Local Bands From Your Youth

[Swimmer]

I remember Wendy more for the tape than for her music.....

[Jimbo]

I think it was 1978, summertime, I went to see this band at the Compass lounge no one had ever heard of before. Bought an record they had for $3 and took it back to college in the fall. That Cars album was played so much it was worn out by Christmas break and they had skyrocketed to hugely popular.
Once in 1976, in high school, it was a snowy day and alot of kids didn't even make it in to school. We get an announcement to go to the auditorium for a special event. There's Harry Chapin sitting on a stool playing guitar. Only one of his backup guys made it so it was pretty much all Harry. Said he'd been working on a new song and wondered if we'd give ourt opinion......we some of the first to hear Cat's In The Cradle.

[ProfessorM]

I remember Miss Williams with whipped cream for a bra and being closed down for doing leud acts with the mic stand. I couldn't handle the volume of a band like that now and I am as deaf as a haddock. P.

[Bigcat]

The Fugs

[Van]

DTF, THATS HER where the hell did you find that cover??

The show I saw she trashed various appliances with a sledgehammer, and dropped them off a ladder. (As best as i can remember) it was in
the 70's-80's ya know !! WEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee.....

[MartinD18]

Big Bo - Roomful, definitely! Back in the day with Duke Robbilaird.... there are still a few of original members but when they went more toward frat house rock I lost interest. Duke is STILL the man, as far as I'm concerned. Pure class, not a bazillion notes per second like some, but every note is the right one. Saw Roomful dozens of times in the early - mid 70s, they actually played *in the rain, under a tiny tent* at my sister in laws high school graduation party on the beach at Esker Point in Groton, CT! Also saw them many times at the Knickerbocker in Westerly - what a place - and man, those RI kids who grew up with them knew how to swing dance waaaay before it got popular again. Many of them were so good you didn't even want to get out on the dance floor. Groups like Voodoo Daddy are a pale imitation.
Also, a singer/songwriter named Randy Burns from New Haven. He was great and had a really fine acoustic band and could have been as big as J. Taylor or J. Browne or any of them but the bottle did him in. sad.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Van

DTF, THATS HER where the hell did you find that cover??
...

The internet is a wonderful place....just ask and ye shall receive

[BigBo]

MartinD18, that's the stuff brother! Duke and the Drivers before that too. I still like to listen. Never get tired.