The Rare Breed

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Beg, Borrow and Steal 02:30 Tools
I Talk To The Sun 02:36 Tools
Come and Take a Ride in My Boat 02:15 Tools
Mountain of Dreams 05:17 Tools
in the night 02:49 Tools
Funeral Pyre 03:41 Tools
Beg Borrow & Steal 02:18 Tools
The Stranger 04:13 Tools
Witches Lore 03:41 Tools
Rusted Diamond 04:13 Tools
Visions 03:41 Tools
Beg Borrow And Steal 04:13 Tools
Echoes 04:13 Tools
Beautiful 03:41 Tools
Echoes From The Sun 02:32 Tools
Beg, Barrow and Steal 03:41 Tools
Twisted Words 03:41 Tools
Come On Down To My Boat 02:32 Tools
Rare Breed 03:41 Tools
Off the Heezy 04:13 Tools
Under the Shadows of the Sun 04:13 Tools
Beg, Borrow and Steal [1967] 04:13 Tools
Thunder 02:32 Tools
Echo From the Sun 02:32 Tools
Deja Vu 02:32 Tools
Beg, Borrow, & Steal 02:32 Tools
All The Way 02:32 Tools
07_Beg, Borrow, And Steal 02:32 Tools
Italk To The Sun 02:32 Tools
07_Beg, Borrow, And Steal - Rare Breed 02:32 Tools
Overdrive 02:32 Tools
Drip Drop 02:32 Tools
Beg , Borrow And Steal 02:32 Tools
Beg, Borrow And Steal (Attack 1401) NY, NY. 1966 02:32 Tools
Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice 02:32 Tools
Where Are You Going To 02:32 Tools
All Alone 02:32 Tools
I Talk To The Sun (Cool As A Moose 3250) Gainesville, Fla. 1965 02:32 Tools
Take Me To This World Of Yours 02:32 Tools
Lonely Nights 02:32 Tools
Drip Drop (feat. The Blues Kings) 02:32 Tools
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The Rare Breed was a 1960's band composed of University of Florida students. They played mostly at fraternity parties and several college clubs in the area, the most famous one at the time was Dub's. The Rare Breed released 2 45rpm records back in the 1960s and one of the songs, "In the Night", made it to No. 1 in the area The Musicians The musicians composing The Rare Breed, all University of Florida students, were the following: Guitars: Jim L. García (a lawyer in Texas) and Billy Carter (a retired Math teacher in Florida); Bass: Randy McDaniel (a professor at a university in Alabama); Drums: Paul McArthur (a home builder in Fla.); Organ: Ron Gauze (living in Texas and fixing VW’s); and, Lead Vocals: Randy Ratliff (working for US Post Office in central Florida). Other members of The Rare Breed and another band called The Playboys not pictured are: Sax, Flute, Electric Piano: Bryan K. Grigsby (newspaper photo editor in New Jersey); Lead Vocals and Guitar: Frank Birdsong (an architect in Georgia). The Rare Breed recording was recorded at Fuller Studios, Tampa, Fla. for D&B Records and released originally on the "Cool as a Moose" label. Also, in the recording were Gene Middleton, Linda Lyndell, and The Blues Kings, who were soul music performers that used to play with The Rare Breed in Gainesville, Fla. The managers of The Rare Breed were Dub Thomas, a local night club and gym owner (now deceased) and Bob Norris, a local disc jockey and record store owner (now deceased). The Rare Breed Top Songs 1. In the Night; 2. I Need You; 3. Don't Blow Your Cool; 4. I talked to the Sun; 5. Before You Go; 6. Shadows on the Moon; 7. A Man Will Do Anything (with Gene Middleton); 8. Drip Drop #1 (with The Blues Kings); 9. Drip Drop # 2 (with The Blues Kings); 10. Let Me Call You Baby (with Linda Lyndell). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.