{"id":12858,"date":"2020-04-16T06:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T06:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=12858"},"modified":"2020-04-16T06:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T06:57:14","slug":"quintessential-american-garage-band-the-limits-continue-to-find-new-fans-under-the-leadership-of-musician-rick-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2020\/04\/16\/quintessential-american-garage-band-the-limits-continue-to-find-new-fans-under-the-leadership-of-musician-rick-levy\/","title":{"rendered":"Quintessential American Garage Band THE LIMITS Continue To Find New Fans Under The Leadership Of Musician RICK LEVY!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memphis rock icon Alex Chilton of Big Star &amp; The Box Tops called The Limits \u201cthe quintessential American Garage band\u2026both preposterous and sublime,\u201d and said their version of \u201cSuzie Q\u201d was \u201cthe best I ever heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Formed in Allentown PA in late 1964, The Limits were by 1965 playing all over the Lehigh Valley at frat parties, teen clubs, school dances and more. Chris, Rook, Beau Jones, Rick Levy, Irwing Goldberg and Jack Shaffer honed their skills with constant gigs and rehearsals. The collection\u00a0<em>Garage Nuggets \u201965-\u201968<\/em>\u00a0is a compilation of the early Limits recordings &#8211; live, in the studio, in rehearsal &#8211; capturing the band\u2019s first attempts at songwriting while the collection\u00a0<em>Songs About Girls<\/em>\u00a0captures their later incarnation from 1979-1988. Both collections have been reissued on all digital music platforms courtesy of a licensing arrangement with Garage Masters, a division of Cleopatra Records, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limits2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limits2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limits2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Limits2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rick Levy, who spearheaded the band\u2019s \u201880s revival, continues to keep The Limits torch burning bright with gigs and special engagements all over the US delighting fans with their authenticity and love of early pop and rock. Levy has also gone on to perform with and manage such artists as Jay &amp; The Techniques, Herman\u2019s Hermits, Tommy Roe, Freddy Cannon and currently performs with The Box Tops. Levy\u2019s memoir High In The Mid \u201860s &#8211; How To Have A Fabulous Life In Music Without Being Famous is available on Amazon or at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ricklevy.com\/\">www.ricklevy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LevyBook.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LevyBook.jpg 500w, https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LevyBook-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen to Garage Nuggets \u201965-\u201968:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/the-limits-garage-nuggets\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/the-limits-garage-nuggets<\/a><br><strong>Listen to Songs About Girls:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/the-limits-songs-about-girls\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/the-limits-songs-about-girls<\/a><br><strong>Purchase Rick Levy\u2019s memoir:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/High-Mid-60s-Fabulous-without-Famous\/dp\/194991464X\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/High-Mid-60s-Fabulous-without-Famous\/dp\/194991464X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis rock icon Alex Chilton of Big Star &amp; The Box Tops called The Limits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[226,285,969],"class_list":["post-12858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-classic-rock","tag-rick-levy","tag-the-limits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12862,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858\/revisions\/12862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}