cottrell%nbs-vms@sri-unix.ARPA (08/19/85)
From: "" <cottrell@nbs-vms> /* I was going to bring this up myself, but it someone beat me to it. Simply stated, `How many bands out there play mostly Dead?' D.C. has (or had) at least four: 1) Milton Freewater (76-82) The best of the bunch. They fiddled with national (regional?) exposure, playing Ocean City, the Jersey shore, & Pa. as well as D.C. & Baltimore, their home town. They wrote some originals & recorded a 45 which (still?) is on the jukebox at the Purple Moose. 2) The Rock Creek Band - Pretty good, altho more restrained than Freewater. They lasted two or three years. 3) Crazy Fingers - Several incarnations. Originally a Dead band, they mutated into a Little Feat/Steely Dan kind of thing. Every summer the originals get together for a few parties. 4) New Potato Caboose - a bunch of kids from D.C. or Northern Va. I only saw them once. Pretty good imitations, but short jams. 5) Shoes for the Dead - If you recognize these guys, you must know me personally. We did a few free parties. While being the most amateur, we were the most outlandish, with the longest & weirdist jams, feedback, & space. Mostly a basement band tho. Has anyone out there heard these bands? If so, drop me a note, or share it with the group. Describe any deadly bands you know. Can anyone figure out where Milton Freewater got their name? I know, so locals need not answer. As Allied Chemical says: `Kepone Truckin' jim cottrell@nbs */ ------
Sowadsky.PA@Xerox.ARPA (08/19/85)
Jerry's Kids played at Golden Gate June 7th.