I’m feeling a little under the weather today and since I’m a staff of one, that’s not good.
So I’m doing a rerun today but it’s not something I ever posted here. I wrote this back in July of 2007 in CityBeat about the musical group The Ohio Express.
This piece won me an award from the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism which was nice. All I know is I had a great time writing it.
This story is about five young Ohio kids pumping out bubblegum hit music in the 1960′s. When I started to write this back in 2007, it was only meant to be a “Where are they now?” type of story, but when I started turning over rocks, I knew I had more than that.
These Ohio kids had the world by the tail. They were going to be rich, going to be stars — but something wasn’t adding up.
To get to the truth, click here.
(Photo from CityBeat)
I remember this cover story very well and enjoyed rereading it. CityBeat needs to rethink doing away with cover stories. It gave the paper more importance.
It is a long story, will read later. Hope you feel better.
I usually enjoy your posts but there is something to be said for a long, good old cover piece
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Guess I never read this in City Beat when it came out. A great story, especially like the beginning when the “real” group appeared on American Bandstand stoned! Well written story, Larry.
I hope you feel better Larry!
Oh, I remember this piece very well indeed. It occured to me at the time that these guys were idiots. Not in their younger days but now! Did they really think they could continue to get away with this and not get exposed? Just start with a Google search and within minutes they are exposed! A good article!
Award winning and it shows
Good for you for digging deeper on this story. I bet these guys were sorry they agreed to talk to you especially at the beginning. They had to know you would find them out.
Good Lord Larry, that was a hellof a read. Well done sir.