Thursday, November 09, 2006
Butch Mattice-Johnny & The Hurricanes
Johnny And The Hurricanes were one of the most distinctive sounding instrumental groups of the 1950s and '60s. Originally known as The Orbits from Toledo, Ohio, they went on to national and international acclaim with their Top Ten smash Red River Rock. They also had hits with Reveille Rock, Rockin' Goose, Crossfire, and others. We are saddened to learn of the death of Lionel "Butch" Mattice, the bass player in the group. We send our best wishes and sincere condolonces to the surviving members of Johnny And The Hurricanes: Johnny Paris (saxophone), Paul Tesluk (organ), Dave Yorko (guitar), and drummer Tony Kaye.
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“Johnny and The Hurricanes®”
www.johnnyandthehurricanes.com
1958-2006
Sadly, Johnny passed away before Butch Mattice on May 1st, 2006. After the Beatles opened for the Hurricanes in 1962 at the Star Club, Johnny moved to Germany…several times in fact. After falling in love with and marrying Sonja Reuter from Hamburg, they lived in both Germany and Rossford Ohio for 10 years in each place. The Hurricanes in later years were mostly guys from Sweden, the UK and 1 from the States.
After 2 tours of Sweden before the holidays in 2005, John mentioned not wanting to do touring anymore. At the time, he and Sonja owned Lion Heart Kennel and were raising Bull Mastiffs in Ohio. They had purchased 80 acres in Arizona, and were planning to relocate. After having purchased a school bus to transport 12 of the very large dogs, he became seriously ill, and passed away at age 65.
I was one of the Hurricanes’ lead guitarists in the early 1970’s. Along with Sonja, we have re-established the website, of which I am Webmaster. She is now in full and total control and ownership of the name, recordings, trademarks, videos, copyrights and all that is or was Johnny Paris™, Johnny and The Hurricanes®, and Atila Records®.
After his 50 year career, the amount of items in Johnny’s personal estate was amazing, and a nightmare of sorts to go thru and catalog. Some items have been received by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an exhibit is planned for 2007. It will take me quite awhile to even get to all the music, contracts, photos, masters and clippings in all the different formats, perhaps a year from now.
In addition to moderating and being Webmaster of the website, I’m also Johnny and the groups’ Archivist, along with writing songs, and producing other artists. I also have a video company as well. Still associated with Motown Records, along with all the artists, producers, musicians and engineers from Detroit’s early music days, we post often on several historically informative websites called SOULFULDETROIT.COM and SIXTIES DETROIT.COM.*
Thanks for the support, and please keep up with us.
Duane Thomas
www.johnnyandthehurricanes.com or c/o hurricane.duane@atilarecords
*FYI: The book "The Road through Motown" is coming out by close friend and Hurricane, Ralph Terrana, Motown Records and Tera Shirma Records President, also from Rare Earth. There is a part about me in the Johnny and The Hurricanes® section, in addition to The Hurricanes Family and Friends section of our website.
Duane Thomas 2006©
www.johnnyandthehurricanes.com
1958-2006
Sadly, Johnny passed away before Butch Mattice on May 1st, 2006. After the Beatles opened for the Hurricanes in 1962 at the Star Club, Johnny moved to Germany…several times in fact. After falling in love with and marrying Sonja Reuter from Hamburg, they lived in both Germany and Rossford Ohio for 10 years in each place. The Hurricanes in later years were mostly guys from Sweden, the UK and 1 from the States.
After 2 tours of Sweden before the holidays in 2005, John mentioned not wanting to do touring anymore. At the time, he and Sonja owned Lion Heart Kennel and were raising Bull Mastiffs in Ohio. They had purchased 80 acres in Arizona, and were planning to relocate. After having purchased a school bus to transport 12 of the very large dogs, he became seriously ill, and passed away at age 65.
I was one of the Hurricanes’ lead guitarists in the early 1970’s. Along with Sonja, we have re-established the website, of which I am Webmaster. She is now in full and total control and ownership of the name, recordings, trademarks, videos, copyrights and all that is or was Johnny Paris™, Johnny and The Hurricanes®, and Atila Records®.
After his 50 year career, the amount of items in Johnny’s personal estate was amazing, and a nightmare of sorts to go thru and catalog. Some items have been received by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an exhibit is planned for 2007. It will take me quite awhile to even get to all the music, contracts, photos, masters and clippings in all the different formats, perhaps a year from now.
In addition to moderating and being Webmaster of the website, I’m also Johnny and the groups’ Archivist, along with writing songs, and producing other artists. I also have a video company as well. Still associated with Motown Records, along with all the artists, producers, musicians and engineers from Detroit’s early music days, we post often on several historically informative websites called SOULFULDETROIT.COM and SIXTIES DETROIT.COM.*
Thanks for the support, and please keep up with us.
Duane Thomas
www.johnnyandthehurricanes.com or c/o hurricane.duane@atilarecords
*FYI: The book "The Road through Motown" is coming out by close friend and Hurricane, Ralph Terrana, Motown Records and Tera Shirma Records President, also from Rare Earth. There is a part about me in the Johnny and The Hurricanes® section, in addition to The Hurricanes Family and Friends section of our website.
Duane Thomas 2006©
I am looking for the record "Blue" by Johnny Lion.
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Randolph
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Randolph
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