THE FOOLS AT 50
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The attachment is the top part of a Fools concert poster for THE Official April Fools Show. At the bottom, it quotes the band as saying,
"Wait .. 50 What??!!"
Music Museum of New England The Fools article
https://www.mmone.org/the-fools/
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#1970smusic #1980smusic #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #fools #massachusettsbands #massachusettsmusic #massachusettsrock #mmone #music #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #thefools
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THE REMAINS ON PBS
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We had nothing quite like The Remains until this band came along. Widely known for loudness - loudest band I ever heard was a common expression - The Remains ought to be at least as well known for tightness. One of the bootlegs had a track that, no doubt, was not intended for the public to hear. Vern's bass started out too loud, Barry's vocal was a little tentative. It sounded to me like a song they had just reworked and they recorded it promptly to get the arrangement down for reference in future sessions. Then they came to the refrain and the four just hammered it in really close formation. They transformed instantly from four guys working out a song to THE REMAINS ready to take on the world. It was a terrific thing to hear. Some of the available film footage shows a young Vern Miller characteristically hopping about on stage and Barry answering with hops of his own. "Remains Nights" at the early-1960s incarnation of The Rat were where Boston's highly productive rock scene got its start. When Chip Damiani left the band in the lead-up to the Beatles tour, The Remains added a remarkable drummer, ND Smart II. ND was subsequently in a John Hall group, Kangaroo; and then he was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Great Speckled Bird with Ian and Sylvia. Chip is the drummer The Remains wanted but the band, nonetheless, aced the percussion position with ND, easily one of the very best drummers I ever heard live. Bill Briggs, as The Remains tech guy, was a big part of the band's success. The best equipment and knowing stage set-up were fundamental to what made these four musicians The Remains. This was a highly professional, focused band with what Nancy Neon calls "garage spirit." "Ticket To Ride" by Barry Tashian is one of New England rock history's essential books. A music store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, displayed a collage made up of various newspaper headlines and notices, each in its own way speaking of The Remains blowing The Beatles off stage. It was great! RiP Chip Damiani.
[This is an expanded version of a comment I posted at the Music Museum of New England's Facebook page. One attachment is a scanned image of a concert poster, of a reunion of The Remains and The Lost, given to me by my friend, Susan Green (RiP), who produced the reunion show.]
Music Museum of New England Remains article
https://www.mmone.org/the-remains/
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #barryandtheremains #barrytashian #beatles #billbriggs #billybriggs #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #chipdamiani #garage #garagerock #garagepunk #greatspeckledbird #ianandsylvia #johnhall #kangaroo #lost #mmone #music #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nancyneon #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #pbs #remains #susangreen #thebeatles #thelost #theremains #tickettoride #vernmiller #westportconnecticut #williambriggs
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THE REMAINS ON PBS
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We had nothing quite like The Remains until this band came along. Widely known for loudness - loudest band I ever heard was a common expression - The Remains ought to be at least as well known for tightness. One of the bootlegs had a track that, no doubt, was not intended for the public to hear. Vern's bass started out too loud, Barry's vocal was a little tentative. It sounded to me like a song they had just reworked and they recorded it promptly to get the arrangement down for reference in future sessions. Then they came to the refrain and the four just hammered it in really close formation. They transformed instantly from four guys working out a song to THE REMAINS ready to take on the world. It was a terrific thing to hear. Some of the available film footage shows a young Vern Miller characteristically hopping about on stage and Barry answering with hops of his own. "Remains Nights" at the early-1960s incarnation of The Rat were where Boston's highly productive rock scene got its start. When Chip Damiani left the band in the lead-up to the Beatles tour, The Remains added a remarkable drummer, ND Smart II. ND was subsequently in a John Hall group, Kangaroo; and then he was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Great Speckled Bird with Ian and Sylvia. Bill Briggs, as The Remains tech guy, was a big part of the band's success. The best equipment and knowing stage set-up were fundamental to what made these four musicians The Remains. This was a highly professional, focused band with what Nancy Neon calls "garage spirit." "Ticket To Ride" by Barry Tashian is one of New England rock history's essential books. A music store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, displayed a collage made up of various newspaper headlines and notices, each in its own way speaking of The Remains blowing The Beatles off stage. It was great! RiP Chip Damiani.
