The Doors Open for the Outcasts

I've been working on"Strictly From Hunger!: A Rock and Roll Memoir" it's the story of John Morton and his band Hunger! and how they go from playing in their native Portland, Oregon to becoming one of the biggest bands on the Sunset Strip in 1968.

Chapter 1 The Doors Open For The Outcasts

Don Koss, the popular local DJ in Portland, Oregon stepped up to the microphone and introduced us. “And now we have the number one band and the winners of the Teenage Fair, The Outcasts!” Our drummer Don Marrs threw his drumsticks into the air, then slammed them on the snare. We broke into our medley of the Young Rascals tunes ‘Good Lovin,’ ‘Lovelight,’ and ‘Groovin.’ It was flawless. Our fans and the audience were cheering! We had beat eighty-five other bands. We were the number one band in Portland! All of the sudden we were celebrities. Standing on that stage, lights in our eyes, sweat pouring off of us, we were instantly hometown stars when only the year before we had lost the very same contest, we’d come in last place, and we weren‘t sure the band was even going to survive.
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