Teenbeets - I Should Wait - 1965
from the Blue Mold lp "Tobacco A Go Go Volume 2"

from "How NC got its Punk Attitude" by Sam Hicks

note: does anyone have an email address for Sam Hicks. I'd sure like to get in touch him and thank him for such a great piece of musical history.

A group from Winston-Salem soon made themselves known with their own ideas of what it meant to be a Rock & Roll band. They were the Teenbeets ('65-'67): John McGee, Ken McGee, Stan Ratliff & George Samaras. The Teenbeets made two singles at Arthur Smith Studios in Charlotte and even traveled to Nashville to record a third which was released on Hickory Records. At home, they frequently played the American Legion Lodge's Saturday Night Dance, but dying their hair red match to their name was what made them legends! Since they were the first to do this, quite a controversy was stirred up, and I understand that is precisely why they did it. It is almost impossible to talk to people about the history of music in Winston-Salem without the mention of the Teenbeets.

Band Members:
John McGee
Ken McGee
Stan Ratliff
George Samaras