Rich Lang: Guestbook
Ronald Kerst
May 13, 2012
Rich..so glad I found your site, I am Ron Kerst, I was the drummer with Plush back in the 70's .We opened for you guys many times and John Barack was our Mgr too.
What ever happened to Terry your Drummer ? We enjoyed ever moment playing in front of The Guild.
I have a hit song going in Iceland called," I Believe In Angels" it was performed by Sigrun Vala of Iceland, and My Co-writer, was Halldor Gudjonsson.
Glad to be here.
Michael DeRousse
April 7, 2012
Your retetoire is incomplete!! Specifically, where's "Frog on the Log" and other great old standards???????
Dave Ryan
February 24, 2012
Rich we used to travel all over IL to hear The Guild - the state fair, Benld, Collinsvile you guys were fab. I can still remember seeing the stage shake when you guys would open with Soul Shake.
It look like life has been good to you. Keep making the music!
The internet is great for connecting!
mike ray
February 19, 2012
Rich Lang I was a fan of the guild back in the day. I.m acollinsville native. My father was the fire chief in town a sad day when the collinsville park burned down. Any chance the guild is still playing a class reunion for CHS Class of 70 is coming up and wondering if there is a chance of a performance in collinsville. Just asking. But thanks for the memories and great music. Mike Ray Class of 70 President
janice nowlan
January 19, 2012
I am really interested in the Guild cd you did and the newest one you are planning on doing. Please let me know when they will be available. I spent many a Saturday night at the Collisium Ball Room in Benld rocking to The Guild. Brings back lots of memories. Some good and some not so much. I guess you can relate to that.
Best of luck on the CD's
Janice
CHUCK KIEL
January 4, 2012
Hey bro just stopped by to say you , and your brother will always be kings in my book ,
the collinsville park , killers , happy this new year and a lot more my friend , i always did and always will love your music dude
MARK McWhorter
December 12, 2011
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!! Wishing you and your family a great holiday season. As a chicago cub fan my early christmas present was Albert Pujols leaving the cardinals. Love the new song!!! Keep writing and singing. We are hoping to get down there after the first of the year to see the greybeards, so keep posting your bookings! Rock On Rich !!!!!
Mark
Evangelist Charlotte Riggs
November 12, 2011
hey remember little ole me from Collinsville? Pics on facebook. God bless you guys and glad you made things happen for you
Philip (Mic) Leone
November 12, 2011
Had so many fun times at Collinsville Park. I ran the sound for a local band Medusa. We would play before The Guild now and then and then off to Rich Langs house or Danny Cox & John Skubish's always a good time... What ever happend to old Joe Roy Day ?? The Guilds sound man for years :) Got The Guilds live CD a good while back. It is a great CD and brings back so many fine memories
Denis Wier
November 5, 2011
Thanks and looking forward to doin more tunes
ps Lisa just loves the tune we did for her and that it is the opening song on your site
Larry Moser
October 14, 2011
I like your site Rich. I lived across the street from Barney Biver as a kid in Mascoutah when you guys used to practice there in the mid 60s. The experience must have rubbed off cause I've been playing guitar, singing and performing since 74. I live in Lake Havasu AZ now and have a cover band called MOJO (MOJO havasu) on youtube. Nice to read about your experiences and thanks for your inspiration.
Brenda Ogden
October 11, 2011
I truly miss the band, yet glad my daughter found this site.
Tom Seib
August 31, 2011
Rich! Want to buy a Guild Live CD to give to Billy for Christmas. Drop me an e-mail to letme know the best way to get this done! Thanks and send Jim and the guys all the best. Some day I still want to fulfill my fantasy of being in the horn section of The Guild!!
Jake Gutzler
August 23, 2011
Hi Rich!! Stopped by to hi. I forgot about "The Salad Song"...what a classic. The site sounds and looks great!!
Connie Michelich
August 5, 2011
Hi Rich -
I have searched for years, truly, YEARS for The Guild. Ironically, because of the Coliseum Ballroom fire, I searched again and there you were!!
