The Washington Post, October 10th, 1997
IN 1962, the 14-year-old Larry Kidwell and his band Spectrum had their first paying gig at a University of Maryland frat house. "I knew 10 songs and we had to play for four hours, so we repeated ourselves quite a bit," says Kidwell, who's looking back after just crossing the half-century mark. "We did `What'd I Say' and `Tequila' and I've probably forgotten the rest on purpose," he says, laughing. The $10 that each member got had them on top of the world, and Kidwell knew he'd found what he wanted to do with his life. By 1965, he'd formed the band Lawrence and the Arabians, and its horn-drive...
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