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The Remains (sometimes referred to as "Barry and the Remains") were a mid-1960s American garage rock group from Boston, Massachusetts, led by Barry Tashian. Although the Remains never achieved national success, they were very popular in New England, and were one of the opening acts on the Beatles ' final US tour in 1966.
The Remains is the debut album by the American garage rock band the Remains, released on Epic Records in September 1966. Though the album was largely overlooked at the time of its original release, The Remains has since received recognition as one of the more cohesive efforts of the era.
The song was composed by Billy Vera, [4] who composed and recorded "Storybook Children" for Atlantic Records. "Don't Look Back" was released as Epic 10060 in 1966. Its B-side was "Me Right Now", composed by Barry Tashian, the Remains' leader. "Don't Look Back" was featured on the Remains' one album, The Remains, which
Music video "American Remains" on YouTube " American Remains " is a song written by Rivers Rutherford and originally recorded by the Highwaymen ( Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Kris Kristofferson , and Willie Nelson ) [ 1 ] for their 1990 album Highwayman 2 .
The first known cover of the song was by the Colorado-based rock band The Astronauts, on their RCA album The Astronauts Orbit Kampus, in 1964. [15] [19] Around the same time as the Captain Beefheart version, in mid-1966, the Remains, from Boston, released a garage rock version of the song which became a hit in the East Coast charts. [16]
The song was later covered by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson and became the opening track of their 1990 album Highwayman 2. [3] Released in 1990 as a lead single (Columbia 38-73233, with "American Remains" on the opposite side) from the album, [4] the song peaked at number 25 on U.S. Billboard 's country chart for the week of April 28.
Tashian, together with his fellow students at Boston University, [1] [2] singer/guitarist Barry Tashian, keyboardist Bill Briggs, and bassist Vern Miller, formed the band the Remains, in 1964. [3] [4] The band, in their finest day appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. They also were one of the opening acts for The Beatles' final U.S. tour in 1966.
On February 6, a music video was released for "Warbrain". The video includes live footage of the band from a New Year's Eve show. [12] The album peaked at #64 on Billboard 200. By August 2008, the album sold 60,000 copies. [13] A vinyl repressing of the album was released through Newbury Comics on February 3, 2023, and was limited to 500 copies.