Fabulous Knobs - Don't Stop Now - 1981from the Moonlight Records album - Hugs and Kisses
from Matt Barrett's Golden Age of North Carolina Music
In the early eighties The Fabulous Knobs were the Rolling Stones and The Dads were the Beatles.
The Fabulous Knobs were actually better than the Stones. This may raise some eyebrows. How can a band that had maybe one album, playing in bars in North Carolina be better than the Stones? First of all you have to take into consideration that the Stones themselves though musically competent, in their live performances rarely rise above the level of a good high-school rock band playing Stones covers. So musicianship alone puts the Knobs over the Stones hump which in baseball would be the equivalent of the Mendoza line. Where the Knobs left Mick and company in the dust was in the category of lead singer. Debra Demilo was like Mick with the voice of Aretha Franklin. So what happened to the Fabulous Knobs? Debra got married and moved to Indiana. Terry Anderson, David Enloe and Jack Cornell formed The Woods who became an area favorite and were imortalized when the Georgia Satellites were signed on the strength of Terry's song Battleship Chains which somehow found its way onto that band's demo. Terry still shows up with a band at the occasional Sparkle Fest where he thunders through his style of redneck pop with balls and humor.
Band Members:
Debra Demilo - Vocals
Terry Anderson - Drums, Vocals
Keith Taylor - Guitar, Vocals
David Enloe - Guitar, Vocals
Jack Cornell - Bass, Vocals
6 comments:
Michael... no mention of Debra DeMilo and Arms? DeMilo formed this short-lived outfit some time after the demise of the Knabulous Fobs, but their play was limited to a few clubs in Raleighwood, IIRC.
Fond, fond memories of jumping (with Sarah Jane Mann) to the Knobs at the Cameron Village Underground, and joining in on several choruses onstage with Debra et al.
I've seen TA and his OAKteam at a couple of IPO fests {Chicago] the past couple years, where he proceeds to blow the jangle weenies off the stage, and then drinks all the beer in the place to boot.
Great, great band, and as much as i love power pop, they're almost the antidote in those settings.
See Debra DeMilo with Arrogance at the Carolina Theatre, March 21 2009
It's arrogance @ 40 . .1969-2009!
See Debra DeMilo with Arrogance
at the Carolina Theatre, Durham
March 21, 2009
arrogance @ 40
1969-2009
Will be a great gig . . other guests TBA!
Would love to find a download for the song "Long Dark Night" by the Fabulous Knobs. Anyone know where that can be found?
Steve in Seattle (a fan from 1982 in Greenville, NC)
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