Nikita Boone

Nikita Boone was a band that Myke, Vic, Bob and some other guys (Jay Greenfield, David Angri [aka Butcher] and Bill Funcheon) had in NJ in the '70s. Their two main venues were Earl's Grotto in Yardley, PA (aka Charlie and Donna's wedding) and Jay's Stone House on Route 206 in Byram. And the Parsippany Holiday Inn. See also the touching story of what could have been... a pre-NB Bruce gig that changed lives: Springfield Block Party.
Reportedly the tape of NB's historic "Last Waltz" performance at the American Legion hall in Seaside Heights, (including Arp synthi overdubs by Jay) still exists...

Read the amazing story of the Nikita Boone Hiwatt amp here.

Click here to hear a Nikita Boone version of The Beatles' "Paperback Writer." Crazy echo...!
Click here to hear the band performing Cream's Badge.
Oh yeah, the name: when Paladin marries Kruschev...

Nikita Boone business card

"Vic sez..." a cryptic message to the ages... were the times really so different?

Nikita Boone lead guitarist and sometime BS5 jammer, Jay Greenfield, about 1974 (?). Note the white PA speakers behind him...spray-painted in homage to Genesis...

An early photo of Nikita Boone, unearthed by Jay. Myke comments: "Of course this is Nikita Boone in its early days. We had it going, with a road manager (Charlie Cox), and playing the finest synagogues in Springfield. This is in the basement of one such venue during our pre-stage preparations. Interesting note: Jay was just recovering from a bout with an irate boyfriend of a girl (a waitress from Emerson Steakhouses where he and I were moonlighting) he was, shall we say, servicing. Jay lost. (l>r): Myke, David "Butcher" Angri, Jay Greenfield, Bill Funcheon, Charlie Cox. (absent: Vic). Of course this is pre-Bob NB, so we hadn't really found ourselves.