This story is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Michael Erlewine and Dan Erlewine, to whom I'm most grateful.
THE SPIDERS #1 (1962 - AUG 1963)
1) Dan Erlewine guitar
2) Michael 'Spider' Wynn bass
3) Brian Jones drums
4) Jay Edwards vocals, electric piano
1962 - 1963: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI "frat parties on weekends"
1962 or 1963: Walled Lake Casino, 1903 Novi Road near 13 Mile Road, Walled Lake, MI
THE SPIDERS #2 (AUG 1963 - OCT 1963)
THE SPIDERS #3 (aka #1) (OCT 1963 - APR 1964)
1) Michael 'Spider' Wynn
2) Brian Jones
3) Jay Edwards
4) Pete Stanger guitar
4) Pete Stanger guitar
THE SPIDERS #3 (aka #1) (OCT 1963 - APR 1964)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael 'Spider' Wynn
3) Brian Jones
4) Jay Edwards
THE PRIME MOVERS #1 (ca. JUL 1965 - NOV 1965)
1) Dan Erlewine lead guitar
2) Michael Erlewine vocals, amplified harmonica
3) Robert Thomas 'R.T.' Vinopal bass
4) Michael 'Spider' Wynn drums
5) Robert Sheff keyboards
THE PRIME MOVERS #2 (NOV 1965 - DEC 1965) / THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #1 (DEC 1965 - JAN 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg drums, tamburine, lead vocals (only on the song "I'm A Man")
5) Jack Dawson bass
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg drums, tamburine, lead vocals (only on the song "I'm A Man")
5) Jack Dawson bass
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #2 (JAN 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg
5) Jack Dawson
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6) Ron 'Javalina' Asheton tamburine (only as "guest")
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #3 (aka #1) (JAN 1966 - ca. APR 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg
5) Jack Dawson
6) Ron 'Javalina' Asheton tamburine (only as "guest")
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #3 (aka #1) (JAN 1966 - ca. APR 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg
5) Jack Dawson
February 25, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI with Johnny and The Hurricanes
The band was not credited on the poster.
February 26, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI with The Rationals
The band was not credited on the poster.
March 4, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI
The Prime Movers (as they were credited on the poster) backing up The Shangri-Las tonight.
March 5, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI with an unknown band (the poster is illegible)
The band was not credited on the poster.
March 12, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI with MC-5, The Rationals, The Bossmen, Terry Knight and The Pack, The McCoys, Deon Jackson
The band was not credited on the poster.
March 18, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI
March 18, 1966: Mother's, 223 East Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Although not credited on the poster, the band backing up The Contours tonight.
unknown date, 1966: Daniel's Den, 2525 State Street, Saginaw, MI
The band was billed only as "The Prime Movers" on the club's marquee.
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #4 (ca. APR 1966 - JUL 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg
5) Jack Dawson
6) Craig Johnson rhythm guitar
Spring 1966: Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, MI
June 19, 1966: The Schwaben Inn, 215 Ashley Street, Ann Arbor, MI "Grand Opening"
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #5 (JUL 1966 - AUG 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg
5) Jack Dawson
6) Jerry Lewis rhythm guitar
July 19-24, 1966: The Living End, 8225 John C. Lodge Street, Detroit, MI
The poster reported the date of July 19-31, even though they played only on July 19-24 exactly.
August 2-7, 1966: The Living End, 8225 John C. Lodge Street, Detroit, MI
The bans was billed only as "The Prime Movers" on the concert flyer.
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #6 (aka #1, #3) (AUG 1966 - OCT 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jim 'Iggy' Osterberg
5) Jack Dawson
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #7 (OCT 1966 - NOV 1966)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jack Dawson
5) Tom Ralston drums
October ?, 1966: The Schwaben Inn, 215 Ashley Street, Ann Arbor, MI
October 21-22, 1966: Grande Ballroom, 8952 Grand River At Beverly, 1 Block South Of Joy Road, Detroit, MI with MC-5, The Gang, The Chosen Few, The Wha? and The Southbound Freeway
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #8 (NOV 1966 - 1967)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Robert Sheff
4) Jack Dawson
5) Jesse Crawford (aka Brother J.C.) drums
unknown date, 1967: The Clint's Club, Ann Arbor, MI
unknown date, 1967: The 5th Dimension Club, Ann Arbor, MI
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #9 (1967 - 1968)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Jesse Crawford (aka 'Brother J.C.')
4) Ilene Silverman bass
August 30 or 31 or September 1 or 2 or 3, 1967: Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Cream, Gary Burton
The band was not billed on the poster because they only filling in for the Electric Flag on one of this shows. This was their first gig in San Francisco.
September 8-9, 1967: New Orleans House, 1505 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA with Mother Earth
The band was billed only as "Prime Movers" on Berkeley Barb's newspaper Ad.
September 17-24, 1967: Haight A, 776 Haight Street, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA
The band was billed as "Prime Movers - Detroit Blues Band" on the poster.
The band was not billed on the poster because they only made an audition.
September 1967 (?): Mr Lee's Rib House, Sausalito, CA
October 27, 1967: Grande Ballroom, 8952 Grand River At Beverly, 1 Block South Of Joy Road, Detroit, MI with MC-5, The Rationals
The band was not credited on the poster.
December 31, 1967: Grande Ballroom, 8952 Grand River At Beverly, 1 Block South Of Joy Road, Detroit, MI with MC-5, Billy C and The Sunshine, The Apostles
The band was billed only as "Prime Movers" on the poster.
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #10 (1968)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Ilene Silverman
4) Phillip Erlewine drums
March 22, 1968: Depot House, 416 South Ashley Street, Ann Arbor, MI with Soul Remains "A Dance Concert"
The band was billed only as "Prime Movers" on the poster designed by Michael Erlewine.
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #11 (1968 - 1969)
1) Dan Erlewine
2) Michael Erlewine
3) Ilene Silverman
4) Shorty McGaughy drums
unknown date, 1968: The Clint's Club, Ann Arbor, MI
September 27-28, 1968: Depot House, 416 South Ashley Street, Ann Arbor, MI
October 1?, 1968: flatbed truck, Ann Arbor, MI "Annual University of Michigan Homecoming Parade"
December 29, 1968: Something Different, Northwestern Highway At Franklin Road, Southfield, MI with Van Morrison
October 1?, 1968: flatbed truck, Ann Arbor, MI "Annual University of Michigan Homecoming Parade"
December 29, 1968: Something Different, Northwestern Highway At Franklin Road, Southfield, MI with Van Morrison
THE PRIME MOVERS BLUES BAND #12 (1969 - JUN 1971)
1) Michael Erlewine
2) Garby Leon piano
3) Jay Edwards bass
4) Mick McCormick bass
5) ??????? + many, many others unknown
Saw the Prime Movers in either Nov or Dec, 1965--truly life changing--made me love the blues, ever since that party in the basement of Kappa Sigma fraternity on the UM campus. Really enjoy the many P.M. Youtube postings. As a poster collector, one of my proudest finds is a P.M. poster from Schwaben Inn, circa 1966, those wooden beams really contrast with the band on stage. I eventually flunked out ,but returned to the first Ann Arbor Blues Festival, late July 1969.
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