BILLY and the KIDS

Homebase: Wenatchee, WA
Stats: 1964-65
Misc Notes:

Bill Burns ~ Bass
Bob Burns ~ Drums
Loren Bolinger ~ Guitar, Keyboards
Bob Gourley ~ Guitar
Ken Laymance ~ Guitar (d. 2006)
Mike Rice ~ Keyboards, Vocals (d. 2008)
Russ Wagner ~ Bass
Pam Cartwright ~ Go-Go Dancer

ALSO SEE: DOUBLE IMAGE

Listen:
Billy and the Kids - "Say You Love Me"
Billy and the Kids - "It's Not The Same"
Billy and the Kids - "When I See You"

The following info on Billy and the Kids was posted on the music blog Garage Hangover:

In an interview by Oktay Gurbuz, Bill Burns wrote: "My father Ollie Burns (Jollie Ollie) booked and managed us at that time. My father was the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer of Douglas, County Washington. He also was a promoter. Every weekend he would rent halls, hire bands (Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Shindig Show, etc) and have dances. I was able to hear live music and ask the musicians questions. There was a local band The Talismen. They were older guys and Bob Burns (my brother the drummer) and I would go watch them practice. They took us under their wing. I was the bass player. I played guitar but, we needed a bassist. The first single was released between 7 and 8 grade so [it was] juvenile. The second record ['When I See You'] only a year later was a better recording, for 8th graders. The owner of the local radio station was in on the Julian Label. It was certainly exciting. We played in Washington, Oregon, Idaho…for kids we had a following. Opening for the Wailers, Don and the Goodtimes, Billy, Dino and Desi, etc. The two records helped. I have a tape (somewhere) of later incarnation of Billy and The Kids that was never released. Bob and I formed Double Image, then News, recorded with Meredith Brooks, that album was released internationally. We have a project The Called. Bob Gourley I have not talked to since.

Don Julian Bernier owned the Julian label, issuing records by Wenatchee and Chelan acts the Aztecs (actually from Waterville I’ve since learned), the Talismen’s great 'She Was Good' (Julian 105) and 'I Know a Girl' b/w 'I’ll Take a Walk' (Julian 108), the Chargers, Blane and the Julians, Linda Jo and the Nomads, and Judd Hamilton and the Furies. Don Bernier passed away on August 30, 2010. Mike Rice and Bill and Bob Burns formed Double Image, a group that lasted until 1972 and had some lineup changes with members including Loren Bolenger, Steve Burdette (vocals), Don Gilbert, Doug Johnston (keyboards), Steve Nelson, Dave McKibbin (guitar) and Eric Peterson. Russ Wagner went into Brand X, Inc from Portland, OR, with Jimmy Holt, Greg Johnson, Cliff Leisure and Scott Medler. Ken Laymance became a DJ in the Ukraine. Ken passed away in November, 2006. Mike Rice passed away of complications from lung disease due to smoking on February 25th, 2008."