/rmuse\/ElectrasPic.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>John Kerry &#8211; electric bass<br \/>\nLarry Rand &#8211; lead guitar<br \/>\nJon Prouty &#8211; rhythm guitar<br \/>\nJack Radcliffe &#8211; piano<br \/>\nPeter Lang &#8211; drums<br \/>\nAndy Gagarin &#8211; maracas<br \/>\nLee Scarbrough &#8211; saxophone<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/rmuse\/electrascov.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1.\tGuitar Boogie Shuffle<br \/>\n2.\tThree Blind Mice<br \/>\n3.\tYou Can&#8217;t Sit Down<br \/>\n4.\tGreenfields<br \/>\n5.\tShanghaied<br \/>\n6.\tSummmertime Blues<br \/>\n7.\tBulldog<br \/>\n8.\tYa Ya<br \/>\n9.\tSleepwalk<br \/>\n10.\tElectra<br \/>\n11.\tBecause They&#8217;re Young<br \/>\n12.\tTorquay<br \/>\n13.\tYellow Jacket\t <\/p>\n<p>Basic old-time rock n roll &#8211; I wonder if any of these tracks have vocals???? I would love to hear Kerry sing&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/rmuse\/Kerryguit.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(thanks Bob Nelson for telling me about this album!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,3],"tags":[407,179,6184,662,663],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-odd-and-interesting","category-politics","tag-cultural","tag-john-kerry","tag-music","tag-odd-or-interesting","tag-the-electras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}