Memories of Dan Hartman
Ed Waldick
Ed was the manager/valet for the EWG when Dan was in the group during the early 1970's
Can you tell us when you first met Dan Hartman and can you share some of your experiences growing up with Dan in Harrisburg?
I first met Danny
around 1966, or so, in Harrisburg. He used to live a few blocks away from me
and we had some fun times together then. I remember driving around Harrisburg.
in his blue Ford Galaxy 500 convertible with the top down and at that time 8-track
tapes were the big thing. But Dan took it a step further, he had a record player
hooked up on the floor of the car so we could listen to our favorite tunes in
"45" format instead of messing with the radio or the tapes which didn't
always have all songs that we liked on them.
Did you know that Dan was so talented when you first met him?
You could tell
that Dan was different the first time that you met him. He just had that certain
special something that sets great musicians apart from the rest about
him. He could play almost every instrument in a rock band... and not only play
them all, but play them quite well too. This also goes along with very good
stage presence and the ability to copy almost any artist's music.
Can you tell us some things about Dan's involvement with "The Legends?"
The Legends were
originally started by Danny's brother Dave, I believe, and Dan was the keyboard
player in the beginning. After several changes in personnel the group ended
up being Dan on keyboards and guitar, Larry Sadler on drums and Joe Colerio
on bass. I was their roadie general all around helper. At the time, back in
the early 70's, The Legends were the hottest band going around the central Pa.
area. Everywhere we played there were always real good crowds. The band was
a GREAT copy band and then eventually started doing "original" material
at which point we then came to be known as a great ORIGINAL band too.
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