The Guild at the Coliseum was the best - a whole new world for a teenager in the early 70s. The love of your music and wonderful memories have always been with me. I am so glad you are no longer just a memory and that I get to relive the magic every time I play The Guild! After hearing several songs, you guys were just as great as I remembered and some songs even better than I remembered - that says a lot!
The Beach Boy medley - OMG you guys nailed it!
I am a truly grateful and happy Guild fan. Thank you!
PS I am spreading the word to my Facebook fans.
De nny Wier
July 22, 2011
Really impressed with your new studio and quality of the sound
Wilki
July 7, 2011
Rich , It's Wilki from the Rold Gold days.
You played at My wedding reception as Lang and Mclain .
I have actually slept on the upstairs bedroom floor at your parents home in Mascuta
I think Bill Prose turned me on to your site, just got around to checking it out. I logged on and heard "Sidewalk Pep Talk" playing , WOW brought back memories.
Tell Jimmy , The Mac and John I said Hello
Sherry Hoffman
June 11, 2011
Always a fan! I have great memories of hearing the Guild. I loved Easy Evil and Papa was a Rolling Stone. You guys were great entertainment..
M Teresa Clayton
June 10, 2011
Author/Poet/Lyricist Retired from Resolutions - Counselor/Life Strategist
Once an avid fan of THE GUILD!
Often thought to be certifiably crazy - now embraces the insanity and channels it into writing...
I still think about all of the guys back in the old days.. wonder what happened to everyone. Found this page and thought I'd just say hello.
Ray Thompkins Jr.
May 25, 2011
Great looking site Rich. I'm glad you're still doing it. To not do it when you still can is a criminal act. We had some great creative moments and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to work with you.
Let the music live forever.
Ray
Steve Kish
May 15, 2011
You knew my older brothers in the 60's, Jerry and Denny. I play bass and sing.
Steve Kimball
April 18, 2011
Hey, Rich! Good to hear ya playin' again!
I was looking back on the days of the original Guild, 1968--1970. That too was a formidable rendition with a fantastic song list.
A walk down memory lane, from the early guild song list, as my 61-year-old memory provides!
It's for you (Three Dog Night)
Hot Smoke and Sassafras (The Bubble Buppy)
Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer)
Get Back (Beatles)
She Came in Through the Backroom Window (Beatles)
Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
You Made Me so Very happy (Blood Sweat and Tears)
Chicago Medley
Try a Little Tenderness (Otis Redding)
Can't Turn you Loose (Chamber Bros.)
Summertime (Instrumental solo played by yours truly at Panorama, 1969, when I was a wild-eyed 19-year old)
People Get Ready (Spiritual)
Raisin Cake (Bill Ulkus)
Proud Mary (sung by Tami)
I'll Just Keep Sittin' Here Lovin' You (Not sure of the title) ( sung by you)
Allen Artimisi has a recording of the guild, that he made live at the Collinsville Park Ballroom, 1970. It was pretty good--real-to-real TEAC, I believe. If interested, let me know and I'll contact him or give you his phone number.
Looking forward to the "new" Guild studio CD!
Take care, and say hi to Jim for me!
--Steve
Brian Siever
March 28, 2011
This is great Rich. It takes me back to the good old carefee days. In the summer of 68 I went to your house on Church street. We played some guitar and then some whiffle ball. Then we went swimming at the quarry. You asked me what I was going to do that summer. I said "play softball I guess." I asked you what you were going to do and you said "drink beer and barbque." Those were the days. I will look you up this summer when we escape the Phoenix heat. PS Is that your Hagstrum?
Mark McWhorter
March 16, 2011
Love the site Rich !!!! As a drummer who played a few of the same venues years ago, but more the Chicago area, let me tell you......you and the Guild were the Gold Star we all wanted to be but never matched. Your vocals and live stage compositions were unmatched. But honestly Rich............should not that be a CUBS pennant instead of a Cardinals ?
