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By accident I just discovered this band.. holly hell! They are from Canada.
What a cool bunch of people you are.
What a cool bunch of people you are.
I'm choked that I missed the Headstones last night (although my ears are still ringing from seeing them at the Pyramid in the 90s lol)
In Grand Forks with the wife and four teenage girls for Zach Bryan tonight. Should be a great show but I realized that this will be the first time I've seen someone in concert who is themselves so much younger than me. Hopefully there will be some other Boomers there so we don't stand out like narcs too badly lol
Hope you had fun ya narc .
This album came out in 1981,kind of a good album.
I don't know if any of you have ever heard of the band Lone Justice; I never had until this popped up on the Top 2000 A GOGO website. I found it an interesting story. A young band in the '80's that had all kinds of industry buzz that they were going to be the next big thing. Before they signed a record deal Dolly Parton was coming to their shows and Bob Dylan was writing a song for them (Go Away Little Boy).
But it never happened. It was a case of over involvement, where everybody was telling them to "be like this, dress like this, look like this, sing like this, write songs like this" instead of just letting them be their own band.
Maria McKee, the lead singer, talks about all of this in these videos (skip the part where she pulls out the guitar and sings...don't do that in interviews, please).
A song she wrote did become a hit for Feargal Sharkey, who previously lead the Irish punk band The Undertones. The song is called "A Good Heart" Maria McKee wrote it when she was 18 and admits is a cutesy naive song about love. You know what, I like it. It's a fun little poppy song.
A few other interesting tidbits taken from WIki:
In 1995, Bette Midler recorded two of McKee's songs—"To Deserve You" and "The Last Time"—for her platinum album, Bette of Roses.
She sang back up on the Counting Crows' 1993 debut August and Everything After on "Sullivan Street" and "Mr. Jones"
Her song "If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" was personally selected by Quentin Tarantino for his feature film Pulp Fiction. It is the only original song on the soundtrack.
Pretty interesting career arc for Maria McKee. I love finding out about stories like this.
Oops. Well it was July when it came out so almost 81 .1980, but we'll forgive you.
Got home from Wednesday night Mens' League Golf... f'n debacle for me...
Great guys golfing against... awesome guys... thank God...
Needed to chill... to feel good... though... pissed with myself...
I put this on after scrolling through YouTube for a bit, just looking for the right "chill"...
My daughter just short of pre- COVID bought Me the most awesome birthday gift... tickets to see these guys...
F' Covid... !!! 2 wasted years... and...
They are retired... never will see live... gold for Me tonight though... made me happy...
I'm like you @John Agar i love great live
I'm like you @John Agar i love great live stuff.