I’m posting six videos here from a gig back in April at Silvies on Chicago’s north side. We had a Zoom Recorder going that night and captured these songs live, among others. Personnel on the songs are Dorothy McDaniel – bass, Alpha Stewart – percussion, John Temmerman – sax, Me – guitar. Numbers 1, 3, 5, […]
Continue reading“All The Alligators” II
I co-wrote the song on the video below, with my friend Tom Naue a long time ago . He and I wrote the words, which for a rockabilly song, are a little different. I wrote the music, which just happened to come out rockabilly. On the video, that’s Dorothy McDaniel on bass and vocals, Alpha Stewart […]
Continue reading“On Your Street Someday”
The title above is to one of our original songs, and I’m posting a video below of a performance of it. It’s live, we’re jamming, and OK, things get chaotic. But I like the energy. Dorothy McDaniel on bass, Alpha Stewart on drums, John Temmerman on sax, and that’d be me on guitar. Recorded at Silvies […]
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Boom!
Video of a live performance: “Boom Boom Boom,” first time we ever did it with sax. Not bad. Recorded at Silvies in April, on Chicago’s north side with a Zoom mini-recorder. Dorothy McDaniel on bass, Alpha Stewart on percussion, John Temmerman on sax, and me on guitar. The song’s also on our Live at Custer Street album. […]
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Summertime
The video below was recorded Saturday, May 14 at Silvies on Chicago’s north side with a Zoom video recorder. That’s John Temmerman on sax, Dorothy McDaniel on bass, Alpha Stewart on percussion, and me on guitar. Man, all three of my cohorts did themselves proud on this number. The surprise thunderclap after the song was a […]
Continue readingZombies Stink (& Vampires Suck) from show at Silvies
The live version of Zombies Stink (& Vampires Suck) below was recorded Saturday, April 19–the night before Easter–at Silvies on Chicago’s north side. Alpha Stewart is on drums, Dorothy McDaniel on bass, John Temmerman on Sax, and that’s me on guitar. It was a fantastic night. If you’d like to compare the live version with the studio version, […]
Continue readingOutre’ #5
The cover above is from Outre #5, which ran through mailing 34 of The Southern Fandom Press Alliance (SFPA), circa 1968. Ned Brooks, official archivist of of SFPA, was kind enough to provide it for me, along with the text below from the issue . Science-fiction fanzines then and now came in two general types: genzines and apazines. […]
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