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ENTERAN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICA’STHE FIRST YOUNG FOLK-ROCK GROUP MARCH 2018
THE ASSOCIATION The Formative Years How Did The Men come together ? Who WERE the original band members ? Where did Terry Kirkman and Jules Gary Alexander first meet ?
by Malcolm C. Searles ENTER THE YOUNG...
THE CREATION OF A SOUND...... Just The Right Sound “WE NEVER CATEGORIZED OURSELVES,” says Association co-founder Russ Giguere, “and we didn’t like to be categorized by other people. But they did and they always wil. Some actualy caled us a bubblegum band! We never did any bubblegum tunes. We did real music. But the upbeat optimism of The Association was considered too light, too airy, too feel-good.”