JEANNIE BEANNIE
March 12, 2011
WHOAH
jukebox johnnie
March 10, 2011
cant wait til you get back and for Graybeards next gig ...a week from tomorrow...we need more gray on stage!! have a safe trip home and ill talk to you soon......juke
Janice & Flip McGovern Collinsville
March 8, 2011
Hi Rich, I really enjoyed looking at your website and hearing a bit of Sidewalk Peptalk again!
We are starting a new band and our drummer (who is a little younger than us) saw my tribute to Collinsville Park Ballroom on the wall with a photo of the Del Rays on it and asked who are the Del rays?? I then when into a long explanation for him!
Janice
Garry Clark
March 7, 2011
Hi, Rich.
Someone who was at the Mascoutah reunion a while back gave me this site info. It was fun to read your bio, and see my judgement in good rock supported by the facts. It is good to see that someone from the old school didn't go military or corporate or medical or some other b.s. track, and actually contributed to the needs of Humanity.
The last time I saw you was at the Collinsville venue in 75 or 76(?) when Don and I were either stopping by to have our pot-hauler washed-------or it might have been when we came through when Nick Walsh picked us up after a bust in Indiana. The show was stellar, and I expected to see the band in the news of the future.
thanks for the music.
Garry
randy shanks
March 2, 2011
good tunes,I will have to look for more of your work out there.
Rich Wilson
February 6, 2011
What a treat! I've been looking for Guild info/music for quite a while -- love photos and music. I have fond memories from the Roundhouse in Wood River. I still enjoy telling people that the best band I ever heard was, of course, the Guild.
Mark Lindow
January 10, 2011
Hi Rich,
I remember the Del Ray days!
I played the area with Terry Peters, Steve Winter, Larry and Doug Phillips, Tom Presley, Ed Jenny, and many others.
Brad Meyer
December 16, 2010
I tended bar at "Chances R" for three years or so -- The Guild was one of my favorite bands and a nice counter-point to REO Speedwagon. Just stumbled onto this site and I'm looking forward to downloading some music for my archives. Good times at the U of I and C-U...and The Guild was certainly part of it. Love your rendition of "It's For You"... would be very cool if that were to be available....
Brad Schroeder
December 13, 2010
Found this site through a link on a site about the Coliseum Ballroom. I can't tell you how many times I saw the Guild there. That where I learned all about sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Thanks for that. The big circle at the end of the night to "Nineteen hundred and eighty-five". Some of the best times of my life. We even had "The New Guild" at a homecoming dance. Great site. Hope to see you perform again.
Steven Provance
September 17, 2010
The Guild was one of my favorite bands back in the early 70's. I atteneded EIU and made many, many trips to Chances R to see the Guild group. You guys were AWESOME!!!! Even today, I tell others how great the Guild sounded....especially your Beach Boys medley & your version of I Believe.
Steve
Sue
September 16, 2010
Hey Richard Looks like you are doing great. It was great to see pics of you and your family, I am doing great. I am a grandma it is awesome. Take care
Donna Marie Moody
September 16, 2010
This is Donna Marie from Harry's East trying to contact you for recording assistance and possible management too.
Take
Chas
September 3, 2010
I still remember attending a free concert around 1972 at one of the U of I student halls in Urbana. The Guild played first, and everyone loved the their music. Another band played second and a lot of people got up and walked out when they started playing. Their name was REO Speedwagon and Kevin had an attitude. (They've always been REO Spudwagon to me) The Guild obviously had more musical talent.
John Dietrich
August 27, 2010
I need Rich or one of the other posters to settle a debate I am having with an old friend: Did The Guild early on do The AmboyDukes "Journey to the Center of the Mind"? I seem to remember hearing them sing that at Bonaparte's Retreat in Carbondale c.1969...
Dan Shipp
August 24, 2010
Rich, Denny Henson and I were good friends in high school & played hundreds of baseball games together.
I saw you guys many times as the Del-Rays and The Guild. Those were great days. I currently exchange emails with Denny and his wife Susan. Would love to hear from you on occassion.
