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Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012
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Photo by Dustin Hays
The Chargers’ reunion show in March at the Clearwater Steakhouse & Saloon in East Wenatchee. From left: Steve Barone, Tony Morgan on drums, Ron Kinscherf
and Curt Dorey.
Charged
After 45 years,
Wenatchee band
reunites, signs
record deal
If you go
What: The Chargers
When: 1-4 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Irish Pit,
Dryden
Cost: Free
Information: 470-8500
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 10
Where: Wenatchee
Eagles Hall
Cost: By donation
Information: 888-1929
BY RACHEL HANSEN
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Chargers’
three-part harmony, “Out on my own
... ” resonated across the wood-paneled
basement on Methow Street, just a few
houses away from where they practiced as
Wenatchee’s up-and-coming rock band in
the late ’60s.
At 61, Steve Barone’s fingers are still a
blur over the frets when he cuts loose with
a solo. Drummer Tony Morgan is still the
backbone beat that holds the band tight
with hardly a cue or nod. Their songs have
found a new identity in the voices of grown
men, deeper and roughed with wear.
After 45 years apart, the Chargers
reunited in January with plans to tour the
region and release a new record, starting
with three unreleased songs from their
heyday.
“We were so close to making it,” said
guitarist Ron Kinscherf. “I’ve thought about
it constantly over the years. But, we’re not
looking for stardom. Not anymore.”
They were 14 years old when they
formed the Chargers in 1965. Prompted
by a die-hard manager, Bob Marshall, the
Photo provided
The Chargers. Back row, from left: Curt Dorey, Steve Nelson and Tony Morgan. In front,
Steve Barone and Ron Kinscherf.
LISTEN to the Chargers’ songs at
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Chargers toured every weekend for three
years, starting as eighth-graders at Pioneer
Junior High. They played at all-ages clubs,
sports games and proms all over the region.
They created a following that pushed them
to the brink of a big break.
“It was standing room only,” Barone said
about the old Chargers shows. “That’s what
kids did in those days, they went to dances.
They went to the Roll n’ Bowl, they went
to the IOF Hall. If you weren’t there, you
weren’t cool.”
In 1966, the Chargers won the grand
prize at a battle of the bands competition — recording time at Julian Records,
a local label started by radio DJ Don
Bernier at KMEL, now KW3. After
pressing the Chargers’ record, Bernier
aired their songs “I’m So Alone” and
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Briefly
Not too early for “A Christmas Carol”
Sometimes Christmas can’t
wait, especially when there’s a
cast involved. The Leavenworth
Summer Theater will audition
children for roles in the Dickens’
classic “A Christmas Carol” on
Sept. 5 at Icicle River Middle
School in Leavenworth.
The theater company needs boys
who look age 6 to 14 and girls to
appear age 8 to 14. Girls may be
considered for the role of Tiny
Tim.
No appointment is necessary,
but call 548-7324 for the music
and more detailed information.
Arrive at 5:40 p.m. on Sept. 5 to fill
out paperwork before the 6 p.m.
audition.
Rehearsals start Oct. 21 and will
not conflict with school. The show
dates are Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16.
Curtains For You, Ghosts I’ve Met 7 p.m.
Friday, Centennial Park, Wenatchee Avenue
and Yakima Street, free 888-0374
Seattle indie pop band Curtains
for
You returns to Wenatchee for
Our picks
a free show in the park. The band
opened for Head and the Heart and
Wenatchee
sold out Seattle’s Columbia City
Photo provided
First Friday 5 p.m. Friday, downtown
Theater for the release of their third
Wenatchee, free 888-6240
“Bordando” by painter Shinzaburo
and latest album, “Nights Without
There’s a new stop for the
Sleep.” From music blog Sound on
Takeda,
who
will
be
honored
at
First Friday art walk this week —
the Sound: “With what they bring
Wenatchee
Valley
Museum
Friday.
Chelan Douglas Land Trust will
to the stage, they won’t be a Seattle
host “extreme” landscape painter
secret for long.”
at Wenatchee Valley Museum. Stop
Gretchen Rohde. Why extreme?
by Two Rivers Gallery for a second
She writes: “I’m always pushing
“Art and Migration in the Age of Globallook at sculptures by Suzanne
myself to emotionally interpret the
ization” special tribute Reception 5 p.m.
Grassell and paintings by Dean
landscape with more vibrant colors
Friday, Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural
Rainey. At Tumbleweed Bead Co.,
and energized mark making to
Center, 127 S. Mission St., $10 888-6240
better communicate how I feel when painter Sarah Sims and glassblower
Photo by Reed Carlson
In addition to the free First Friday
Marek Pasic will show their artistic
on location.”
A painting by Dean Rainey, a
Don’t miss paintings by influential works, and fresh organic greens
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Japanese painter Shinzaburo Takeda from their garden.