{"id":2312,"date":"2015-09-17T09:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keenerpodcast.com\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2015-09-17T09:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:10:37","slug":"tbt-shindig-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=2312","title":{"rendered":"TBT Shindig Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Shindig_title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2314 \" src=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Shindig_title-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Shindig_title-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Shindig_title-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Shindig_title.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>By Bob Berry<\/p>\n<p>It was a perfectly timed TV show.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/the-british-invasion-from-the-beatles-to-the-stones-the-sixties-belonged-to-britain-19880714\"><strong>British Invasion<\/strong><\/a> was happening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motownmuseum.org\/motown-sound\/\"><strong>Motown<\/strong><\/a> was beginning it&#8217;s great run, and within the year the West Coast was more than just The Beach Boys, with Sonny and Cher plus The Byrds leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shindig!\"><strong>Shindig!<\/strong><\/a>, and we dug it!<\/p>\n<p>It was TV that had the hits, just like turning on Keener. No more waiting for the spinning plates guy to vacate the stage, there was host <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2013\/jan\/14\/local\/la-me-jimmy-oneill-20130115\"><strong>Jimmy O&#8217;Neill<\/strong><\/a> and here comes the Righteous Brothers, Herman&#8217;s Hermits, Marvin Gaye, Del Shannon and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ig3n19Y5bOs\"><strong>The Beatles<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Throw in the greatest house band in history, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-shindogs-mn0000619827\/biography\"><strong>The Shindogs<\/strong><\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=1825\"><strong>Glen Campbell<\/strong><\/a>, James Burton, L<a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?tag=larry-knechtel\"><strong>arry Knechtel<\/strong><\/a> and Ray Pohlman.\u00a0 Mix in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history-of-rock.com\/blossoms.htm\"><strong>The Blossoms<\/strong><\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=2235\"><strong>Darlene Love<\/strong><\/a> and Co. adding world-class backup harmonies. And then put dancers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0149523\/fullcredits\/\"><strong>The Shindiggers<\/strong><\/a> on the set, and Shindig! was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Must_See_TV\"><strong>Must-See TV<\/strong><\/a> 30 years before NBC thought of it!<\/p>\n<p>Shindig debuted on ABC Television on September 16, 1964. And you had to watch, to be cool in school.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shindig! A Special Retrospective - 1991\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdO4TP21Xys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bob Berry It was a perfectly timed TV show. The British Invasion was happening, Motown was beginning it&#8217;s great run, and within the year the West Coast was more than just The Beach Boys, with Sonny and Cher plus The Byrds leading the way. It was Shindig!, and we dug it! It was TV that had the hits, just like turning on Keener. No more waiting for the spinning plates guy to vacate the stage, there was host Jimmy O&#8217;Neill and here comes the Righteous Brothers, Herman&#8217;s Hermits, Marvin Gaye, Del Shannon and even The Beatles! Throw in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[391,472,468,225,469,471,470,155],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bob-berry","category-keener","tag-darlene-love","tag-jimmy-oneill","tag-shindig","tag-the-blossoms","tag-the-shindig-dancers","tag-the-shindiggers","tag-the-shindogs","tag-the-wrecking-crew","wpcat-160-id","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions\/2318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}