Teenbeat Club

Austin relocated to Santa Barbara, California, where he continues his career in the recording industry as the executive producer and host of the Rock Files.

[2] The club grew out of the weekend dance concerts Miller and Austin promoted starting in 1961,[6] featuring live KLAS Radio broadcasts from the Knights of Columbus Hall and the National Guard Armory in Downtown Las Vegas.

In 1966, Miller and Austin co-produced two other 45 RPM singles on Teenbeat Club Records: "It's Your Time"[13] backed with "Little Girl" (TB 1006) (listed as one top 100 rarest 45 RPM singles)[14] by The Weeds, a local Las Vegas band;[15] and a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Get Off of My Cloud" backed with "Red Roses For A Blue Lady" (TB 1004) featuring Charlie White Eagle, with musical accompaniment and background vocals by The Weeds.

(LS 8011), featuring Randy Seol, Wayne Purvis, Ken Naylor, Al Doss, Mike Peters, Steve Green and Cindy Mac;[19][20] The Starfires, Teenbeat A Go Go (LS 8018), featuring Chuck Butler, Dave Anderson, Jack Emerick, Freddy Fields and Sonny Lathrop;[21] and The Sentinals, Vegas Go Go (SSU 338).

The Weeds were frequent performers at the Teenbeat Club from 1965 through 1966, featuring Fred Cole, a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, who later gained success in the Portland-based bands King Bee, Zipper, The Rats, Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows.

[23] Other frequently appearing local bands appearing at the Teenbeat Club in the mid-1960s were the Present Tense, featuring vocalist Christopher Michael Hallman, bassist Michael P. Selinsky, lead guitarist Bob Lilley, Jr., rhythm guitarist John McDonnell, electric pianist Dennis Prell, and drummers John Baker and Jim Gannon;[24] Sioux Uprising, featuring lead vocalist and guitarist Gregory Albert Waller,[citation needed] bassist Steve Armstead, guitarist Michael Murray and drummer Scott Wolfe; Nobody's Children featuring Joe Spitale, Enrique Corro, Greg McKenzie, Danny Bolling, Danny Harlow, Charlie Perri and Jay Painter; and Misty Souls Ray Campbell, Barry Bernier, Chris Riecke, Kerry Klein and Frank Faruch were other Las Vegas regulars to play the Teenbeat Club during this time period.

[citation needed] Southern California surf rock bands which played at the Teenbeat Club in the early 1960s[28] included the Marketts, the Lively Ones, the Routers,[4] the Challengers and the Chevells.

[37] From 1962 to 1966,[29] Miller and Austin hosted the Teen Beat Club television show on KLAS-TV, Channel 8, that included live weekly interviews and dancing, patterned after Dick Clark's American Bandstand.