Vic Meyers' Music - Rose Room

Victor Aloysius Meyers (1898-1990), aka Vic(k) Meyers and Vic Myers led a great Seattle territory band. He could play violin, but by the age of 18, he was a drummer in a three piece group that played each summer at Seaside, an ocean resort. At 21, in 1919 he got a two year contract to play with a full size band in the Rose Room in Seattle’s Hotel Butler. His recording career lasted from around 1923 till 1929. By early 1932 Vic Meyers was back in Seattle, playing at the Trianon, a ballroom that had opened in 1927. He also operated Seattle’s most celebrated night club, the Club Victor. He also went into local politics and ran for Mayor, but unsuccessfully. Subsequently, he ran for lieutenant governor. He won the nomination. For the next twenty years, four more elections, he kept this position until Eisenhower and the Republicans got into office in 1952. Twice during these years Vic tried to run again for Mayor of Seattle but lost, both in 1938 and in 1946. He also studied parliamentary law and presided over the Senate. During all this period, he kept leading his band, actually making a lot more money than he could have in his political career. This fantastic record was made in 1929. The excellent vocalist remained uncredited.