the nomads

dwight bement's first band was called the fydallions (1). it started in 1957 and ran to approx. 1959.  after the fydallions (1) dwight bement was in the nomads for a while.

the nomads were:

dwight bement: tenor saxophone
lew fay: tenor saxophone
bill riddle: alto saxophone
clark gault: piano, trombone
artie elam: guitar
merv hyde: bass
bruce: drums

sometime after the nomads, around 1960, dwight bement moved to sacramento and formed another band called the fydallions (2).