User:Harmonymando/Jim Pasquale

New article name ... This article is a 2012 update on Jim Pasquale and J.Pasquale Music (ASCAP),Velva T Music(BMI) and his related Music Ventures  Jim Pasquale'''(Oct 12,1940)Salisbury Beach,Mass. rasied in Meridian,Mississippi from the age of five. A victom of a divorce family. He is a guitarist songwriter who spent the last 26 years in Nashville,Tn. and now calls Evergreen,Ala. his temp home.

From Mississippi MusicArtist.ComThe Original Flares started out in the late '50s and Jim was the co-founder along with highschool pal Darryl Vincent. The band recorded a series of 45 singles for Sandy Records in Mobile, AL., Crash Records in New Orleans, La., Chess Records in Chicago, Ill. and one single and one 10 song album on Astro Records in Mobile, Al. These singles have been released on eight compilation (multi-artists) CD's world wide through the '90s (Darryl Vincent Music Link). on the early records were Darryl, Jimmy Pasquale, Denny Powers and Zack Martin, all from Meridian, MS. George Cummings (later Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) was hired when Jim Pasquale had to go to camp to take his place in '58. After Jimmy returned, the band got a job in Gulf Shores at the Canal Lounge, 5 nights a week. Zack couldn't leave Meridian, so the band recruited Austin Phillips to drum. The Flares got another gig in Mobile at the big Melody Club next to Brookley Field Air force base. The Club seated hundreds of people and Darryl & The Flares from Meridian packed it out. Two black guys were hired to play with the band, Eddie Connors on vocals who had a regional hit at the time with" World of Make Believe", and Prince Connelly on blues guitar and vocals. One of the first integrated band in the South in '58. The Flares hit songs played in heavy rotation in the South and were major hits at No. 1 in many cities like New Orleans, Meridian, Jackson, Pensacola, Birmingham and Atlanta. Quite an accomplishment for musicians at such an early age. And they are not alone in the musical talents that were born in Meridian, MS.