The Cryan Shames


From Hinsdale, Illinois.

The Travelers ( ? - 1966)
  • Jim Fairs - bass/flute/guitar/vocals - formerly with The Roosters.
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • Dennis Conroy - drums/vocals - formerly with The Roosters.
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals - b. Jim Pilster
  • Gerry Stone (aka, Stonehenge)
  • Dave Purple (aka, Grape) - formerly with The Prowlers.


The Cryan Shames I (1966)
  • Jim Fairs - bass/flute/guitar/vocals
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • Dennis Conroy - drums/vocals
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals
  • Gerry Stone (aka, Stonehenge)
  • Dave Purple (aka, Grape) - guitar/vocals
Album:
  1. "Sugar & Spice" (1966)


The Cryan Shames II (1966)
  • Jim Fairs - bass/flute/guitar/vocals
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • Dennis Conroy - drums/vocals
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals
  • Gerry Stone (aka, Stonehenge)
  • Isaac Guillory - guitar/bass/keyboards - formerly with The Illusions and The Revelles.


The Cryan Shames III (1966 - June 1968)
  • Jim Fairs - bass/flute/guitar/vocals
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • Dennis Conroy - drums/vocals
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals
  • Isaac Guillory - guitar/bass/keyboards
  • Lenny Kerley - guitar/bass/vocals - formerly with The Kingmen, The Galaxies, and The Squires.
Album:
  1. "A Scratch in the Sky" (1967) - Single: "Mr. Unreliable"


The Cryan Shames IV (June 1968 - January 1969)
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals
  • Isaac Guillory - guitar/bass/keyboards
  • Lenny Kerley - guitar/bass/vocals
  • Dave Carter - guitar/bass
  • Alan Dawson - drums/vocals - formerly with The Boston Tea Party and The Squires.


The Cryan Shames V(1969)
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals
  • Isaac Guillory - guitar/bass/keyboards
  • Lenny Kerley - guitar/bass/vocals
  • Dave Carter - guitar/bass
  • Dennis Conroy - drums/vocals
Album:
  1. "Synthesis" (1969) - Single: "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones"


The Cryan Shames VI (1969 - December 1969)
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • J. C. Hooke - percussion/vocals
  • Isaac Guillory - guitar/bass/keyboards
  • Lenny Kerley - guitar/bass/vocals
  • Dave Carter - guitar/bass
  • Ron Kaplan - drums/vocals
Group disbands.  Isaac Guillory goes solo.  Band continues to perform in various reunion shows.


The Cryan Shames VI (1986 - Present) (reformed)
  • Tom Doody - vocals
  • Ron Brandt - guitar/vocals
  • Jeff Rutter - guitar/vocals
  • Paul Wood - keyboards/guitar/vocals
  • Tim Rutter - bass/vocals
  • Rocky Penn - drums/vocals
  • Jim Pilster - conga/tambourine/vocals
  • Larry Coveny - vocals

Compilations:
  1. "Sugar & Spice (A Collection)" (1992)

Isaac Guillory solo:
  1. "Isaac Guillory" (1974)

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Last Revised:  April 29, 2000