ALBUMS : Alias Pink Puzz (1971);Midnight Ride (1966); Raider’s Indian Reservation 1971); Greatest Hits (1969);
MVC RATING: Puzz (3.5/$$); Midnight Ride(3.5/$$$); Raider’s Indian Reservation (4.0/$$$): Paul Revere and the Raiders Greatest Hits (4.0/$$$)
I can’t say I’ve ever been a huge Paul Revere and the Raiders fan. Their gimmick was they wore Revolutionary war costumes. Maybe they are relevant finally.
Indian Resevation was a big hit as was the anti-drug song, Kicks.
The Raiders could be categorized as the American flip side of the 1960’s British invaders with the Beatles, Stones, Who, Moody Blues, Herman’s Hermits and Chad and Jeremy.
Lead singer had a strong voice. I guess you have to when your main skill is waking a town up. They had an active 30 or longer-year career, with a number of personnel charges.
Why do I have four Paul Revere/Raiders albums? I’m not sure. They aren’t bad but not great either — they do now have a badge of honor as a few of their songs have been put in Quentin Tarantino movies. Tarantino has a knack of finding Billboard 60s and 70s songs to sneak into his movies.
Best album I think is Alias Pink Puzz–a little psychedelic, medium-boil, rock as we move into the 1970s.