Replacing subtle perfection was coarseness and raw power. Gone was the smoothness and any inkling of jazz precision. Founded some nine months earlier and originally dubbed simply The Goodtimes, the young group gained initial noteriety as house band for The Chase, a teenage nightclub in the Portland suburb of Milwaukee.Īs engendered by a Seattle band, The Counts, "Turn On Song" (Sea Crest 6003) was a smoothly polished, jazz oriented number featuring subtle, but strong and flowing organ chording overlaid by distinctive trumpet-sax riffs For Don and The Goodtimes, as the band came to be called with the record's release, the melody was the same, but there similarities ended. The early fall months of 1964 saw Oregonians becoming acquainted with a rock band known as Don and The Goodtimes. Exposure southward through their home state soon turned northward to the Puget Sound region of Washington where adoption of a "top hat and tails" image of good living, plus wild showmanship ala Paul Revere and the Raiders soon made Don and the Goodtimes a staple within the thriving Northwest teen dance scene. As Goodtimes sax man Don McKinney put it, "(Musically) we really didn't know what we were doing, so our version came out pretty funky." Funky? Maybe, but distinctive enough to bypass Northwest regional release and jump straight to New York's Wand record label where not long before another Portland group, The Kingsmen, had made their mark with a song entitled "Louie, Louie."īacked by the straight ahead instrumentality of "Make It," "Turn On" wasn't destined to sell a million copies, but it did prove to be the first step in breaking Don and the Goodtimes out of their Portland environs. For Don and the Goodtimes, as the band came to be called with the record's release, the melody was the same, but there similarities ended. Founded some nine months earlier and originally dubbed simply The Goodtimes, the young group gained initial notoriety as house band for The Chase, a teenage nightclub in the Portland suburb of Milwaukee.Īs engendered by a Seattle band, The Counts, "Turn On Song" (Sea Crest 6003) was a smoothly polished, jazz oriented number featuring subtle, but strong and flowing organ chording overlaid by distinctive trumpet-sax riffs. The early fall months of 1964 saw Oregonians becoming acquainted with a rock band known as Don and the Goodtimes. Her work has been a feature in various publications and VanityFair UK.Photo circa 1965: L to R: Don McKinney Bob Holden Dave Child Jim Valley Don Gallucci Homebase: Portland, OR Her works are in many private collections around the world including, The National Arts Club New York. Sophia has participated in various group exhibitions in the UK, USA, Nigeria and Morocco. Combining imaginary figures to create a narrative with a gazing expression to celebrate the beauty and colours as it exists in people, places, and the community in a way that holds joy. Drawing inspiration from African arts, Art history, Old masters’ works, contemporary arts, fashion, politics, colours and memories.Ī large part of her practice entails collecting shared memories and photographs from the popular culture between people in their everyday activities. Sophia explores the artistic convention and movement in the vibrancy of daily life and complexities that humans experience using figuration with a gazing expression to highlight the absence of black figures in western art. Her paintings are notable for their bold colours and patterns that engage the views to their own interpretations. She is known for visual storytelling centres around the spirit of every day using imaginary subjects. Sophia Oshodin is a self-taught figurative painter based in London.
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