The Saints (26)

The earliest Saint line-up was an evolution from a nameless Denver group that included Doug Hole (sax), Doug Balterson (guitar), Balterson’s cousin (accordion) and drummer Joe Marisco. This ensemble formed early 1958 and found their way on to a program called “The Hop Spot” which was sponsored by Denver’s KIMN radio.

The Saints are listed on seven of the [l=Band Box Records] releases and were the backing group for [a=Orlie Trujillo] on his “Twist and Freeze U.S.A.” series of releases for national listening markets.