[This is an expanded version of a comment I posted at the Music Museum of New England's Facebook page. The attachment is a scanned image of a concert poster, of a reunion of The Remains and The Lost, given to me by my friend, Susan Green (RiP), who produced the reunion show.]
Music Museum of New England Remains article
https://www.mmone.org/the-remains/
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #barryandtheremains #barrytashian #beatles #billbriggs #billybriggs #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #chipdamiani #garage #garagerock #garagepunk #greatspeckledbird #ianandsylvia #johnhall #kangaroo #lost #mmone #music #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nancyneon #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #pbs #remains #susangreen #thebeatles #thelost #theremains #tickettoride #vernmiller #westportconnecticut #williambriggs
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HALLOWEEN MUSIC
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Heretix - Season of the Witch
Dream of the 90s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHAk5V17Fg
YouTube has been throwing various covers at me of "Season of the Witch," one would imagine in honor of Halloween. The one by Joan Jett is my favorite so far. Have you heard this version by the circa-1990 Boston band, Heretix? It is quite good.
Boston is Halloween's Music City, having produced the standard, "The Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.
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#1980sbands #1980smusic #1990sbands #1990smusic #bobbyborispickett #bobbypickett #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #halloween #halloweenmusic #heretix #joanjett #music #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #rock #seasonofthewitch #theheretix
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NEW-TO-ME MUSIC ACTS
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Some of the new-to-me acts I really like are
<>Rachel Croft, a YouTube suggestion that worked out really well
<> Southern Avenue: I heard a track on WRSI and bought it right away
<> The Staves: it seems to me I have bought every Staves release except for one and I'll probably go back for it
<> the Wolff Sisters (with Dick Curless's grandson on drums): a new favorite out of Boston
<>The Hillbilly Moon Explosion when the woman sings. Since this hillbilly outfits is Zurich-based, the vocalist could be singing in a third language.
Twisted Pine has a new album released today titled "Love Your Mind."
https://twisted-pine.bandcamp.com/album/love-your-mind
The featured track, "Goosebump Feeling" is quite good; but the following track, "Chanel Perfume" ft. Ali McGuirk is even better.
I've also gone back to the great Bettye LaVette.
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#2020smusic #alimcguirk #bandcamp #bettyelavette #bostonbands #bostonmusic #chanelperfume #dickcurless #folkmusic #goosebumpfeeling #hillbillymoonexplosion #loveyourmind #massachusettsbands #massachusettsmusic #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #rachelcroft #singersongwriter #southernavenue #staves #thestaves #thewolffsisters #twistedpine #wolffsisters #zurich
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HYPNOSONICS: A MARK SANDMAN (TREAT HER RIGHT, MORPHINE) BAND
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There is something pure and iconically rock n' roll at the heart of all of Mark Sandman's projects and bands, which manifested to an apex with his impossibly grooving band Hypnosonics. He knew: girls always, ALWAYS, want to DANCE - first and FOREMOST. Standing in front of a live band - they want to melt away their minds, forget about their emotions, let go of the world, and land - IN THE BODY, ON EARTH, eyes CLOSED - where the blood starts to pulse, and the hips start to shake, and the feet start to twitch and one is just - gone baby gone... to the beat of course, but also to every surprise thread of instrumentation - which is where the hands rejoice in their flourishes and the soul flies free alongside of every note and improvisation... At least, that's what always happened to me standing in front of these incredible players!!!!!
- Linda Viens, Musician (Girl With A Hawk)
For the full Sundazed/Modern Harmonic story of Mark Sandman and the new Hypnosonics release, visit
https://sundazed.com/hypnosonics-it-s-not-like-that-anymore-2cd.aspx
Bandcamp
https://hypnosonics.bandcamp.com/album/its-not-like-that-anymore
Music Museum of New England Morphine Article
https://www.mmone.org/morphine/
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#1980sbands #1980smusic #bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #girlwithahawk #hypnosonics #lindasviens #lindaviens #marksandman #mmone #modernharmonic #morphine #morphineband #morphinetheband #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #singersongwriter #sundazed #treatherright
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Been listening to a lot of Morphine again lately. Every time I'm listening to The Night and think my favorite song is Souvenir (it's one of my favorite songs ever), I hear Rope on Fire again and it probably has to take the top spot. I'm always just blown away by the lyrics, the dynamics, the minimal/mellow Eastern feel of this song. It's magic.
