| Who Are These Guys? |
| Gary and The Wombats are the original 6 guys who started playing rhythm and blues / rock and roll at Wesleyan University in 1962, traveling in a '49 Packard hearse. Now we put our "real lives" on the shelf, grab the wives and sometimes the kids and convene several times a year from 6 cities in 4 timezones to make music together. Many people remember dancing to The Wombats in fraternities at Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Williams, RPI, Middlebury, Tufts, Bucknell, Mt. Holyoke, Connecticut College (then "for Women") Duchess Community College, and our home campus, Wesleyan. During summer vacations we were heard on Long Island at Gino's, Manhasset Country Club, Garden City Chop House and at The Sands and Tony Mart's in Somers Point, NJ. In 1963 and '64 we played Spring Break at Daytona Beach, FL. And in the 21st Century we're rockin' and rollin'. |
| We kept our rock and roll songlist alive by playing reunion parties at Wesleyan in 1974, '75, '85, '90, '95, 2000 and '2005 |
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| "..I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks..." John Dunton lives in Waltham, MA |
| "..So she could hear my man a wailin' sax..." Brooke Jones lives in Yorba Linda, CA |
| "I must admit they were a rockin band...Man they were blowin' like a hurricane..." Steve Flance lives in Santa Fe, NM |
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| "...So let me hear you play that rock and roll music..." Gary Thomson lives in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and plays nightly at his Tivoli Gardens Restaurant in Christiansted |
| "...If you wanna dance with me...." Richard Smith lives in Rye, NY |
| Words by Charles Berry, East St. Louis, MO 1953 |
| In 1995 the Wombat World Tour was launched by Judy & Dick Emmitt, who asked the band to play for a special birthday party in New Jersey. That evening began the annual gatherings of the band--we now convene several times a year appearing all around the country to play for charity FUNraisers, wedding receptions, private parties and corporate parties of all kinds. We'd like to play for you too! |
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