Talk:Thee Midniters

POV
This article is full of someone's point of view, and short of sources. Please see Verifiability before adding further unreferenced fancruft. Thanks, Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:33, 13 December 2010 (UTC)


 * POV, how so? Specifically?
 * Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 01:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey Guys-- Not sure how to do this, but here goes. I went to Montebello Sr. High & graduated in 1969. This band had its 1st hit, "Whittier Blvd," perhaps a year before '69. I thought most of Thee Midniters went to my high school, but Cantwell High makes sense, too--my brothers went there. It's an all-Catholic boys high school. I'm utterly stoked that Thee Midniters are still playing, but in the 60s they were not exactly 'polished' & simply seemed like a great 'party band' the rest of us could hire for the prom, maybe. They didn't seem like a highly political 'Chicano' band THEN, though they surely could have evolved into one quite soon after 1969. (Few people talk about the 'East LA Riots' that occurred just after the Watts Riots.) I agree that this article about the band, at least in its early years, needs additional citations to support its expansive claims: "Big Sound similar to Blood, Sweat & Tears" (uh, no--not in the early days),"regarded as a smaller version of the Beatles"(what? Again, no),had a "Big Review" quality (this I don't remember from the dances they played that I attended. Again, I am a HUGE fan, but I agree that more research should be done. All 'references' cite a single 2 page article. Much of the entry is just a fan's (the writer's) opinion. Mary B. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:6E44:84F0:7060:7B1C:8FEC:D9F0 (talk) 00:53, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

This is a response to Mary's comments, to start with she's off by a few important years. She thinks that Thee Midniters first hit record "Whittier Blvd." came out in 1968, the truth is their first album and the song Whittier Blvd. came out in 1965. They were contemporaries with The Beatles and the whole British Invasion movement. What I think that they had in common with the Beatles is that their hometown East Los Angeles had a very active music scene going on and so did Liverpool, the end results were totally different, but the fertile musical grounds were similar. Both East L.A. and Liverpool bands loved Black rhythm and blues and served their respective audiences the same songs. East L.A. bands made an impact- it was Paul McCartney who told his promoter to get those "Na Na boys" to be included on the Beatles next tour of the U.S. The Na Na boys of course, were East L.A.'s Cannibal & The Headhunters who in fact did tour with the Beatles. So let's not discount the similarities. Also, for 1965, Thee Midniters were a big band. Most bands had 4 members, Thee Midniters had 8. Not only that, Thee Midniters pre-dated other L.A. band that became huge, like The Doors, Love, The Byrds, etc. Lastly, Mary B. says that Thee Midniters were not very "polished" (?!) I suggest Mary listen to their albums again, they were innovated and had great arrangements. Mosesmora (talk) 22:20, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

George Salazar (drummer)
I don't know why George Salazar is not included. He was the drummer in, at least, the first album. He is an awesome drummer and is still playing.

Nina — Preceding unsigned comment added by NINACHKA (talk • contribs) 04:43, 2 January 2017 (UTC)