Mark was such a genius. RIP
Been listening to a lot of Morphine again lately. Every time I'm listening to The Night and think my favorite song is Souvenir (it's one of my favorite songs ever), I hear Rope on Fire again and it probably has to take the top spot. I'm always just blown away by the lyrics, the dynamics, the minimal/mellow Eastern feel of this song. It's magic.
Mark was such a genius. RIP
TREAT HER RIGHT
"I THINK SHE LIKES ME"
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I Think She Likes Me - Treat Her Right
tommykiddd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIwNoF7px9s
"I Think She Likes Me" by Treat Her Right" is an answer I gave to Corny O'Connell's "Question of the Day" this morning on WFUV. "I Think She Likes Me" was the signature song of Treat Her Right, a band that preceded Morphine.
Treat Her Right :
David Champagne
Billy Conway
Jim Fitting
Mark Sandman
Treat Her Right may not have a mobile app, but WFUV has a really good one.
For a couple more of my recent popular music posts, follow these hashtags: - #jakebrennan #madisonsmarttbell (notice two Ts in Smartt).
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#1980sbands #1980smusic #1980srock #billyconway #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #cornyoconnell #davechampagne #davidchampagne #ithinkshelikesme #jimfitting #marksandman #mobileapp #mobileapps #morphine #morphineband #morphinetheband #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #radio #radioapp #wfuv #wfuvradio
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JAKE BRENNAN
"SARAH'S GOT A NEW FAVORITE SONG"
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Sarah's Got A New Favorite Song
from Love And Bombs by Jake Brennan & The Confidence Men
https://jakebrennanandtheconfidencemen.bandcamp.com/track/sarahs-got-a-new-favorite-song
Jake Brennan and the Confidence Men put out a great album, "Love and Bombs," dated 2004. "Believe Me" may be the most popular track; but I am going with my own favorite, "Sarah's Got a New Favorite Song." Jake's father is the well known Boston rock musician, Dennis Brennan. The Confidence Men also worked with Sarah Borges, which raises the question, Does Sarah Borges have a new favorite song.
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#2000sbands #2000smusic #2000srock #bandcamp #believemesong #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #confidencemen #dennisbrennan #jakebrennan #jakebrennanandtheconfidencemen #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #sarahborges #sarahsgotanewfavoritesong #theconfidencemen
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THE BARBARIANS
"ARE YOU A BOY OR ARE YOU A GIRL"
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Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?
The Barbarians - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHrqEEzagVo
One of my favorite features on one of my favorite radio stations is Corny O'Connell's "Question of the Day" on WFUV out of New York City. This morning's question had to do with hair. My suggestion was "Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl" by The Barbarians. "With your long blonde hair You look like a girl." It pleases me to say Corny went with it. This track never made the Billboard Top 40 but its memory outlived many records that did. The Barbarians laid some claim to being the first punk band. It definitely came with a garage punk quality. WFUV has a very large audience stretching through a big part of the United States and probably abroad. It is easy to access through its excellent mobile app.
Music Museum of New England: The Barbarians article
https://www.mmone.org/the-barbarians/
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #areyouaboyorareyouagirl #barbariansband #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #cornyoconnell #garagepunk #mmone #mobileapp #mobileapps #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #newyorkcity #punkband #punkbands #punkrock #questionoftheday #radio #radioapp #radioapps #thebarbarians #wfuv #wfuvradio
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GIRL WITH A HAWK
"WAY WITH WORDS"
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Way with Words
by GIRL WITH A HAWK
https://girlwithahawk.bandcamp.com/track/way-with-words
"Way With Words." Way to go! This new single from Girl With a Hawk, a Linda S. Viens enterprise, was released this morning. New. I've liked everything I have heard so far by Girl With a Hawk; and I suggest this band as one well worth following. This single had to be good. It is "produced, engineered, and tambourined" by Pete Weiss. Captain Easychord seems to have sneaked in ahead of me but I was second to buy this track at Bandcamp.
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#2020smusic #bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #girlwithahawk #lindasviens #lindaviens #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #peteweiss #singersongwriter #waywithwords
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CARLA RYDER BAND
"THREE MONDAYS GONE"
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Three Mondays Gone
Carla Ryder Band - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_V6tOhiNfA
As far as I recall, I have never posted anything by Carla Ryder. So, here goes. Of those Carla Ryder Band songs I have heard, this is my favorite.
