Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time: 6:19 PM
Song: Spooky
Artist: Dennis Yost & the Classic IV
Mode of Consumption: Listening to vinyl “Golden Greats Volume I”
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/5YHRfi7m8pSFQw29APsRFh?si=53b91b91baaa49f2
It’s not often that I run into a band where I immediately know several of their songs but have never heard their name before.
Enter Dennis Yost & The Classic IV and the hits album we spun tonight while eating supper. Songs like “Spooky” and “Stormy” and “Traces,” all one-word title hits by the same band. A band I couldn’t have named an hour ago.
It’s bizarre, as Jodi didn’t know them either, and we both were raised on music from the 1960s and 1970s. These were songs played often, but never do I remember a DJ waxing about the Dennis Yost.
Heck, I had to look back to remember his name, because I kept confusing it with Ned Yost, the former manager of the Brewers and Royals.
So, who are these cats?
Well, they were formed in Jacksonville in 1964. They started out as an instrumental cover band, and when people began requesting vocals, Yost, the drummer, volunteered. That changed things and they had their string of hits. Eventually another drummer was brought in so that Yost could come out front to sing.
Eventually three of the members left and became members of what would become known as the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
Yost remained the only original member of the group, and different incarnations toured with him as the leader until his death from respiratory failure in 2008. Before dying, he had appointed a man named Tom Garrett as his successor as leader of the Classic IV, and that version of the band still tours.
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