A Guide to the Richard Ames Music Collection, 1964-1970

        Center for American History
        Original EAD encoding by Shelley Rowland according to TARO 2
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          December 2007

        Ames, Richard
        Richard Ames Music Collection
        The collection documents Richard and Steve Ames' work as managers and producers of several
          1960's bands, such as The Moving Sidewalks and Neil Ford and the Fanatics.
          Contains promotional materials, contracts, correspondence, photographs, press
          clippings, and notes  
        Accession No. 2007-264    Repository http://www.cah.utexas.edu
        Center for American History,  The University of Texas at Austin

        Richard Ames was the producer and manager for several bands in the
          mid-1960's, including The Moving Sidewalks and Neal Ford and the Fanatics. He
          co-owned Houston-based Tantara Records with his younger brother, Steve
          Ames

        Promotional materials, contracts, correspondence, photographs,
          magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and notes document Richard and Steve
          Ames' work managing and promoting The Moving Sidewalks and Neal Ford and the
          Fanatics, as well as The Outsiders and The Magic Ring. The collection's print
          media articles and fan club booklets provide detailed background information
          about the bands. Steve Ames created most of the notes, drawings, and designs in
          the collection, and his calendars for 1965-1968 include notes on concerts,
          recordings, and band-related developments. The Ames brothers' correspondence
          relates primarily to contracts and promotions. The color poster of Neal Ford
          and the Fanatics was the cover image of their 1968 self-entitled album

        Unrestricted access

     Preferred Citation:
        Richard Ames Music Collection, 1964-1970, the Center for American
          History, University of Texas at Austin

     Box 3D110
                Promotional Materials and Band Repertoire,
                  1965-1967     
        
                  Press profile, Neal Ford and the Fanatics,
                     1966
                
                  Bumper stickers, The Moving Sidewalks,
                     undated
                
                  Membership cards, The Moving Sidewalks Fan Club,
                     undated
                
                  Booklets, "Neal Ford and the Fanatics: Their Story",
                     1967
                
                  Record industry promotional publications,
                     1967
                
                     "The Record Guide of Southern
                        California"
                
                     "Promotion in Motion"
                
                     "As I.Z. It"
                
                  Score for "Gonna Be My Girl", Neal Ford and the
                     Fanatics,
                     undated
                
                  Notebook, Steve Ames,
                     c. 1967
                
                  Assorted handwritten notes, album designs, drawings,
                     and lyrics,
                     undated
                
                Contracts, for band performances and recordings by The
                  Moving Sidewalks, Neal Ford and the Fanatics, The Magic Ring, and The
                  Outsiders,  
                1964-1968
            
                Correspondence, Richard and Steve Ames,  
                1967-1968 and undated
            
                Local Print Media,  
                1966-1967
            
                  Articles and photographs,  
                  1966-1967
                
                     "Profile: Neal Ford & the Fanatics",
                        Varsity Tattler,  
                     August 1966
                  
                     "How to Organize a Band", Richard Ames,
                        Varsity,  
                     December 1966
                  
                     "Fanatics: Fast Men of Music", Houston Post,  
                     January 8, 1967
                  
                     Photo, The Moving Sidewalks, Houston Post,  
                     February 19, 1967
                
                     "Road to Riches?", Texas
                        Magazine,  
                     April 16, 1967
                  
                  Concert advertisements,  
                  1967
                
                Tickets and Labels,  
                1970 and undated
            
                  Tickets
                
                     "First People's Concert",  
                     1970
                  
                     Teen dance featuring Neal Ford and the Fanatics,                        
                     undated
                  
                  Labels, "Gonna Be My Girl", Neal Ford and the
                     Fanatics
                   undated
                
    Box 3S447
                Photographs, The Moving Sidewalks, Neal Ford and the
                  Fanatics,  
                1965 and undated
            
    Box 2.325/T58c
                Calendars, annotated by Steve Ames,  
                1965, 1966, 1967, 1968  
            
    Box 2.325/OD3
                Poster, color photo of Neal Ford and the Fanatics with
                  Houston skyline
                 1967