The Rotations
(aka Rotation - aka 5 Diamonds - Evolved into Season Street)
Spokane, Washington
(Originally from Billngs, Montana Prior to '66)
1966  ~ 1969

Members
 

Roger Ames ~ Lead Guitar
Claude Heller ~ Saxophone, Keyboards
Wayne Heller ~ Saxophone, Guitar
Keith Knudsvig ~ Trumpet, Lead Vocals
Vaughn Smith ~ Drums
 

Paul Handler ~ Promoter
John " Kan-Do" Kandarian ~ Roadie
 

Recorded

I Can See The Light, One Way Road / MY-0263

In Memory of

Keith Knudsvig

Paul Handler would bring The Thin Red Line down to Spokane from Cranbrook to play The Cool Blue Inn when the house band "The Rotations" had a weekend away.  I remember hearing them one night at the club and seeing these "2 x 4 Guitars" in bright colors all over the stage. We partied with the boys that night and I can still remember two of the guys calling each other "cabbage farmer" and "cement head".

Byron Beauchene - The (original) Thin Red Line, January 2008

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Last Update:  24 January 2010
Credits: Darryl Riffero, Gary Vredenburg, Byron Beauchene