The Vagrants
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The Vagrants were an American,
Rise to stardom
Formed in 1964,
The Vagrants then signed to the
A compilation of all of the group's singles (excepting both sides of the "Oh Those Eyes" 45) was issued on an Arista Records release titled The Great Lost Album in 1987,[1] on which both Leslie and Larry West are credited by their birth names, Leslie and Larry Weinstein.
The New Vagrants
In the 1990s, singer Peter Sabatino decided to reform the group with new members to create The "New" Vagrants. The new lineup featured Tony Pinisi on organ, Eli Brown on bass guitar, Tom SanFilippo on guitar, and Joe Forgione (formerly of The Soul Survivors) on drums. The group has played many gigs throughout Long Island, especially at the OK Club and the Odyssey Club in Amityville, New York. The group started to record a new album called 21st Century Vagrants in 2002 at Electric Randyland Studios in Manhassett.
Drummer Joe Forgione died of a heart attack onstage at the Downtime Club, New York on October 20, 2003. On December 20, 2020, Leslie West suffered a heart attack at his house in Florida, and died on December 22.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0149-X.
- ^ "The Vagrants: A Hot '60s Band, For Exactly Four Years". NPR. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- ^ "The illusion".
Bibliography
- Roxon, Lillian: Lilian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia (Grosset and Dunlop, Universal Library Edition, 1972) p503 ISBN 0-448-00255-8