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John
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Who is Ken Johnson.....

http://home.socal.rr.com/jcentral/RE_Poster1.htm


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Never heard of Ken Johnston till now John. I presume Mike Urso left soon after Grand Slam? KJ must have been there long enough to have got himself on an agency promo photo. He crops up on another act on that same web site http://home.socal.rr.com/jcentral/chris.htm 

I also found a forum about the Atlanta Pop Festival of 1970 which has several references to Rare Earth playing their 30 minute version of Get Ready. If you were there you might enjoy reading this. Hells Angels pushing people around who were just trying to avoid being struck by lightning in the field. Wow!




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Whoops, I forgot to post the link to the Atlanta Festival page

http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/gbookPAGE.html

1970...That would be the Rod, Kenny and JP line-up presumably?

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UK Dave wrote:

Whoops, I forgot to post the link to the Atlanta Festival page

http://www.messyoptics.com/bird/gbookPAGE.html

1970...That would be the Rod, Kenny and JP line-up presumably?


Yes Dave...the Atlanta Pop festival was recorded. Sony Music owns those recordings. There was also a film crew...cd and dvd anyone?!

 



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Hi - my name is Ken Johnston and I played bass for Rare Earth from June, 1979 until June 1981. Mike Urso was under contract with Capitol Records while the band was in court fighting over the ownership of the name Rare Earth. When the smoke cleared Gil Bridges had won that battle. I auditioned among over 100 bass players (according to Peter Rivera, the drummer) and won the position. More if you need it at kjohnst2@gmail.com.

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I forgot to tell you that my website has changed to http://home.roadrunner.com/~jcentral/band1.htm - and it is Johnston, not Johnson. Thanks!


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Chicago Tommy
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Ken,

Not to knit-pick, but I'm pretty sure Ray spells his last name Monette, not Monet as it appears on your website.

http://www.rareearth.com/ray.aspx

I do like the back-stage picture with Eddie strolling about. He looked healthy.

-Chicago Tommy

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Bassist from June 1979 to June 1981. See new site at http://home.roadrunner.com/~jcentral/band1.htm

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Anonymous wrote:

I forgot to tell you that my website has changed to http://home.roadrunner.com/~jcentral/band1.htm - and it is Johnston, not Johnson. Thanks!



 



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Anonymous wrote:

Bassist from June 1979 to June 1981. See new site at http://home.roadrunner.com/~jcentral/band1.htm



 



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Jocko
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Ken, Any relation to Doobie Brother Tommy Johnston?


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Jocko wrote:

 

Ken, Any relation to Doobie Brother Tommy Johnston?

 



Welcome back Jocko!!! Hope all is well!!!!



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Jocko
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Mark, Dave, Mike, Steve, Richard, John, Chicago Tommy and all my friends on the forum.
 
Thank you all for your concern during my absence and thank you for the warm welcome back to the forum.
 
I've had some health issues throughout the past year but all is going well now.
 
I truly missed logging onto the forum and I now have a lot of catching up to do.
 


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Ken Johnston
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Sorry, no relation. Just to be clear, my last name is Johnston. Thanks!



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Website address changed again - http://jcentral.net/band.htm

 



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