Buck Ormsby News Today

It is a little-known fact that school was actually in session at the Evergreen Ballroom. School for aspiring, young musicians, that is. The Green was more than just the local, rock-and-roll, dance-all-night roadhouse. Concert nights were study sessions. One of those bands was Little Bill and The Bluenotes.

The Fabulous Wailers have held a strong presence in Pacific Northwest rock-n-roll history and for good reason. They were very popular with the dance scene, not only in our neck of the woods, performing at the Evergreen Ballroom in Lacey, but all the way to a national broadcast appearance on “American Bandstand.”