A 3/4" video tape of performances of the Bill Rase Band: KCRA-Old Building, 1954
Hotel Senator, 1954
Weaverville, 1955
Rase TV Show, 1958
American Legion-Tahoe, 1959
Party at Rase's, 1959
Band vs. KCRA Baseball, 1959
Pauls o' Ranchero, Evlerino, California, 1960
4th of July, Southside Park, 1960
Weimar, 1961
4th July, Colfax, 1962
Bill Rase Show, elephant, 1963
Telerama, 1963
Channel 3 Picnic, 1963.
Bill Rase (1926-2006) was a well-known Sacramento figure. He founded and performed with the Bill Rase Band starting in the 1950s until his death. He was a disc jockey on local radio in the 1950s, hosted a television variety show, and portrayed "Bosun Bill" on a children's television show.
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