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the Townsmen focused more on the pop side of British and American rock with tight harmonies and a slick stage show. Again, it was former members


of the Esquires who hooked with vocalist Frank Morrison and two other members of the Darnells, and they called the new band The Townsmen. Taking a step up from The


Darnells to a high-profile outfit like The Townsmen was a dream come true for Morrison, who could remember “sitting at a tiny table at Pineland, sipping a Coke, listening to the Esquires and admiring their new Vox amps, thinking, ‘Man I’d pay to play up there’.” With their tight harmonies and


very hip stage outfits, it didn’t take long for the Townsmen to go head-to- head with Don Norman, The Esquires and the Stacattos. Frank says, modestly, “We weren’t tremendous musicians, but we found the things that we could do and do well.” And boy, could they sing,


knocking off staggering medleys of bands like the Beach Boys, The Mamas and Papas and The Hollies. “All those bands had really heavy


harmonies. That’s one of the things we were noted for.” The Townsmen had the sound,


but it was the stage gear that really got the girls screaming. Like the other hip bands of the


time, The Townsmen shopped for their duds at Chuck Delfino’s Men’s Store. Delfino would travel to New York City on a regular basis, grab the hottest Carnaby Street fashions off the planes from London and bring them back here to sell to the young musicians and the hipsters. The Townsmen soon earned the label as the sharpest band in town. And they had the songs, the first


hit courtesy of their friendly rivals, Les Emmerson and Vern Craig of the Stacattos. “I’m Such a Dreamer” was a


breezy, bouncy pop song that could continued on page 46


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