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AADL Talks To: Scott Morgan, Singer and Musician
Scott Morgan is the former frontman and founding member of The Rationals, a popular Ann Arbor-based rock band that saw success in the mid-1960s and early 1970s with "Guitar Army," "I Need You," and their cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect." The Rationals played regional and national venues with groups like The Yardbirds, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix. After the group disbanded in the early 1970s, Scott founded and performed with other bands, including Guardian Angel, Scots Pirates, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band, the Hydromatics, and The Hellacopters. Scott talks with us about growing up in Ann Arbor during the 1960s and the region’s heady music scene during this period; his friendships and collaborations with area musicians such as Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, Bob Seger, and Fred “Sonic” Smith. He also recalls some favorite Ann Arbor venues and how the local music scene has changed.
The Scott Morgan Collection comprises photographs, documents (including posters, postcards, and flyers) from the past 60 years, music from Scott's record collection, and a scrapbook from a fan of The Rationals. We also have news clippings and The Rationals: "Ann Arbor's Beatles," a 1991 interview with Scott Morgan and Bill Figg, by Frank Uhle.
Cora Sengova And Caitlin McArleton Talk During Planning Period At Forsythe Middle School, January 1995 Photographer: Kristian Pierson
Year:
1995
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1995
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Top, Forsythe Middle School sixth-grader Janan Daniel sings with the choir during the advisory period, a time when students are able to sample activities such as choir. Left, Stacy Cole fills out a vocabulary worksheet during a language arts class. Above [this photo], Forsyth sixth-grade teacher Cora Sengova, left, and Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination representative Caitlin McArleton talk during one of the planning periods that will be lost due to budget cuts.
Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1995
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Top, Forsythe Middle School sixth-grader Janan Daniel sings with the choir during the advisory period, a time when students are able to sample activities such as choir. Left, Stacy Cole fills out a vocabulary worksheet during a language arts class. Above [this photo], Forsyth sixth-grade teacher Cora Sengova, left, and Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination representative Caitlin McArleton talk during one of the planning periods that will be lost due to budget cuts.
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Janan Daniel Sings With The Choir During Advisory Period At Forsythe Middle School, January 1995 Photographer: Kristian Pierson
Year:
1995
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1995
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Top [this photo], Forsythe Middle School sixth-grader Janan Daniel sings with the choir during the advisory period, a time when students are able to sample activities such as choir. Left, Stacy Cole fills out a vocabulary worksheet during a language arts class. Above, Forsyth sixth-grade teacher Cora Sengova, left, and Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination representative Caitlin McArleton talk during one of the planning periods that will be lost due to budget cuts.
Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1995
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Top [this photo], Forsythe Middle School sixth-grader Janan Daniel sings with the choir during the advisory period, a time when students are able to sample activities such as choir. Left, Stacy Cole fills out a vocabulary worksheet during a language arts class. Above, Forsyth sixth-grade teacher Cora Sengova, left, and Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination representative Caitlin McArleton talk during one of the planning periods that will be lost due to budget cuts.
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Stacy Cole Uses Projector For Vocabulary Worksheet At Forsythe Middle School, January 1995 Photographer: Kristian Pierson
Year:
1995
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Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1995
Caption:
Top, Forsythe Middle School sixth-grader Janan Daniel sings with the choir during the advisory period, a time when students are able to sample activities such as choir. Left [this photo], Stacy Cole fills out a vocabulary worksheet during a language arts class. Above, Forsyth sixth-grade teacher Cora Sengova, left, and Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination representative Caitlin McArleton talk during one of the planning periods that will be lost due to budget cuts.
Ann Arbor News, January 22, 1995
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Top, Forsythe Middle School sixth-grader Janan Daniel sings with the choir during the advisory period, a time when students are able to sample activities such as choir. Left [this photo], Stacy Cole fills out a vocabulary worksheet during a language arts class. Above, Forsyth sixth-grade teacher Cora Sengova, left, and Students Educating Each Other about Discrimination representative Caitlin McArleton talk during one of the planning periods that will be lost due to budget cuts.
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Skip Davis Coaching The Forsythe Junior High School Swim Team, January 1984 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 28, 1984
Caption:
In water, stripped-down Davis encourages Dave Hescheles as teammate Bob Serv watches.
Ann Arbor News, January 28, 1984
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In water, stripped-down Davis encourages Dave Hescheles as teammate Bob Serv watches.
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Forsythe Junior High School Swim Team Members Joy Timple And Carrie Dibble, January 1984 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 28, 1984
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Joy Timple and Carrie Dibble loosen up with a water-wrestle.
Ann Arbor News, January 28, 1984
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Joy Timple and Carrie Dibble loosen up with a water-wrestle.
