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Disclaimer: This site is for fans of the late great "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow. It is not official or maintained by his surviving family.More to come soon!"Sneaky" fan Jason "Oddy" Odd sent in this interesting piece on the early days of Kleinow's band Sir Raleigh and the Coupons. Please check out his page Gram Parsons Record Collection in my Top 8.In addition to a handful of snarling garage rock singles, Seattle's Sir Raleigh & the Cupons are also notable for launching the careers of future West Coast rock legends Dewey Martin and "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow. Originally known as the Blue Diamonds, the group initially served as the backing unit for vocalist Lucky Lee, and, in addition to drummer Martin (born Walter Dwayne Midkiff) and guitarist Kleinow, included guitarists Al Harris and Norman Raleigh as well as bassist Johnny Meeks. After a session with Lee at Seattle's Audio Recording studio, producer Kearney Barton was sufficiently impressed to recommend the Blue Diamonds to Jerden Records head Jerry Dennon, who not only signed the group but installed Martin as frontman, rechristening him Sir Walter Raleigh and renaming his bandmates the Cupons in the process.The group's debut, "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day," appeared on Jerden in 1965 -- though later popularized by the Monkees, the Cupons' version is a masterpiece, capturing the scorching garage punk of the Northwest scene at its finest. Although not a national hit, the single proved enough of a local smash to interest A&M, which licensed Sir Raleigh & the Cupons' follow-up, "The White Cliffs of Dover." After a second A&M release, "While I Wait," the group signed to Tower for "Tell Her Tonight"; Martin then sacked the rest of the group, replacing them with guitarist Steve Green, keyboardist J.C. Rieck, and drummer Lyall Smith for one final Sir Raleigh & the Cupons single, "I Don't Want Her to Cry."The band then split, with Martin relocating to Los Angeles to drum for the Dillards before joining Buffalo Springfield on the insistence of fellow Canadian native Neil Young; Kleinow, meanwhile, later resurfaced as a member of country-rock pioneers the Flying Burrito Brothers. In 1982, the Piccadilly label compiled all five of the Cupons' singles on the LP One Buffalo Heard. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Music:

Founding Steel Player for The Flying Burrito Brothers, Played on records with: JOAN BAEZ SKIP BATTIN THE BEE GEES BARBIE BENTON LYNN BLESSING BOOKER T. JONES BOOKER T. and the M.G.s DENNY BROOKS DEBBIE BOONE PAT BOONE JOHN BRADDON BONNIE BRAMLETT DELANEY BRAMLETT BREWER and SHIPPLEY JACKSON BROWNE THE BYRDS BRIAN CADD CHEROKEE GENE CLARK JOE COCKER LEONARD COHEN COLD STEEL RITA COOLIDGE CROWBAR SPENCER DAVIS SANDY DENNY DILLARD and CLARKE DOUG DILLARD MICHAEL DINNER THE DILLARDS DION and the BELMONTS ROGER DOLLARHIDE ELLIOT DOZIER THE EAGLES MARC ELLINGTON DON EVERLY MIMI FARINA and TON JANS RICHARD FARINA and MIMI FINNIGAN and WOOD FLEETWOOD MAC FLO and EDDIE THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS GALE FORCE LOWELL GEORGE BOB GIBSON JON GIBSON JANE GETZ (MOTHER HEN) GLENDA GRIFFITH GOLDEN PALOMINOS GRAPES OF WRATH THE HAGERS HENRY GROSS LARRY GROCE CHICO HAMILTON THE HARLOTS LEE HAZELWOOD HEDGE & DONNA DON HENLY BARBARA HILL & CHRIS E. BOB "CATFISH" HODGE HOWDY MOON ROSIE GAINES GERMAINE JACKSON BILLY JOEL OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN CASEY KELLY TOM JONES KALAPANA JOHN KALE BARBARA KEITH AL KOOPER THE KNACK GLADYS KNIGHT JOHNNY LEE JOHN LENNON THE LEMON HEADS LORI LIEBERMAN GORDON LIGHTFOOT MARK LINDSAY LITTLE FEAT LITTLE RICHARD TRINI LOPEZ LTD MANDY MARTIN DAVE MASON BARRY McGUIRE MEDICINE BILL MEDLEY TERRY MELCHER STEVE MILLER MILLINGTON JONI MITCHELL DANIEL MOORE MARTIN MULL GRAHAM NASH RANDY NEWMAN HARRY NILSSON KENNY NOLAN DANNY O'KEEFE DAVID OLNEY YOKO ONO ROBERT PALMER WAYNE PARKER PAUL PARRISH GRAM PARSONS PEACHES & HERB SHAWN PHILLIPS PHIL'S HARMONIC ORCHESTRA RAY & GINO THE RAVE UPS HELEN REDDY JIM RINGER ED REEVES MINNIE RIPERTON KENNY ROGERS THE ROLLING STONES LINDA RONSTADT LEON RUSSELL DOUG SAHM NEIL SEDAKA SEEMON & MARIJKE CARLY SIMON SILVERADO BOBBY SOLO JOEL SONNIER JIMMY SPHEERIS SLY and the FAMILY STONE DAVID SOUL POTTER-ST. CLOUD RINGO STARR JAMES LEE STANLEY SUITE STEEL MIKE STEWART RON STONE JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT BERNIE TAUPIN TRIBUTE TO GRAM PARSONS THE VENTURES BOBBY VINTON JIMMY WEB MENTOR WILLIAMS PAUL WILLIAMS BOBBY WOMACK STEVIE WONDER FRANK ZAPPA

Movies:

Did Stop Frame Animation and worked on special visual effects for Terminator, Empire Strikes Back, Army of Darkness, Gremlins, Dune, Flight of The Navigator, Terminator 2 and many more.

Television:

Animator/Score Composer of Gumby, and Various Commercials

Heroes:

Jerry Byrd, Speedy West, Buddy Emmons