Baja Marimba Band 50th Anniversary!!!

[Steve Sidoruk]

A day late, but not a peso short, this is the 50th Anniversary of Julius Wechter & The Baja Marimba Band! I have been in contact with the Wechter Family and not only are we going to try to get more of their back catalog released, but we're going to get more photos and videos made available to fans. I'll try to duplicate here what I put up on the Julius Wechter Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Julius-Wechter/111582155629969

 

[JeffM]

A band that will always be marimba'd by their fans.

 

[Robert P]

It's hard to pick only one!

 

[bob knack]

Good work Steve, the world needs the BMB more than ever now!

 

[bob knack]

By the way, that clip with Jack Benny from KCOP...is the rest of that going to be available? And didn't the band do a special for syndication with Carol Lawrence? I remember it playing in Chicago.

 

[Harry]

I'm still partial to the Baja A&M Members Band:





Harry

 

[Steve Sidoruk]

Without Mr. 'A' & Mr. 'M', there likely would not have been a Baja Marimba Band. At Gold Star Studio A with engineer, Larry Levine.

 

[KentTeffeteller]

Love Heads Up a lot, and the Near Mint copy of Fowl Play has been getting action and love it.

 

[mikeargo]

I voted for Rides Again as a sentimental favorite, since that one was the first I ever heard back in '68, but I think it does a remarkable job of solidifying the BMB "sound" early on. Really, there's something to like on every album, even the rather uneven Back. Viva los Bajas!