Dotson claims he wrote the song for a girlfriend, who once texted him, asking, “What are you doing?” He replied “I’m texting with a girl that I like”, and proceeded to use that as the title for a song, which he wrote in about fifteen minutes. “A Girl That I Like” delivers what we have come to expect from Dotson: a delicately beautiful melody, accompanied by guileless lyrics: “There’s a girl that I like/ And she’s coming by at 12/Until then I’ll be countin’ down the time/And we’ve kissed a few times/I’m not sure what it means/But ever since, she’s always on my mind”. His next release was “A Girl That I Like”, a digital single released in March 2011. He followed it up with two compilation albums: “Attractive Singles” (2008), which combined previously released tracks with some new ones and “Reheat and Serve” (2008), which contains twelve previously unreleased tracks. In October 2006, he released his third album, “Triangle”. Dotson turned to production, producing such artists as Paul Gilbert, Bowling for Soup and Charlatans U.K. His second album, “Let Yourself Be Happy” (2001), was generally not received as favorably as his first album, but received mostly favorable reviews. The album was recorded in Dotson’s bedroom recording studio and was held in high regard by most critics. He released his first solo album, “Your Favorite Record”, in August 1999. When the band broke up in 1998, Dotson began his solo career. This band released an well-received album on Volcano Records in 1997. By mid-1995, he formed the punk-pop band Size 14 (named after his shoe size). When Dotson was twenty-one, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. He learned to play guitar at age five, and later learned to play bass, drums, and piano. Kevin Dotson (born March 4, 1973) was born in Omaha, Nebraska and spent his formative years in Florida. Revere would continue to tour with the Raiders for many years, although no new Raider material was recorded after 1976.Ĭover art for Linus of Hollywood's "A Girl That I Like". Mark Lindsey left the band in 1975, effectively ending the classic Raiders period. The band was relegated to oldie act status, playing state fairs and amusement parks. By 1972, Columbia was sinking money into newer acts, and none of their subsequent singles reached the Top 40. In 1970, they shortened their name to The Raiders, and even had a number one hit with “Indian Reservation” in 1971 (the title track from their then-current LP), a song which was buoyed by Revere’s promotional gambit of riding cross-country four times to plug the song. By mid-1967, they were Columbia’s top-selling rock group.Ĭhanging tastes in the late 1960s soon rendered the group unfashionable, but they still continued to have modest hits through the rest of the decade. Their hits from this period included “Kicks”, “Hungry” and “Good Thing”.
Their first major national hit, “Just Like Me” (U.S. They were signed to Columbia Records, and in 1965, the began recording a string of garage rock classics, emulating the sound of British Invasion bands while adding an American R&B feel. In the meantime, the other Raiders, hoping to capitalize on the momentum of “Like Long Hair”, toured in the summer of 1961, with Leon Russell taking Revere’s place on piano.īy the summer of 1962, Revere and Lindsay were working together again, but they were the only remaining members from the previous incarnation of Paul Revere & the Raiders. As a conscientious objector, he worked as a cook in a mental institution for a year and a half. At this point, Revere was drafted for military service. The band had a regional hit in the Pacific Northwest in 1961 with the instrumental “Like Long Hair” it got enough national attention to reach #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band changed its name to Paul Revere & the Raiders in 1960 on the eve of their first recod release for Gardenia Records. Paul Revere & the Raiders trace their origins to a band called the Downbeats, which featured Revere (born Paul Revere Dick) and singer Mark Lindsey. Paul Revere, founder and keyboard player for the rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders, died at the age of 76. Federico Ramal on Pictures of Matchstick Men b/w Gentleman Joe’s Sidewalk Cafe.on Looking for a Love b/w Whammer Jammer.
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