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July 11, 2009

Paul Revere & the Raiders Guitarist Drake Levin Dies...

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Drake Levin, lead guitarist for Paul Revere & the Raiders during the quintet’s hit-making prime in the mid-1960s, died Saturday at his home in San Francisco after a long battle with cancer, according to his longtime friend and former Raiders bandmate Phil Volk. He was 62.

Levin’s four-year stint with the Raiders, known for its campy Revolutionary War uniforms, thigh-high black riding boots and tri-corner hats, coincided with a string of top 10 hits including “Kicks,” “Hungry” and “Good Thing.”

For a time he was one of the most recognizable American rock guitarists through the group’s weekly appearances on the Dick Clark-produced music series “Where the Action Is.”


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#1 porky says:

Drake was another of those many un-sung "early" guitar greats that will never see the Hall of Fame but that's alright, they've got Billy Joel and James Taylor instead.


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