It was a Mark Lindsay record, I produced it and I usually didn't produce myself, Jerry Fuller did, and when I got through with the record Jack Gold said, 'Why don't you put it out as the Raiders, you produce the Raiders and they need a hit. ' So we put it under the name of the Raiders and it became the biggest selling hit in the history of CBS records. "Any regrets for calling the band Paul Revere? (Keyboardist Paul Revere Dick continued to tour without Mark using the Raiders name)"In the beginning, way back to the beginning before we got on CBS, we signed our first record contract on a little label called Gardena and the owner said, 'You got to sign the contract and sign your full legal name, ' so my full legal name is Mark Allen Lindsay and I signed my name and then everybody else signed their name and Paul's name was signed Paul Revere Dick, that was his full name. Then he looked over at us and said, 'Paul Revere... Paul Revere, Paul Revere, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait... a... minute! That's a great gimmick. I mean the Downbeats are okay but Paul Revere now that's a hook. Everybody knows Paul Revere's ride come on. ' He said, 'I'm going to call this band Paul Revere & the Nightriders or something' and Paul especially hated it because he'd been teased all his life in school about, 'Hey Paul Revere- where's your horse? ' So he just dropped his first www.cheapsmonsterbeatss.com
name Paul and went by the name Revere Dick. But when our first record came out, our first record said Paul Revere & the Nightriders. And although the name (Using Paul Revere) did cause some confusion but it's probably a monster beats By Dr. Dre Headphones
lot like The Dave Clark Five where Mike Smith was the lead singer and Dave Clark (the drummer) was the name of the band. "There are so many bands running around out there without the original lead singers anymore. "Well, what are you going to do... what are you going to do. But when you see the Happy Together tour you're going to see the real deal here, I've sang every hit that Paul Revere & the Raiders ever had. And Mark & Howard from The Turtles, if they're not the real deal then I never saw one. "I'm really looking forward to the show, Cheaper Monster beats
and I'm hoping to get a pass to cover the show from backstage. I want to take a lot of pictures.