User:The chuck 1273/U-tube Grains of Sand

Grains of Sand was a rock and roll band formed in 1965 and was together for about two years until mid 1967. Members of the band include, Gary Gates,(Deceased 2012) Drums and vocals,,Dave Clark, Lead Guitar and vocals, Bill Moores, Bass Guitar,Gordon Svoboda Keyboards and vocals and Chuck McLean, Lead vocals,Harmonica and percussion. the band did top forty songs of the period and some original songs. The Grains of Sand also performed on a weekly television show called Bangor Bandstand hosted by a local disc jokey by the name of Bob Diamond. the band played at local record hops and high schools in the area and many high schools and colleges in and around the Bangor area and many high schools in the state of Maine with a couple of trips to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.The band had it's forty third year reunion in the summer of 2010 and relived a lot of memories as the got together again to play many of the hit songs of the 1960s. WABI television station did a news piece on the bands reunion which can be viewed On U-Tube by key wording "Grains of Sand reunion"