Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D154851-4
Date(s)
- 1968-09-26 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
September 26, 1968, studio portrait of musician Gerald Roslie. Dressed fashionably in the Nehru-style outfits of the late '60s, Gerry Roslie stands with his arms folded in front of his keyboard. Roslie had been the lead singer of the popular local group, the Sonics, from 1963-67. His powerful vocals led the band whose driving rhythms and loud guitars produced northwest chart toppers. He and the "Gerry Roslie Riot" were advertised in the News Tribune's October 3, 1968, edition as performing nightly and on Saturday nights in the newly remodeled Mod Room of Scotty's, No. 1st and Broadway. (history-of-rock.com/sonics.htm; TNT ad 10-3-68, A-12)
Roslie, Gerald; Musicians--Tacoma--1960-1970; Keyboard instruments; Men--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1960-1970;