The Drummer for Kit And The Outlaws. Joseph P. Jesmer. Another famous Jesmer.
The Drummer for Kit And The Outlaws. Another famous Jesmer.
Joseph Jesmer was the great grandson of Joseph A. Jesmer. His grandfather was Moses Edward Jesmer.
Link to their famous single, “Don’t Tread On Me.”
Life Legacy
Joseph Phillip (Joe) Jesmer 68, of Kingston, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at the Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. He was born on December 2, 1947 in Dallas, Texas to the late Bernard Jesmer and Lydia Laberto Jesmer. Joe was raised in Dallas where he graduated high school and later moved to Kingston where he worked as a Fishing and Hunting Guide and a Dog Trainer. He married Karen Raye Summers on November 21, 1981. Joe was member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church and enjoyed playing drums in his band, Kit and The Outlaws and racing cars. He also enjoyed woodworking, painting, hunting, fishing, golfing and directing his grandchildren.
Kit and the Outlaws
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kit and the Outlaws were an American garage rock/proto-punk band, active in the mid-1960s. Their music was typical of the era, using familiar riffs, not unlike those used by more well-known bands such as The Rumours, The Weeds, or The Vibrations.
Their most famous song is “Don’t Tread on Me”. A anthem of rebellion, the song is adapted from a classic riff used by numerous garage bands, taken from the song “Hang on Sloopy”. It was later covered by punk band The Cramps, albeit with different lyrics, as “Nest of the Cukoo Bird”. It was later called one of the greatest punk singles ever recorded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_and_the_Outlaws
Kit and the Outlaws evolved from the Outlaws, the Dallas group led by Kit Massengill. As the Outlaws, they had a great early Texas garage 45 on the In label, produced by Tommy Allsup. Both sides, “Worlds Apart” / “Fun, Fame & Fortune” were written by Kit.
With a change of members, the group hit the big time with their second 45, a fuzzed-up version of “Midnight Hour”. It was picked up by Philips for national distribution in late 1966, mainly on the strength of the a-side. That’s a fine cover version, but it’s the b-side, Kit’s original “Don’t Tread on Me”, that gets the attention nowadays. The first BlacKnight pressings list the band as “The Outlaws”, later pressings read “Kit and the Outlaws.”
Members included:
Kit Massengill – lead vocals and rhythm guitar
Dennis Lowe – lead guitar
Jerry Colwell – keyboards
Alan Rafkin – bass
Joe Jesmer – drums
There is also one further 45 as Kit and the Outlaws, “Now Doubt About It” / “Mama’s Gone” on the Empire label, another of Bob Sanders’ labels. Both sides written by Kit Massengill and published by Tall Pine Music, Black Knight Production. I don’t know the date of this one, or where it fits in to the chronology of their releases, but it seems to be a rare 45.
http://www.garagehangover.com/kit-and-the-outlaws/
The drummer for Kit and the Outlaws
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