Cowboys and Indians
rock, country rock, folk rock 1960s 1970s
Cowboys and Indians was a Portland, Oregon band active in 1972-73. Its members included Tom Lively-lead singer, Allen Gill-guitar and vocals, Gene Swift-bass and vocals, Larry Fritts-guitar, and Ed Elam, drums.
The band grew out of the Wallflowers, a sixties Portland band and Saturday Miles, a 1970s Portland band.
The band played regularly at Mark's Tavern in West Linn, Oregon, and at Jack and Jill's Inferno in Portland.
We covered songs by the Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the Grateful Dead.
The amps were designed and built by Allen Gill and Cris Caristmas. Allen previously built speaker cabinets for Sunn Musical Instruments, located in Tualtin, Oregon. Cris designed amps for Sunn. They left Sunn to start there own company, Rose Amps. All of the amplication in the band consisted of Rose amps.