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Those Hoodlum Friends THE COASTERS
Biography - The True Story - Discography - by Claus Röhnisch with 50 Years of
R&B History and the Golden '50s This site is
dedicated to Carl Gardner Sr. - the true Coaster! This Coasters Shrine is a true R&B ExtraVaganza
Carl Gardner Jr, Primo
Candelara, Ronnie Bright, and J. W. Lance in 2009
(photo ctsy Veta Gardner & Jane
Caggiano).
Download the Best Parts of THOSE HOODLUM FRIENDS on PDF with lots of images and
quick-search UPDATED August 1, 2009 Please note that the pdf-file is re-edited and up-dated with all the latest known information! (132 pages full of great information)
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New!pdf,
Supplement to
Those Hoodlum Friends with Atco and King sessionography
The Coasters - Touring Schedule 2009
April 4th: Fort Pierce, Florida
April 25th: Plant City, Florida June 5th: Cypress Bayou Casino, Charenton, Louisiana
June 13th: Civic Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida
June 18th: Coco Beach, Florida
June 28th: American Music Theatre, Lancaster, Pa
July 2nd: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
October 17th: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
November 21st: New Jersey
December 5th to 12th: C. Cruise
December 31st: Plant City, Florida
The Coasters - Charlie Brown - full 2:21 (2:19) video of 1959
Announcement: Carl Gardner's and The Coasters' story is to
become a movie. Shooting will commence within the next 8-10 months
(today: November 2008) as soon as all the actors and all the people that will be
in the show are recruited.
The film will be produced by Treasure Coast Films with award winning director
Jose Garofalo.
PromoVideo2008 (ctsy Veta Gardner)
- photo above ctsy
WillieCs RnB Beach
Music Cafe
Please note
that Carl Gardner
- original lead singer of The Coasters
- and nowadays special coach for the group -
has his son Carl Gardner, Jr regularly performing
with The Coasters.
(featuring Ronnie Bright, J W Lance, Primo Candelara, and Thomas Palmer). All other groups billing themselves as
"The Coasters"
(or in diff. shapes of "Coasters") are either complete bogus groups
or fake groups featuring long-shot Coasters relations.
Search on all pages at THE
COASTERS WEB SITE with PicoSearch!
Just enter any key word(s), a name or a title. Tip: Use
"quotes marks" to find exactly "what you´re looking for"
(you don´t need to use any capital letters). When you've found the right page
- just use the FIND command button at Edit on your browser.
ADVOCATE STAFF
PHOTO BY DENNY CULBERT
The Coasters band members
from left: Ronnie Bright, Carl Gardner Jr., J.W. Lance and Alvin Morse
perform during the ‘Rock, Pop and Doo-Wop’ concert at the Baton Rouge
River Center Saturday afternoon (June 28, 2008).
The Coasters, featuring Carl Gardner Jr., son of founding member Carl
Gardner, hit the stage in cherry-red suits. The senior Gardner retired
from performing in 2005 and now acts as the group’s official coach. The
Coasters’ current lineup includes tenor vocalist and New Orleans native
J.W. Lance, who left the stage to hug his mother in the audience.
The high-spirited Coasters
stayed true to the group’s classic mix of great vocal ensemble and
comedy. After singing several hits (there are too many of them to fit in
the allotted time), the guys dragged bass singer Ronnie Bright, who
pretended to be fall off the stage drunk at the end of “Charlie Brown.”
By
JOHN WIRT,
Music Critic, Published: June 29, 2008
ctsy: 2theAdvocate.com, Louisiana.
The classic Coasters
"Beautiful
Day" with Carl Gardner, Sr. & Jr. (recorded in Florida July, 2005)
Listen to Carl Jr with his father
and the Coasters
(recorded October, 2005)
"Free Soul" ctsy The Student Operated Press
(Judyth Piazza)
One-Frame Site! (if your resolution doesn't fit with the lay-out
in two-frame)
From the 18-page
Supplementto "Those Hoodlum Friends"
Artwork: Jane Caggiano. Idea:
Veta Gardner. The Coasters in
2008 - clockwise from top – Carl Gardner Jr, Ronnie Bright, J.W. Lance, Alvin
Morse, Thomas Palmer.
Goldmine:
****
Blender:
****'
All Music Guide:
*****
* A terrific compilation on Rhino Handmade, "THE
COASTERS ON ATCO
- There's A Riot Goin' On" , The Complete Atco Recordings(Limited Edition) issued
December 12, 2007
featuring 113 recordings in sessionography order in a digibox cover (Rhino RHM2 7740) with almost 5 hours of great music!
