Glens Falls in 1969 — Red Cross Road Show

You’ve heard the one about “a face made for radio?”

Dave Covey and Pete Cloutier, the WWSC radio “Go-Go-Guys” made it on to TV at 5:30 p.m. March 28, 1969, likely due more so to their charitable spirit than their looks.

Or maybe it was the musicians they hung out with that were the heart throbs.

The radio duo appeared with Glens Falls local rock band The Taboos on WCAX-TV 3 television station in Burlington, Vt, to promote the “Red Cross Road Show,” also known as the “Red Cross Cavalcade of Bands,” set to start March 30 in Corinth.

Dan and Pete were masters of ceremonies for the touring concert show to raise money for Adirondack Red Cross.

Announcers, entertainers, promoters and stage crew all were volunteers.

Headliners for the March 30 show from 2–5 p.m. at Corinth High School were Bob “Bee Jay” Jennings and the Sound of Nashville, and local rock band Charter, featuring Rick Haskins on lead guitar, Tim Horrigan on organ, John Stewart on bass, Kip Grant (another radio guy) on drums, and Chuck Pettit on lead vocals.

Charter had just released their first recording “Cry On.”

Also on the program were The Villagers, The Tyde and The Taboos.

The concert series was originally billed as a 10-show tour of Warren and Washington counties on Sunday afternoons, wrapping up in Queensbury on June 1.

It’s not clear how many of the other planned shows were held.

A “Grand Finale” show was held from 1–5 p.m. May 25 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Warren Street in Glens Falls, with two national headliners volunteering their time and talent — The Sundowners, based in Hollywood at the time, and Rabbitt and the Rustricks, based in New York City.

Other entertainers were rock bands The Tyde, The Villagers and The Taboos, and country/folk artist Eddy Hazelton.

Miss Vermont made an appearance.

The building that was then the Knights of Columbus hall was recently renovated for the offices of the Fitzgerald Morris Baker Firth law firm.

Sources: The Post-Star March 27, 28, May 24, 1969.

Click here to read a previous post about Dave Covey and Pete Cloutier.