Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories by Randy Bachman

Author:Randy Bachman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP (CANADA)

DION AND THE BELMONTS

Dion and the Belmonts were the most successful of the white doo-wop groups out of New York, with hits like “The Wanderer” and “Runaround Sue.” They were also the most suave-looking guys. They had cool hair and wore nice suits, and Dion diMucci was a very handsome guy with an incredible vocal delivery. In the summer of 1965 the Guess Who were working out of New York and we were invited to play on the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” tour. On the tour with us were Dion and the Belmonts. It was a re-formed Belmonts, with some of the original members. I remember a Carlo and a Danny and, of course, Dion.

I thought Dion was the coolest guy. He had a Martin acoustic guitar and they would sit at the back of the tour bus and sing doo-wop songs, snapping their fingers and singing stuff like “Why Must I Be a Teenager in Love.” I hung around Dion all the time and watched him. He had such a smooth voice.

Now, when I say tour bus I don’t mean the luxury land cruisers that stars have today. Those are like suites at the Hilton Hotel on wheels. Back then it was literally a regular Greyhound bus with bench seats and you tried to sleep on those. Not very comfortable.

I actually got a guitar part that I later used in “Undun” from a Dion song called “Soft Guitar” written by singer/songwriter Kenny Rankin and sung by Dion. It’s a cool little turn around two-chord pattern that I used at the end of the verses in “Undun.”

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