The first time Carla Ryder came to my attention, she was a member of a Massachusetts cover band, the Mudhens. Since then, she has been both a rock singer-songwriter and the leader of the Carla Ryder Band. Ryder is also in the group, Miriam, with Amy Fairchild.
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#amyfairchild #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #carlaryder #carlaryderband #massachusettsbands #massachusettsmusic #massachusettsrock #miriamband #mudhensband #mudhenscoverband #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #singersongwriter #threemondaysgone
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SWALLOW
"SOMETHING STARTED HAPPENING"
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Swallow. Something Started Happening.
-GreasyGrooves- Deep Cuts 1969-79.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusrP0v3Lrs
Swallow made two major label albums. Since the band played music that was very popular at the time, it is surprising Swallow did not go even further. Vern Miller was in The Remains, the quartet that Boston's 1960s rock scene gathered around. A Music Museum of New England article says that George Leh was in a seminal outfit, the J Geils Blues Band: - a thing I did not remember.
Not every track captures the essence of this band but "Something Started Happening" is quite good.
Searching YouTube on "Swallow" is an adventure. I found a mass of videos about swallowing and choking disorders and really didn't get anywhere until I dropped the band's name and searched, instead, on "Something Started Happening."
Related name
Barry and the Remains
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Music Museum of New England (MMone) Swallow article
https://www.mmone.org/swallow/
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #1970sbands #1970smusic #1970srock #barryandtheremains #blues #bluesrock #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #georgeleh #jgeilsband #jgeilsbluesband #mmone #musicnews #musicmuseumofnewengland #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #somethingstartedhappening #swallowband #theremains #theremainsband #vernmiller
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THE WOLFF SISTERS
"HURRICANE"
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Hurricane
by The Wolff Sisters
https://thewolffsisters.bandcamp.com/track/hurricane
"Hurricane" is a great new folk rock recording by the Wolff Sisters. It was released the first of May.
Rebecca Wolff: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Rachael Wolff: Electric Guitar, Vocals
Kat Wolff: Keys, Vocals
Ryan Curless: Drums
Caleb Sweet: Bass
It is my guess that drummer Ryan Curless is a grandson of country music star Dick Curless.
Music Museum of New England (MMone) Dick Curless article
https://www.mmone.org/dick-curless/
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#bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #calebsweet #dickcurless #hurricanesong #katwolff #mmone #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #rachaelwolff #rebeccawolff #ryancurless #singersongwriter #thewolffsisters #wolffsisters
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"I'LL CALL YOU WHEN I'M READY"
BY NOLA ROSE AND THE THORNS
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Someone out there is bound to be interested in this tuneful reference to the great Dwight Yoakam.
I'll be dancing to the jukebox
Haggard, Dwight, and Jones .....
Source: "I'll Call You When I'm Ready" from Nola Rose and the Thorns , "Thought I Heard an Angel" (CD, RoseKing Records RKR-001, 1996).
"I'll Call You When I'm Ready" is one of two exceptional tracks from this strong album. The other standout is Nola Rose's country rock interpretation of the Rolling Stones hit, "It's All Over Now."
#bostonbands #bostoncountrymusic #bostonmusic #countrymusic #countryrock #dwightyoakam #illcallyouwhenimready #itsallovernow #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandcountrymusic #newenglandmusic #nolarose #nolaroseandthethorns #rollingstones #therollingstones #thoughtiheardanangel
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ULTIMATE SPINACH
"PLASTIC RAINCOATS / HUNG UP MINDS"
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PLASTIC RAINCOATS/HUNG UP MINDS
Ultimate Spinach - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBA80uS8b4g
"Plastic Raincoats" is a fun song. The Ultimate Spinach, a prime example of The Boston Sound, was a better group than previously thought. If any band members ever stop by, I will apologize.
The Boston Sound, which came to be called Bosstown, was a major label promotion (MGM Records). It fizzled and Bosstown became a joke; but this was not entirely deserved. Some very good music came out of the Boston Sound and the better recorded tracks hold up very well to this day.
At the time, I was of the view, which would seem to put me in the minority now, that the Jeff "Skunk" Baxter lineup of the Ultimate Spinach was the best.
Hooray for Earth Opera, The Ramrods (renamed "Puff"), Teddy and the Pandas, the Ultimate Spinach, John Lincoln Wright, and a whole host of others. Hooray for hippies. One of the Bosstown-era singers, who came out of Boston, went on, in the 1970s, to become the biggest dance music star in the world: - Donna Summer. I am a big fan of Donna Summer.
