{"id":1280,"date":"2009-07-30T14:29:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T21:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2009-07-30T14:31:25","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T21:31:25","slug":"the-drake-levin-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"The Drake Levin Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, there was a wonderful memorial for <strong>Drake Levin<\/strong>, guitarist with <strong>Paul Revere &#038; the Raiders<\/strong>.  Family and friends came together to celebrate the man with beautiful stories, some funny jokes, and wonderful memories.   I was asked to videotape the ceremony, and some of these stories were too good to not share, so here&#8217;s some snippets for your enjoyment:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ElLhi1_qEdE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ElLhi1_qEdE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ko61sy5AdC0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ko61sy5AdC0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1YEzL2r5ayE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1YEzL2r5ayE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of some of us that were there, courtesy of <strong>Larry Rogers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/pix-2009\/drake-memorial-large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/pix-2009\/drake-memorial-medium.png\" alt=\"Drake Levin memorial photo by Larry Rogers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So could someone please tell me why <strong>Paul Revere &#038; the Raiders<\/strong> aren&#8217;t in the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame?   <\/p>\n<p>Seriously&#8230;  why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, there was a wonderful memorial for Drake Levin, guitarist with Paul Revere &#038; the Raiders. 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