- Single-stitch.
- Very good pre-owned condition. No holes or stains.

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"Marked Medium Fits Like Small" measures 18 inches across chest and 27.5 inches from back of collar down to bottom.


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The Dantes released three singles in the mid-sixties on Jamie Records and Cameo Records. Although they mostly played Rolling Stones and Byrds covers, they also had some originals, "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" and "80-96" "80-96" has been featured on many '60s garage/punk comps, and has been described as a 'Yardbirds-esque Rave Up', but really this B-side has a life of its own, straying from the "radio friendly" pop songs and going headlong into the world of garagepunk that we all love and know so well. The Dantes opened up for such acts as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Byrds, Iron Butterfly, Them, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Roy Orbison, and The Outsiders. They also served as a one-time backing band for Neil Diamond. If you were a mid Ohio teen in the 60s, the Dantes were your house band. They were top draws at all the teen clubs and opened for many national touring acts. This Columbus combo started as a British styled garage band, picking up strong shots of the Byrds and Rolling Stones. A Dantes gig would include a whole set of all Stones, done as well as five Ohio boys could deliver. They recorded three 45s. The first, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" was written by rhythm guitarist Lynn Wehr and exploded over the mid-Ohio airwaves in the spring of 1966. The B-side, the bluesy instrumental "80-96", was originally titled "8-69" but this suggestive title was changed by the record company. The Dantes scored again with their second release "Under My Thumb" to accentuate their Stones devotions. Lead guitarist Dave Workman left the band to pursue blues, and has lead the Dave Workman Blues Band since (he now resides in San Francisco). The band released one more 45 in 1967 (a cover of the Stones "Connection") and continued until 1968. On weekends in the mid-1960s, teenagers from throughout central Ohio would pack the Valley Dale Ballroom to catch the top rock ’n’ roll talent in Columbus. Girls sported hip-hugging bellbottoms and fringe jackets. Workers served Coca-Cola in glass bottles. Plumes of cigarette smoke hung in the air. And there was dancing. A lot of dancing. “It was the only place where everyone across the city convened,” said Worthington resident Jeff Johnson, 62, who played bass in the Fifth Order, one of the era’s local success stories. “It was just great, especially for a 17-yearold.” On Friday, remnants of the Fifth Order and another popular ensemble will evoke similar memories at the stately East Side venue that incubated their fleeting fame as part of a show that the graying players have dubbed “Dance Party 2011” — an allusion to Dance Party, a program on WLWC-TV (now WCMH-TV) that spotlighted area hopefuls. The show will feature three new musical iterations: the Pat Malloy Band (featuring Johnson and Fifth Order guitarist Jim Hilditch); the Neighborhood Boys (who include Lynn Wehr, 64, who handled rhythm guitar for the Dantes, a rival garage-rock group); and the Professors (whose vocalist, Barry Haden, 64, once held the same role in the Dantes). The tribute will celebrate the festive atmosphere of the ballroom’s storied past. “We’re living history,” said Marty Finta, who took over Valley Dale operations in 1989. (The “ Grand” was added a few years ago.) “We’re bringing back the excitement of show business.” The hall once hosted the likes of Cab Calloway, Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra. It briefly held concerts again in the late ’80s, with gigs by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and others. But in the ’60s, with the big-band craze in the past, the Valley Dale and other stages throughout town began to experience a rock revolution, with many of the young upstarts influenced by the British Invasion and Motown. Battles of the bands at roller rinks and armories around town maintained a friendly yet spirited gauge of who ruled the roost. Yet the cream of the hometown crop found its own acclaim, with superfans treating the musicians like royalty (not infrequently, honking cars of swooning girls drove past Johnson’s Upper Arlington home late at night). “There were hundreds of bands in Columbus,” Wehr recalled. “Usually, the Valley Dale only went after the premier ones.” Nowadays, the building — added in 1980 to the National Register of Historic Places — primarily hosts weddings and other special events, although musical offerings have filled more of the schedule in recent weeks. Central Ohio promoter Alec Wightman last month moved his folk- and country-rock concerts to the Valley Dale after the Columbus Maennerchor was sold. Big-band leader Rick Brunetto in the spring began staging holiday-themed shows at the Valley Dale, including the upcoming masquerade ball (Oct. 30). Two weeks ago, the venue announced another big draw: entertainer Deana Martin, daughter of legendary Rat Pack crooner Dean, who on Dec. 11 will headline a Christmastime supper-club event. Audiences exist to support such fare. A Dantes reunion in 2008 drew an unexpected crowd of 2,500 people to the Valley Dale, where standing-room capacity is 3,000. Given the players’ popularity in their heyday, such interest might not be surprising. When Fifth Order and Dantes members would perform at each others’ schools, “it damn near started a riot,” said Hilditch, 62, a retired salesman living in Westerville. The bands’ ascents, which ran concurrently from 1964 to ’68, prompted recording sessions in Louisville, Ky.; Detroit; and New York. They later opened for musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Neil Diamond and the Four Tops when those A-listers passed through town — all between classes and homework.

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