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Music Museum of New England (MMone) Ultimate Spinach article
https://www.mmone.org/ultimate-spinach-2/
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Music Museum of New England (MMone) article about The Boston Sound (Bosstown)
https://www.mmone.org/the-boston-sound/
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#1960sbands #1960smusic #1960srock #1970sdancemusic #1970smusic #1970svocalmusic #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #bostonsound #bosstown #dancemusic #donnasummer #earthopera #hippies #hungupminds #jeffbaxter #jeffskunkbaxter #johnlincolnwright #mgmrecords #mmone #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #plasticraincoats #plasticraincoatshungupminds #psychedelicrock #puffband #pufftheband #ramrodsband #rockinramrods #teddyandthepandas #thebostonsound #theramrodsband
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JENNIFER TEFFT AND THE STRANGE
"GOING OUT"
Going Out
by Jennifer Tefft & The Strange
https://jennifertefft.bandcamp.com/track/going-out
GOING OUT is available on all streaming platforms, but a download actually pays the artist while streaming does not. Please listen on your platform of choice, but consider downloading as well! Please and Thank You!! xoxoxo
-Jenn
Source: Jennifer Tefft, "New Single," April 12, 2024.
Since Jennifer Tefft asked nicely, I went ahead and bought "Going Out." Actually, I was probably going to buy it anyway. Two versions are posted at Bandcamp: - acoustic and electric. My preference is for the electric band version, which is the version linked from this Mastodon post.
Related names: Stephen “Sharky” Beccia, Chris Georgenes, and John Parrillo.
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#bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #chrisgeorgenes #goingout #jennifertefft #jennifertefftandthestrange #johnparrillo #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #rocksingersongwriter #sharkybeccia #stephenbeccia
#stephensharkybeccia
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LINNEA'S GARDEN
"LOOKING"
Looking
from Fashion Show by Linnea's Garden
https://redonredlinneasgarden.bandcamp.com/track/looking
"Looking" (digital, Red on Red, 2022), an excellent track, was released in advance of its album, "Fashion Show." I bought "Looking" after hearing it the first time. My usual suggestion, in a "name your price" situation such as this, is to pay what you regularly pay for digital downloads.
In addition to Linnea Herzog, high marks go to Amy Galaviz on bass. I haven't heard the status of Red on Red Records since the death of its proprietor, Justine Covault.
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For more information, from Boston Groupie News, run this Google search exactly as written here:
site:bostongroupienews.com "linnea's garden"
Copying and pasting is the easiest way to go.
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#amygalaviz #bandcamp #bostonbands #bostongroupienews #bostonmusic #bostonrock #fashionshow #justinecovault #linneaherzog #linneasgarden #lookingsong #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #redonred #redonredrecords
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DENNIS BRENNAN AND THE WHITE OWLS
"END OF THE BLUES"
End of the Blues
from Dennis Brennan and The White Owls - Live at Electric Andyland by The White Owls
https://thewhiteowls.bandcamp.com/track/end-of-the-blues
"End of the Blues" is a Dennis Brennan song that I don't remember hearing before now. He has been known for such songs as "Crying on the Avenue" and "I Got My Own." "End of the Blues" may become my DB favorite.
Brennan first came to my attention with a Boston band, Push Push. According to the Push Push section of an online post
http://terrykit.blogspot.com/2013/09/ten-80s-boston-bands-that-mattered-and.html
he was already a veteran scenester by that time.
Predictable Digression:
A few of my own favorites covered by that article are The Atlantics ("Can't Wait Forever"), Knots and Crosses (pretty much the entire catalog), and The Schemers ("I Want Some Fun," also known as "Some Fun" by The Raindogs).
It is time that Dennis Brennan, as his song says, gets his own.
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#atlanticsband #bandcamp #bostonbands #bostonmusic #bostonrock #cantwaitforever #cryingontheavenue #dennisbrennan #dennisbrennanandthewhiteowls #endoftheblues #igotmyown #iwantsomefun #knotsandcrosses #liveatelectricandyland #musicnews #newenglandbands #newenglandmusic #newenglandrock #pushpushbostonband #raindogs #schemersband #singersongwriter #somefun #theatlanticsband #theraindogs #theschemers #thewhiteowlsband #whiteowlsband
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