Parkville area soul and Top-40 band. Members included Chuck Pierce (lead guitar), Andy Sottile (bass), Tom Thompson (organ, vocals ex-Danny & the Elegants), Rick Teufel (drums), Mick Tacchetti (sax, vocals), and Gene Dombrowski (trumpet), Tom Meyers, Bob Maskell…
The Diplomats played at local teen centers including Mt. Carmel CYO, St. Ursula’s CYO, Carney, and Harford Hills Teen Centers. Also performed in the Teen Fair Battle of the Bands at the Civic Center in June 1968. They competed in a band battle vs. the Crown of Creation at Carney Teen Center on May 31, 1969.
Thompson later with Flywheel, Better Half, Phoenix, Pinch. Teufel also later with the Notations, and Flywheel.
