Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Troy Onteare (Maxwell 56)

Troy Onteare (aka Don Teachout) was the owner of the Wheeling, West Virginia Maxwell 56 label. He played on each of the three 45's that were released on the label. In 1964 Troy released his first solo record. It contained the song "Marry the Money" which was very popular locally. Later in 1964 for his second 45 he recorded  a folky version of "The House Of The Rising Sun". The flipside of the record has the song "Crying Time" by Sara Jo and the Trovadors. In 1965 he played bass for the group called The Scarlets. It was very good record and was featured on the blog back in January, 2011.

                                                     House Of The Rising Sun

Four Of Us (Damon)

The Four Of Us released two 45's on the Damon record label. The record highlighted today was the band's first release. The 45 features the Mersey sounding "All The Way" which is an original song by the group. Sadly the label does not list the writer of the song. On the flipside the band does their version of "Midnight Hour"

                                                                  All The Way

                                                                Midnight Hour