Hey Hey, it’s The Brique!  An Edina band that undertook a 100-hour marathon in a garage at the Elmer Schueneman farm, 5720 Dewey Hill Road (now a Cahill subdivision).  Members of this group of 14 and 15 year olds were:

• Cliff Holm, bass
• Bob Wilkinson, rhythm guitar
• Steve Smith, lead singer
• Gary Schueneman, lead guitar
• Dave Smith, drums

The manager of this fab five was Mark Riegert, brother of KDWB disk jockey Loveable Lou Riegert (aka Waters), also from Edina.

The article states that at least two members of the band were required to play at one time, while the others slept on hammocks in the garage.  Steve Smith said “We pattern ourselves after the Stones.”  The reporter found it necessary to explain that “The Stones are a long-haired English singing group.”

Wilkinson turns out to be the same Robert Wilkinson of the Flamin’ Oh’s!  When asked what they played for 100 hours, he remembers, “songs like Gloria, Louie Louie, and Stones songs like a million times” 

Here’s a photo from the Lake Harriet Courier, courtesy of fellow music history sleuth Mark Kaplan.