JIMMY GILMER, GEORGE TOMSCO & STAN LARK THE FIREBALLS SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARDS

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Offered here are three 3X5 index cards signed by Jimmy Gilmer, George Tomsco, and Stan Lark.
I am selling my collection of autographs that I have purchased several years ago from an array of sources – from eBay sellers, from dealers with professional credentials, and from the signers themselves via the mail.  Some came with COA’s; most did not.  When I obtained these signatures, I believed them to be genuine and I believed that they were genuine when I posted them on Ebay.
I have received opinions from others, including PSA/DNA whose opinion I sought, indicating that some of the signatures that I have posted were not likely to be genuine.  I have pulled those questionable signatures, and will not post them for sale again in the future.  It is not my intention to sell autographs that are not authentic, and I will continue do my best to try to ensure that the signatures that I am offering are genuine.  As indicated below, all signatures that I sell come with a money-back guarantee if they are judged to be of doubtful authenticity.
If the signature or signatures is/are determined to be inauthentic by a well-recognized autograph expert, this item may be returned for a full refund.
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Short Bio:
The story of Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs is somewhat confusing, in that the Gilmer-fronted lineup was identical to the one that played on records simply credited to the Fireballs
(see separate entry). The New Mexico band had several instrumental hits in the late '50s and early '60s in a slick Tex-Mex style, with staccato guitar lines that prefigured surf music. Using the same producer as Buddy Holly (Norman Petty), the group also performed controversial overdubs that were added to some of
Holly’s posthumously released material. Again following the lead of
Holly and the Crickets, in the mid-'60s they recorded some singles credited to
Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs These were distinguished from most other
Fireballs records in that they were vocal numbers, not instrumental,
Gilmer (who was second guitarist in
the Fireballs being the lead singer.
Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs had a monster number one single in late 1963 with "Sugar Shack," a light pop/rocker dominated by the vibrating sound of a primitive precursor to the synthesizer, the Solovox. The song was singled out for special venom by Greil Marcus
in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, who called it "the worst excuse for itself rock and roll had yet produced." The public disagreed, sending it to number one; surprisingly, it also topped the R&B charts.
Gilmer and band made the Top 20 one more time with "Daisy Petal Pickin'," a transparent "Sugar Shack" soundalike, right down to the Solovox. They cut various flops for Dot in the mid-'60s, and
Gilmer recorded a Buddy Holly
tribute album on his own. Signing to Atlantic in 1967,
the Fireballs had another Top Ten hit with Tom Paxton
’s
"Bottle of Wine," without giving top billing to
Gilmer, although he was still in the band.
Gilmer left
the Fireballs shortly afterwards, though, and
the Fireballs saga petered out after a few other low-charting singles in the late '60s.
by
Richie Unterberger