The PACK

BIOGRAPHY:

Local R & B act from the 1960's featuring Bill Hastings (guitar, ex-Tommy & The Delmonts), Drew Templeton (bass / vocals), Lachie Innes (guitar) & Stewart "Bongo" Buchanan (drums, ex-Cherokees). The band specialised in blues, and played all over Scotland (and beyond). One such far flung date was a trip to Liverpool to play The Cavern, The Peppermint Lounge & The Blue Angel in one night, which the band took a bus load of fans with them. Hasting droppped his Vox AC30 amplifier down the stairs of The Cavarn, but luckily it was not damaged. Tempelton had a nosebleed, and played the whole night with cotton wool stuck up his nose!
The Pack were asked to perform at a showcase in Glasgow for a German Tour, and were good enough to win. However, the German promoter wanted them to take a female singer into the band, and being strong willed, they refused and blew their chance.
Sadly, Innes was killed in a car accident and the band wound up as it was just not the same without him, so they split in June 1966. Hastings & Buchanan then formed another group called The Leaves.