Fifth Generation

Group from Westfield that existed at least from 1965 to 1968.

Members

• Bill Gumlaw
• Dana Bien (dr)
• Gene D'Amico (dr)
• Arnie Gay (g)
• Greg Grimm (org)
• Wade Smigelski (b)
• Stan Wawrowski (g)
• Joey Coach (dr)

(and more that came and went)

Release

• If I See Her / You Lied To Me (Fone-Booth) (Fb-1001) (January 1968)

Appearances

• BotB Westfield, March 25, 1967.
• Holyoke, Mountain Park, November 28, 1968

Info

• Record produced by Dick Booth (and probably the label is a play on words on his name.)
• Was billed as "Fifth Generations" later.
• Won "Mountain Park Battle of the Bands" in Holyoke.
• Appeared on the Brad Davis TV Show.
• Opened for the Cowsills, Gene Pitney and Lulu.
• Won studio time to record their single.
• Two unreleased tracks (In The Midnight Hour and You Keep Me Hangin' On) exist (hear them on Basement Walls)
• Joey Coach, Greg Grimm and Arnie Gay have passed.
• Feature on Basement Walls.