The Cave Dwellers @ Madcats

Schedule

Fri Jun 07 2024 at 09:00 pm to Sat Jun 08 2024 at 12:00 am

Location

Madcats | Palatine, IL

The Cave Dwellers was the idea of Gary Goldberg. He grew up on the northside of Chicago and was a student a Wilbur Wright Junior College in the city. It was 1964 and the British Invasion was just reaching the American shores. Gary had a vision of having a rock and roll band to play gigs and make music. The group really began to take shape in late-1964. Now, over 50 years later, the Cave Dwellers are back, still making music and entertaining people.
But it was the Cave Dwellers who were there in the beginning, becoming one of the first garage bands in Chicago. They soon were dubbed “Chicago’s Original Garage Rock Band.” The group consisted of Gary Goldberg (keyboards), Freddie Glickstein (lead guitar), Bruce Gordon (bass), Rick Sorci (drums), Victor Alfonso (keyboards) and Henry Gardano (rhythm guitar). Gary, Freddie, Victor and Henry had met at Wright Junior College and decided to make music. Bruce and Rick joined soon after.
In early 1965, they all gathered in the unlikeliest of places: Fong’s Cantonese Restaurant, 2931 W. Touhy Ave. in Chicago. Owner Jim Fong attracted local rockers who had dreams of making it big in the pop music industry with his recording studio in the basement of his establishment. By the end of the day, the Cave Dwellers recorded Don’t Break My Heart Again, with Gary and Freddie leading the way on vocals. With enough time to throw a second song onto the disc, Freddie sang a saucy version of the Ray Charles hit, What’d I Say. Soon after, Gary was shopping the recording to Liberty Records and Smash Records.
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$5 admission

Where is it happening?

Madcats, 117 W Slade St, Palatine, IL 60067-0414, United States,Palatine, Illinois

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Host or Publisher Madcats

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