Comments on: Remembering Paul Revere of The Raiders

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:42:54 +0000

I sat next to Mr. Revere on a plane from San Francisco to Boise years ago. I had no idea who he was until he formally introduced himself. A very warm and outgoing person and we chatted most of the trip to Boise.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 01:43:03 +0000

His babysitter babysat for my sister. Only time I saw him is when he fell at the Bank of Idaho ( was making $2.50 a hour then)…. except for that one time at New Years eve in Jackpot….. but that is another story that involves Ron Yanke and his plane….at the Jackpot International airport… Lets not go there

By: Daniel Rodriguz

Daniel Rodriguz — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:36:22 +0000

I never met the man, never saw him in concert but I still spin his vinyl on my Moterola counsole, I remember Where the Action Is. I’m still a PRR fan afer all these years.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:20:06 +0000

Ah, nostalgia!

The Guardian will surely remember that the Bank of Idaho “skyscraper” was the first building to encroach on the commanding view of the Statehouse, looking north from the Depot… and because of that it generated controversy. The view-preservationists lost, and now you can’t see the Bank of Idaho building on account of the taller bank building and the Eggo Hotel.

But I digress.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:53:55 +0000

Writer note…

Mr. Guardian… Yes but us old Boise folks know where the the main office of the Bank of Idaho used to be. If I remember it was the tallest building in Boise back in the day.

EDITOR NOTE–You are correct, as usual. I am accused regularly of wanting to go back to 1970s Boise.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:56:29 +0000

My story about Paul Revere is that I was working as a teller at the “Old” Bank of Idaho ( only us born and raised Idaho folks would remember where that was at).
He came in to go to his safety deposit box and some one didn’t buzz him in fast enough. Well he decide to jump over the counter and didn’t make and fell flat on his face. He waited for the buzzer after that.

EDITOR NOTE–Porc, I hate to burst your (“only us born and raised Idaho folks”) balloon, but the day I got my account 46 years ago at Bank of Idaho, a secretary at city hall looked over the top of her spectacles and admonished me, “You know, Bank of Idaho is NOT locally owned!” I felt like the outsider I was back then.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:47:14 +0000

I never saw PR&R live, but did get interested after seeing a nice exhibit about them at the Experience Music Project in Seattle.

BB- I was not born then but did see the Beach Boys another time in Boise. It was my first concert too!

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:22:07 +0000

I never met Paul, but I knew his brother who was an LDS bishop in Boise, back in the 60s. (The equivalent of a “pastor” in a protestant congregation. Interesting divergence of life paths.)

In 1968, when the Guardian was in Vietnam, THE big concert in Boise was Paul Revere and the Beach Boys at Bronco Stadium. Naturally the Boise connection was played up significantly.

As far as I can remember, it was the first rock concert I ever attended. The Raiders were pretty good, but frankly the Beach Boys overshadowed them significantly, with their endless stream of hit songs. Both bands offered up great shows.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:02:50 +0000

I remember attending local dance clubs when he and Mark Lindsey first got a start.