What is the Secret of Your Success
and
Along Came Jones
(Shindig TV 1965)
(Shindig TV 1965)
ONE-HOUR RADIO SHOW
Carl and Veta Gardner
did a one-hour interview show
with deejay Ronnie Allen on November 29, 2007.
The entire show was dedicated to Carl's life with the Coasters and to "Yakety
Yak I Fought Back," the definitive book about the Coasters' history: a
collaborative effort by Carl (who told the story) and Veta who put it down on
paper. You can hear the entire show -- plus a couple of bonus tracks! -- by
going to http://www.jerseygirlssing.com
clicking on "Ronnie's
Radio Page" and scroll to
Coasters
(Carl & Veta Gardner).
- On
December 12, 2007 a 4CD-set on Rhino Handmade with the Complete Atco Recordings,
"The Coasters On Atco – There’s A Riot Goin’ On” (Limited Edition)
was
issued, featuring 113 recordings in sessionography order 1954-1966 (Rhino
RHM2-7740).
Compilation is produced by James Ritz with annotation by Claus Röhnisch.
- On August 28, 2007 Varèse Vintage issued the Coasters' Date/King sides (the
"On Broadway" LP),
the tracks now chronological and with a new title, "Down
Home" (Varèse Sarabande CD 302 066 844-2).
Collection is produced by Cary E.
Mansfield with annotation and liner notes by Claus Röhnisch.
Carl
Gardner's autobiography, Yakety Yak,
I Fought Back- My Life With The Coasters,
has (just) been released and is available
for purchase. In the works for several
years, this paperback book covers the
life and career of the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame inductee from his boyhood
days in Texas to his R&B origins with
the Robins to a 50-year career with one
of the most successful and beloved vocal
groups of all time, the Coasters, the
Clown Princes of Rock & Roll. The book
is available for purchase at
http://www.authorhouse.com/ for
$18.70 a copy. Please show your support
of Carl and Veta Gardner's efforts to
chronicle the history of one of our true
pioneers.
I've
sent this e-mail to close to 150 vocal
group harmony fans, but I know there's
many I'm not in contact with. Please
feel free to forward this information to
others in your realm and to the hosts of
the R&B radio shows in your area.
Thank you Todd for all the work you
do for the harmony groups - and thanks
for a terrific review of the book in
Goldmine magazine!
NOTICE
To: All Agents, Promoters and Buyers
From: Veta Gardner
Re: THE COASTERS
ALL BOOKINGS FOR "THE COASTERS"
MUST COME
THROUGH
THE OFFICE
OF:
VETA GARDNER MANAGEMENT
Phone: 772-380-9607 thecoasters@bellsouth.net Veta Gardner
The Coasters at Cypress Gardens Farewell Party Nov 16, 2008:
Bright, Gardner Jr, J.W. Lance, and Primotivo Candelara.
(photo ctsy Scott Wheeler, The Ledger.com)
In 2008 Rhino Records plan to issue a
2-set CD in their "The Definitive Soul Collection" series,
comprising 30 Coasters tracks in
chronological order (originally planned for issue in September, 2007)
Note: The Definitive Soul Collection may not
be realized due to the fact that
Rhino's Super Saver The Very Best of The Coasters, comprising 16 of the
most well-known Atco tracks
was
re-released on March 25, 2008 as
GREATEST HITS and on July 28, 2009 on Rhino
Flashback 71597.
Issued October 26, 2008
ONLY THE BEST OF THE COASTERS
Collectables 3CD Pac 11242
(featuring COL 9425 "Yakety Yak and Other
Favorites", COL 6523 "Coast Along With The Coasters",
COL 7566 "The Coasters" &
"One By One")
Thanks, Ray Baradat of The Charades, for
the great DVDs you sent me on
an interview with Billy Guy in 1987 and on
rare live performances with
Carl Gardner's Coasters (and with the Jones-Guy Coasters).
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THOSE HOODLUM FRIENDS on PDF with lots of images and
quick-search Please note that the pdf-file is
re-edited
with some minor changes and constantly up-dated!
(132 pages full of great information)
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New!pdf,
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Presenting The Coasters in
FAST-LOAD PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSIONS
The Coasters' 50th Anniversary
celebrated on November 5, 2005.
Veta and Carl Gardner.
50th Anniversary held at Club Med in Port St. Lucie, Florida -
featuring Carl Gardner Sr, Carl Gardner Jr & The Coasters
- announcing the retirement of Carl Gardner Sr.
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