The Cavemen
18285 ~ All About Love
(Albert Cretacci, Jr., Red Pol Music Co. BM)
(Albert Cretacci, Jr., Red Pol Music Co. BM)
18286 ~ Bo Diddley (E.
McDaniels)
Capitol Star Artist
Rochester, New York
1966
Produced by Fine Studios,
Rochester, N.Y.
Members of this band were:Al
Cretacci,Jim Crouse,Skip Maciezewski, Ron Gorski and Joey Calato.
Jimmy Crouse and Joey
Calato were the ones who started the band. They
started out as The El Dorados, but one of the guys in the band wanted to
change the name to Alley-Oop & The Cavemen after the song, ‘Alley-Oop’ by
The Hollywood Argyles. They all thought
it was kind of neat so they agreed. After a while they dropped the name to just
“The Cavemen” because macho man Al Cretacci didn’t like being called Alley Oop.
There was (originally) a sax
player, Denny Puricelli, but he quit for whatever reason. The group was formed
in 1963 in
Buffalo, New York. During that year other members came and went.
(The band primarily consisted
of) Joey Calato, drums; Jimmy Crouse, lead guitar; Ron Gorski, rhythm guitar;
Harry (Skip) Miecheski, bass guitar; Al Cretacci, lead vocals; and Sammy
Sparazza, keyboards. Sam joined after the recording in 1966. Ron Gorski passed
away in a car accident in 1969.
