Bob Barry’s Unearthed Interviews Podcast: Mark Lindsay
The Downbeats, ponytail, and “Where the Action Is” can all be tied into our podcast recording artist today.
Mark Lindsay was the lead singer for Paul Revere and the Raiders. They named their first group “The Downbeats,” after a magazine with the same name. But soon they decided to use the Paul Revere’s name and call themselves Paul Revere and the Raiders. They went all out with the revolutionary theme and mark grew his hair out and tied it back into a ponytail. Dick Clark signed them to the “Where the Action Is” TV show. This brought them instant fame and the good-looking Mark Lindsay became a teen idol. Mark was singer, producer, composer, and saxophone player for the group. He had some hits of his own: “Arizona,” “Silver Bird,” “Miss America” and the “Grass Won’t Pay No Mind.” Recently he appeared with the Turtles on their “Happy Together” tour.