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Mark Gehrke With The Apple Computer He Won For Forsythe School, June 1981 Photographer: Robert Chase
Year:
1985
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 9, 1985
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ALL SYSTEMS GO - Mark Gehrke, left, an eighth grader at Forsythe Junior High School, tries out the new Apple IIe he won on behalf of his school. Mark won one of the five first place, $5,000 cash prizes offered by Apple Computer Co. as part of a nationwide scholarship promotion. Mark registered for the drawing at the Learning Center, a computer retailer in Ann Arbor. In addition to the cash, he won the computer and educational software for the school. Principal Vaughn Filsinger, standing beside Mark, said he welcomes the addition to the school's 'fleet' of 16 Apple IIe computers. 'Our goal is to someday have a computer in every classroom,' Filsinger said.
Ann Arbor News, February 9, 1985
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ALL SYSTEMS GO - Mark Gehrke, left, an eighth grader at Forsythe Junior High School, tries out the new Apple IIe he won on behalf of his school. Mark won one of the five first place, $5,000 cash prizes offered by Apple Computer Co. as part of a nationwide scholarship promotion. Mark registered for the drawing at the Learning Center, a computer retailer in Ann Arbor. In addition to the cash, he won the computer and educational software for the school. Principal Vaughn Filsinger, standing beside Mark, said he welcomes the addition to the school's 'fleet' of 16 Apple IIe computers. 'Our goal is to someday have a computer in every classroom,' Filsinger said.
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Students Cut Loose On The Last Day of Classes At Forsythe School, May 1999 Photographer: Larry E. Wright
Year:
1989
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 17, 1989
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HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN - Students at Ann Arbor's Forsythe Intermediate School cut loose in a playful rampage to mark the last day of classes, Friday. Above, a student with a head full of lather stands by in a stunned condition while the apparent guilt party makes an exit to her right.
Ann Arbor News, June 17, 1989
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HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN - Students at Ann Arbor's Forsythe Intermediate School cut loose in a playful rampage to mark the last day of classes, Friday. Above, a student with a head full of lather stands by in a stunned condition while the apparent guilt party makes an exit to her right.
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New Murals At Forsythe School, March 1980 Photographer: Jack Stubbs
Year:
1980
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 27, 1980
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HAPPIER HALLWAYS - The corridors at Forsythe Intermediate school have taken on a more colorful air, thanks to creative students and their paintbrushes. Eight murals have been added to the school's hallway decor as part of "March, Youth Art Month." Walking past a Forsythe mural are students (from left) Larry Edwards, Wes Hoffman, Tiff Crutchfield, Bonnie Oliver and Carole Klutchko. March is art month in all Ann Arbor schools, and some of the students' work can be seen in shop windows. A quilt made by students from every school and stitched together at Clague Intermediate is hanging at the Public Library.
Ann Arbor News, March 27, 1980
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HAPPIER HALLWAYS - The corridors at Forsythe Intermediate school have taken on a more colorful air, thanks to creative students and their paintbrushes. Eight murals have been added to the school's hallway decor as part of "March, Youth Art Month." Walking past a Forsythe mural are students (from left) Larry Edwards, Wes Hoffman, Tiff Crutchfield, Bonnie Oliver and Carole Klutchko. March is art month in all Ann Arbor schools, and some of the students' work can be seen in shop windows. A quilt made by students from every school and stitched together at Clague Intermediate is hanging at the Public Library.
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Forsythe Students Pack Milk Testing Kits, February 1976 Photographer: Larry E. Wright
Year:
1977
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 26, 1977
Caption:
Forsythe Students Pack Milk Testing Kids. Fund Raising Aids Others. What started out as a fund raising project for the Forsythe Intermediate School French Club has turned out to be a community service project as well. The Club is packing kits for the Environmental Research Group which nursing mothers can use to test for PBB in their milk. The kids contain a bottle for a milk sample, a styrofoam box to protect the bottle from breakage and labels to identify the mother. The samples then go to the county health department for analysis. So far the French Club has earned over $130 to be applied to a Montreal trip in May. Thirty-five club members and eight chaperons will practice their French in the city's stores and restaurants. Expenses for the trip are expected to run about $3,500 and the remainder of the money will be raised in more conventional ways - candy sales, car washes and bake sales.
Ann Arbor News, February 26, 1977
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Forsythe Students Pack Milk Testing Kids. Fund Raising Aids Others. What started out as a fund raising project for the Forsythe Intermediate School French Club has turned out to be a community service project as well. The Club is packing kits for the Environmental Research Group which nursing mothers can use to test for PBB in their milk. The kids contain a bottle for a milk sample, a styrofoam box to protect the bottle from breakage and labels to identify the mother. The samples then go to the county health department for analysis. So far the French Club has earned over $130 to be applied to a Montreal trip in May. Thirty-five club members and eight chaperons will practice their French in the city's stores and restaurants. Expenses for the trip are expected to run about $3,500 and the remainder of the money will be raised in more conventional ways - candy sales, car washes and bake sales.
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