I mentioned previously John Hamill loaning me his copy of Baltimore Sounds – An illustrated encyclopedia of Baltimore area Pop Musicians, Bands and Recordings 1950-2000.
The book was compiled and written by Joe Vaccarino and is a great summary of Baltimore’s rock and roll music scene from 1950 on. Vacarino lists not only the Baltimore-based music acts that had hit records but also those post-garage bands that played at various places in B’more back then.
In addition to listing the many acts and groups, Vaccarino includes playbills, business cards, publicity photos and other memorabilia about the bands. He also has an excellent website that has additional info for you to check out (click here.) There is also a FB page (click here.)
Here is a photo of the RaVons, the group that John was a member of. That’s John far left:
Good video here featuring some of the performers mentioned in the book: