Otis Gene Hale:
CLASS OF 1963
West Phoenix High SchoolClass of 1963
Phoenix, AZ
Otis Gene's Story
First off, hi to everyone on the Thunderbird Reservation who might recall Gene Hale....I have a great memory for people & events, even after all these years....I played in the band until Mr. Philabaum kicked me out....I also played on the varsity baseball team with the coach we warmly called "Tiger" Bill Munson....After graduation I continued with music and attended ASU, while also playing in bands around Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson.....During this time I became friends with Mike Condello of Wallace and Ladmo fame.....Mike (may he rest in peace), found out my first name is Otis and that's what I've been called ever since.....In 1967 I moved to Los Angeles and started playing up and down the ...Expand for more
West Coast including Seattle, San Diego and Las Vegas.....In Vegas, my band (The Otis Hale Happening), became the house band at a popular club on the Strip (no longer there, like West High), called the Pussycat A Go Go.....There we would open for such acts as The Knickerbockers and Sly and the Family Stone.....In 1975 I joined the Sanford/Townsend Band and recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Producing the hit record "Smoke From A Distant Fire".....We spent the next three years touring the country with such acts as Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, Heart, and the Marshall Tucker Band, to name a few.......I would love to hear from any of you that never got to use the "LOOP" either.......
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