Special thanks to John Myer for sending me photos of these cool posters from Tippy Ballroom! It must have been a blast to see some of those back at Lake Tippecanoe.
US Male, the Sixth Generation, and Twelf Street Crossing
Strawberry Alarm Clock and U.S. Male
Electric Prunes, the Sixth Generation, and Spencer Davis
Cryan' Shames and U.S. Male
US MALE and Cambridge Five were Indiana bands. Very impressive that someone saved these.
Cool posters! I remember playing Tippy well, it was one of the coolest places we played back then. We also opened for several other bands at Tippy. Thanks for the great memories!
Bill Wagoner
Lead Guitar
THE US MALE
Bill,
What a great band you guys had!
Are you still playing?
Johnny g
Sorry, only three of us left! i do, however, have a granson that is one hell of a drummer and should soon be playing all of the “hot spots” dave patterson, drums, u.s. male
the u.s. male always enjoyed playing at tippy because it was close to home and had a musical history that went back for decades. we also opened for a band called “the new yardbirds”. a few months later the same four guys changed their name to led zeppelin and recorded the music that they had played the previous summer on their tour as the new yardbirds. we also worked shows at tippy with the new colony six and the music explosion and around the mid-west with the flock, the outsiders, the m.c. five, and others. an interesting side note: strawberry alarm clock lead guitarist ed king later was a founding member of lynyrd skynyrd.
dave patterson, drummer, u.s. male
TIPPY DANCE HALL WILL BE HOSTING A REUNION FOR ALL THE TIPPY TEENS! THIS EVENT IS SUNDAY OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND FROM 8-1. THE SIXTH GENERATION WILL BE PERFORMING AND THE CLUB WILL BE OPEN FOR TOURS. IAM PUTTING TOGETHER A SLIDE SHOW THAT WILL BE SHOWED AS WELL! IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY PICS PLEASE GET THEM TO ME AT DJHEF2@HOTMAIL.COM. YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT 765 744 6214. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ANY STORIES YOU CAN TELL ME WOULD BE GREAT. IAM TRYING TO GET A BOOK PUT TOGETHER ABOUT THE HISTORY AND LIFE OF TIPPY! THANKS AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL.
We will be playing the Tippy Reunion show September 4th. After 40 years of being apart we have the original line up back together and are ready to live music and a 60′s party to Tippy. As a matter of fact our last show at Tippy was 42 years ago on LAbor Day Weekend.
I was there! What a great time we had!!!!
thesixthgeneration.com
So does mean that old farts in their 60′s could come and dance to old music or what exactly is this reunion? Don’t want to show up and be the only oldster there!
Nancy there will be people of all ages enjoying the music of the 60″s so please join us. After our show there will be dancing to the Club sounds till 1AM
You definitely won’t be the only person there in their 60s! The Sixth Generation will play hits from the 1960s as well as original songs about the 1960s. Our audiences typically include mostly baby boomers, but we usually have people from pre-teens to octogenarians because everyone loves 60s music so much! It will be a great time for all!
See You Labor Day