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WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE
OF THE MOONRAKERS
Prior to becoming Moonrakers, the band was known as The Surfin' Classics, and then The Classics. Above is their business card contributed by Moonrakers' longtime friend, Kevin Longwell.
This is the Classics. From left to right in the back are: Joel Brandes, Van Dorn, Bob Webber, Doug Dolph, with Bob MacVittie in front on drums. Doug was later replaced in the band by Denny Flannigan. This is from about 1964. We were going from our surfing music phase to Beatles, Byrds, and original music. Bob M.
Below is the back of Kevin's card. On it is written For Moochers Only. By showing that when he went to a club where they were performing he was able to enter for free. Now you may also enter for free using his card by clicking on it.
(Click the card to enter.)
This site was updated on 05/15/12
MOONRAKERS 1 MOONRAKERS 2 MOONRAKERS 3 PHOTOS VAN DENNY
REUNION PHOTOS REUNION PHOTOS 2 MERCHANDISE
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A live performance on Mother's Day of Van singing and playing harmonica on a song called "I Love To See You Smile" has been added to Van's page. 05/15/12
A live performance of Van singing "Joe Sure Knows How To Live" has been added to Van's page on 4/17/12.
A clip of Van singing "Shower the People" has been added to Van's page on 02/23/12.
Live footage of Van performing his Frank Sinatra Tribute at the Cherry Festival in Beaumont, CA in 2005 was recently posted on YouTube. You can now view this footage on Van's page.
Added to Moonrakers 3 on 08/19/11 is an extremely rare Moonrakers 45 pressed in El Salvador featuring two songs that were never released as a single elsewhere.
Added to Denny's
page on 06/03/11 an excellent live video of Denny performing with Javier
Batiz on Memorial Day 2011.
Added to Van's page on 06/02/11 a clip of a new
mix of "Three Brothers, a Garden, and Love."
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ALL ITEMS ON THE MERCHANDISE PAGE ARE PERMANENTLY REDUCED!!
The Moonrakers would like to thank everyone that came out for the reunion show on August 13, 2006. They had a great time and hope you did too! If you didn't get a chance to purchase a CD, t-shirt, or poster at the show, or were unable to attend, you can now pick one up by clicking here!
Now you can sign The Moonrakers' Guest Book. If you have memories or stories to share of The Moonrakers shows or would just like to sign the book, click below.
Sign The
Moonrakers' Guestbook
If you would like to get in touch, please write me at leswebmail at comcast dot net (using proper symbols and no spaces.)
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