1984 Love Machine

The Loved Ones were a regular and a favourite at the "Draught House," at the foot of Perry street (125 S. Perry St.) for a number of years beginning about 1967 and continuing probably until its closing or the break-up of the band. The Draught House, one of Davenport's most famous and talked about social clubs didn't last long. It opened in the summer of 1965 and closed in 1970. For legal purposes, The Loved Ones had to change their name because another group by that name already existed. In fact, there were at least two. The members put their heads together and came up with "1984 Love Machine," perhaps alluding to the futuristic way-out sound the band created with a psychedelic fuzzy guitar. Their single included "Magic Baby," backed with "You're Breaking My Heart," recorded for the CBS International label of Nashville. It is believed that The Loved Ones was made up of members Cable Von Maur II and his wife Debbie (Dowdal) Von Maur, Ralph Iaccarino, Bob Teague, Tyson Kindell and Les Bell. As the "1984 Love Machine," the group played Wharton Field House on April 3, 1969, opening up for the legendary band The Byrds. Also playing that night was a relatively unknown group out of Chicago known as The Ides Of March. The Loved Ones were really a good band with a bright future, but as often happened in those days, drugs and egos eventually broke the band up. Leslie (Les) Bell became an art professor at St. Ambrose College. Ralph Iaccarino was also an art instructor at St. Paul the Apostle School in Davenport. He was not only a very talented artist as a painter, but also as a song writer. He came to Davenport from New Haven, Connecticut about 1965 to attend St. Ambrose College where he majored in philosophy and minored in art. Tyson Kindell would later take his talents to Los Angeles where he became influential in the punk rock scene as Billy Zoom with a band named [a128581]. He became a very successful guitarist, and guitar designer and maker. Cable Von Maur started a successful construction business and was still performing locally into the early '80s with his group called the Torpedoes. The 1984 Love Machine's "Magic Baby" was written about Cable and Debbie's newborn daughter Rachel. The flip, "You're Breaking My Heart" was also a band original that was penned by Cable Von Maur. Credited with writing "Magic Baby" and producing the single in Nashville was Troy Shondell