There was a group in the early sixties called The Fendermen. Did they use Fender guitars and pickups?
The Fendermen released an album May, 1960 and titled Mule Skinner Blues . Their only hit was of the same title. During that period, band members Jim Sundquist (24 years) played lead guitar on a late 50 s Fender. Phil Humphrey (24 years) played a late 50 s Fender Telecaster doubling on rhythm and vocals. Their album was released on Soma Records (MG 1240) and today is very collectable. An interesting thing about the band is they only had one hit and several songs on the album just used lead and rhythm guitar without drums or bass. The sound of Jim s Strat was very clean, bright and twangy. I enjoyed his playing and hearing him use his bridge pickup for many solos. Jim and Phil had bands in Wisconsin where they got together in late 1959. In 1962 Phil toured and recorded with a band call the Carroll Brothers featuring Pete Carroll on lead Guitar. The album was called College Twist Party (Cameo 1015). They can be seen backing up Chubby Checker on early Rock & Roll films. During the mid 60 s
