The Boston Beat

Interview with Nancy DiMuro Williams, the drummer for the The Pandoras, one of the first all female groups in the US. The band had some success, including a recording contract and a couple of singles with Liberty Records (“(I Could Write A Book) About My Baby”, b/w “New Day,” “Games” b/w “Don’t Bother”), and gigs that brought them from the Surf in Nantasket, the Rathskeller in Kenmore Square and the Boston Garden, to shows all around the U.S. as well as in Newfoundland and Puerto Rico, opening for acts including The Kingsmen, Dionne Warwick, the Byrds and Gary Lewis & the Playboys. 

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Interview with Johnny Lank, bassist from Art Of Lovin', who recorded one highly sought after psychedelic/folk LP in 1968. The group — Paul Applebaum (vocals, guitar, chief songwriter), Johnny Lank (bass), Barry Tatelman (saxophone), Gail Winnick (vocals), Sandy Winslow (drums, percussion) — sidestepped MGM’s “Bosstown Sound” circus when they signed with Detroit-based Mainstream Records. Features songs from the LP.