Dan Shipp
Cassandra Lang
August 21, 2010
I'm so proud of you Dad!!
john olack
August 17, 2010
Richie! Good looking website! Thanks for the mammaries ... oops ... memories. Sorry, but you know me enough to realize I couldn't pass that one up! Quick note, chances are everyone is already onto this, but I got a few phone calls the night John Lennon was shot ... everyone was so sad, it was all so brutal and such a heartbreak ... but then the news the next day that Collinsville Park Ballroom burned down the same night. The whole thing was almost too much to take in one bite. Hope to see all you Langs September 18th. All the best, the Olacks
Randy Allen
June 19, 2010
Hey Rich,
I know you wont remember me but I carry many fond memories of you guys rockin at the park.. I worked there when Gene Emery and Pete were running the Joint My mom Dottie worked the back bar with Rex and Larry Ripka.. and I was that runnnin crazy bar boy...You guys always made it easy to work listening to you play ..Thanks for the memories and good luck in all you do . Randy
terry cossano
June 10, 2010
hey rich ,probabnly dont rememeber me,but i was friends with barneyandphyllis back in the day.
Scott "The Scully 280" Davis
June 7, 2010
Hey Rich! I just googled your name and got this!! Pretty cool. Is "real good time" recorded on your MCI? I want to hear that machine! Thanks for the Scully. I feel like have have blessed to be the caretaker of it and have big plans for it. I use Linux/Ardour now. It replaces protools. Take care Rich!
Terry (Hinkle) Gourneau
May 27, 2010
Hi Rich - WOW last time I saw you was at Mr. A's Disco in Belleville back in maybe 78 or 79! We went to HS together at MCHS. Glad to see you are doing well and looks like life has been good to you.
David Weliever
May 21, 2010
Hey--I am the youngest brother of the 4 brothers that owned the Sherwood country club in Indy. My brother Tom is the guy that booked you guys. Someone has started a "fans of the sherwood country club" page. You might find it to be interesting .
Wanda Morrow-Clevenger
May 21, 2010
Wow, this brings back memories of every Saturday night of the early '70s at the Coliseum Ball Room in Benld, IL.
A freelance writer, a short piece of mine reflecting the Coliseum, The Guild's music, and the wild times was published in Flash Fiction Offensive in April of 2009. It's a favorite excerpt from my memoirs, but don't tell FFO. They think it's fiction.
So pleased to have found this website. Keep rockin'.
John Dietrich
May 15, 2010
I first saw The Guild in fall 1968, I think, at Bonaparte's Retreat in Carbondale. Over the next few years I saw them at Chances R, Panarama Lounge in Belleville, and of course Thursdays at CPB. I have always loved live music, and my wife and I still go to 10-12 concerts a year. But I must say that in forty-plus years, I have never heard a live group sound as clear, crisp and tight as The Guild at that time. I can only imagine how they would sound utilizing today's equipment.
I am reeally happy you started this website, and I hope as you build it you will incorporate more history, pictures, video[?], playlists, stories, etc. about The Guild years. If you ever consider doing a one-time reunion gig somewhere, just give me a little notice and I am there. I would gladly pay fifty bucks a ticket to hear Soul Shake, the Oldies, Beach Boys and Chicago medleys, Sidewalk Peptalk, Tommy Overture, etc. one more time!
Dan Neumann
May 12, 2010
I was at Collinsville Park Ballroom 75% of the Thursdays during the year of 1971.
You guys never made it to THE FARMHOUSE, but dozens and dozens of other people from CPB attended parties there. Since my "persona" has "matured" since then, I will not go into great detail....
I searched the Internet for "The Guild" in the past, without much luck. Great that you created this website.
Don't you have any videos from Collinsville Park? That would be great!
Dan
Barbara Sarro
April 30, 2010
I used to love going to Collinsville Park on Sundays and seeing The Guild, those guys were so incredibly talented!!!
Mike Bridgewater
April 27, 2010
Hi Rich,
I found your site on you tube. I can't tell you how excited I was !! I used to go see you and your brother when you played in The Guild here in Indianapolis IN at the Sherwood Country Club. The band was excellent and you always sounded great. I too am a musician and am still playing, usually with younger guys and I always tell them of the unmatched showmanship and quality you and the guys always showed every time I saw you, and it was a lot. You set a standard of quality I don't think I have ever seen surpassed in a live setting. I know how hard that must have been considering the quality of equipment in those days. Your website is great but I would recommend you set up a face book page for either you or the Guild, you would be surprised at the response you will get and the amount of hits your site will get because of it. And it would help you sell a lot more !! I know there are thousands that feel the same as I do but have not been as lucky as I was in finding your website.
That's my opinion and thanks for all the great memories!!!!!!!
Mike Bridgewater
James Mize
April 7, 2010
Rich, As a big fan of the Guild when they were playing the Benld Coliseum in the early seventies, I was thrilled to find your web site and all that it contained. I have already purchased and downloaded quite a bit music. I was wondering if Are You Old Enough, Good Christian Cowboy and Same Situation will be available for purchase in the future? Thanks, and keep up the good work! Jim mize
Kim Codo
February 21, 2010
Hi Rich,
I'm a musician from Ottawa, Il. and just downloaded The Guild "Live"
tracks from your site. I never thought I'd be able to hear the band
again and I can't begin to explain how good it feels listening to
these tunes! I still believe that the calibre of musicianship and the
quality of your live performances made The Guild, truly, one of the
very best bands I've EVER heard, and I've heard a lot.
My questions are: 1. Who wrote "Are You Old Enough"? 2. Do you have
any complete studio recordings (from the clips) that you can release?
I know that Tom Kelly and Denny Henson went on to Fools Gold and that
Tom has co-written some hits over the years, but none of that has ever
captured my interest and admiration like The Guild. I just had to
tell you how much I enjoyed the band and thank you for putting these
tracks out there so I could experience a llittle of that again!
Kim Codo
p.s.- Always loved your guitar sound with that SG!
Ted Collins
February 10, 2010
Great pics added of The Guild. Thanks.
Ted Collins
February 8, 2010
Glad I found site. The Guild played at an after prom party when I was in High School and I used to go listen in Carbondale while in college. We had some good times.
Steve Hutchison
January 19, 2010
Thanks to youtube, after all these years, I have found you guys. The memories from Benld at the Coliseum are priceless ...... you guys rocked the world. You also played our Winter Formal at Hillsboro High School probably Feb. of 68. Absolutely unbelievable!
Thanks for the memories!
Dave Ryan
January 2, 2010
We never met but I danced and drank to a lot of your performance in Benld, at the State Fair, Chance R and lots of other places. It's great to see you are still in the music business. I will be buying some of your stuff on-line. You guys were always GREAT!
Mike Bevington
January 1, 2010
An old old fan from the Thursday night Collinsville Park Ballroom crowd. I was very glad to find your site and just bought the set of live Guild recordings. I also happened upon the two Guild YouTube videos from the 2001 concert, very cool to see.
Best of luck to you in 2010..
Denny Lang
December 19, 2009
Thanks for sending me the "Guild" cd a few months ago, still just can't stop listening to it.
T.J. Norrenberns
December 17, 2009
Rich, I really like the new Christmas song !
Fran Moss
October 30, 2009
How neat that I know a real, live, still-making-music musician! Sorry I missed you two when you came to visit Jim and Mary. Hope to see you next time.
Love,
Fran
Steve Kimball
October 18, 2009
Again, thanks Rich for the high-quality Guild CD. It's really a "blast from the past." Man, what a band--a true masterpiece in music.
Lee Wasitis
October 15, 2009
Yo rich you'd the man.
Brian Ransom
October 13, 2009
Wonderful job, Rich. All you needed was a little inspiration, a nudge to give it a try
and renewed faith in yourself and the quality of your body of work. It's a true
pleasure to be your friend (and, of course, Cathy's, Jay's, John's and Jim's). and to
have been able to give you the little help I did. It's all about you Bob.
Rita Habermehl Hargett
October 8, 2009
good luck to you
James Stoneking
October 5, 2009
Good luck with the new studio and web page. I added a link in the MusicianLinks on my SkyReport web page.
Sky
Jason Lang
September 29, 2009
I love you dad.