The Soul Brothers - Wooly Bully Again
1965 –1966
(Continued beyond 1966 with A new group of musicians)

As with most Winston-Salem bands, when a musician leaves a band, a substitute was found. In some cases, the name of the band is changed.

All the members of The Soul Brothers came from previous bands. Who called who is not recorded in the annals of North Carolina band history.

The Soul Brothers recorded a 7” 33 1/3 RPM vinyl record with 6 songs on it.
Copies of that recording are still in existence.

At appearances they performed songs made famous by Junior Walker & The All Stars, The Seekers, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and other groups. If a song was playing on the radio, then it was most likely performed by The Soul Brothers.

Bookings:
Carolina Theater Saturday Morning Kiddie Show, Downtown A’ Go Go, Hennis Motor Company (Mt. Airy), Hill Junior High School, Moose Lodge (Mocksville), Parkway Chalet, Polo Grill, Salvation Army Kiddie Camp, The Gaslight

Band Members:
Sax & Manager - Frank Coleman
Guitars - Don Wishon, Frank Aldridge Jr., Bob Stewart
Bass – Jimmie Vestal, Richard Hege
Drums – Gene Berrier

New Band Members (1966-?)
Singer – Don Lane
Organ, Guitar – Dean Sykes
Lead Guitar – Doug Sealy
Sax _ Frank Coleman
Randy Lane – Bass
Drums – Gene Berrier

The Tu-Pairs (The Phil Blythe Combo) - no mp3 yet.

Phil Blythe was a well-known fabulous guitar player. For my part, I (Jimmie Vestal) performed with him in the 1963 to 1965 period. After I left, it can be assumed that he continued to perform until his death (Feb 2, 1983)

Bookings (1963-1965):
Frontier Supper Club, Hillcrest Supper Club, Le Chateau Restaurant, MooseLodge, National Guard Armory (Asheboro), Peppermint Junior, Sigma Phi Fraternity (East Carolina College, Greenville), Southwest School (Clemmons), The Tire Center, Winston-Salem Business College, WSJS TV – The Bob Gordon Show

Band Members:
Guitarist, Singer, and Manager - Phil Blythe
Sax – Danny Williams
Piano – Jim Smith, Ed Vernon
Bass – Jimmie Vestal
Drummer – Don McGee, Gene Berrier

Tommy Hailey and The Monotones - Olive Do The Popeye
1960 – 1964

On July 25, 1960, Reynolds High School 10th grader, Jimmie Vestal, meets singer, Tommy Hailey, at a Granville High School talent show.

Tommy visits Jimmie’s house on July 30 and he listens to some tapes of Tommy singing.

Tommy calls some musicians and they audition to form the band, Tommy Hailey & The Monotones.

Their first appearance was on September 10, at the Carolina Theater’s Saturday Morning Kiddie Show. They were booked every fourth Saturday thereafter. Payment was in the form of a monthly movie pass to attend movies at either the Carolina or Winston Theater.

The Twin City Sentinel, on Saturday evening, February 25, 1961 featured an article about the Carolina Theatre, and the bands performing there. It included two pictures of the band.

They did receive radio airplay through WTOB’s DJ, Dick Bennick. Recordings do exist of the band, but there were no vinyl 45 RPM records pressed and distributed for sale.

During their years together, they appeared at a number of venues, as catalogued below:

American Legion, Bill Ogburn’s Restaurant, The Babcock Mansion, Carolina Theater Saturday Morning Kiddie Show, Center Theater (High Point), Children’s Home, Churches, Civic Club, Cooleemee School, Dick Bennick’s (a WTOB DJ) Hi Fi Club dances In Winston-Salem and Kernersville, Dixie Classic Fair, Elk’s Club (Lexington), Forsyth Country Club, Frontier Supper Club, Glenn High School Hi-Y Dance, Grey High School, Hillcrest Supper Club, Jay’s Dance Land (Walnut Cove), Kernersville Community Center, Kernersville Dance Land, La Chateau Restaurant, Mountain Springs Restaurant, Navy Armory, North Elementary School, Northwest High School, Old Town Country Club, Pleasant Hill High School, Reynolds Building restaurant, Rock N’ Roll Review (Thomasville), Rudy’s Wooden Rail, Summit School, Tanglewood Barn Theater, Thunderbird Club, Tom Tom Supper Club (Greensboro), Wake Forest fraternity houses, Winston-Salem Business College, Y.M.C.A.

Band Members:
Manager: Frank Foy
Lead Singer – Tommy Hailey
Guitar – Billy Wilson
Sax – Jimmy Mandakis
Bass – Jimmie Vestal
Drummer – Ted Foy

Little Diesel - Kissy Boys - 1974
from the cd "No Lie"

Quite possibly THE most important reissue (if you can call it that) with serious NC roots. This album is a must have. Word on the street is, there might be some a reunion show in the near future. Play this LOUD!!!!

Below is a VERY brief paragraph taken from the band's web site. Go here and get the full story.

The Iceberg Theory of music history goes like this: the most potent stuff is always hidden below the surface, and if only we’d heard the music of J. S. Bach’s second cousin twice removed, all would be different. In the Winston-Salem, NC, rock scene of the early 1970s, Little Diesel was the stealth missile in the silo, the band that had the courage to play exactly how they wanted and what they wanted. The dB’s and Let’s Active were to hog history’s footnotes of the period, but Little Diesel are the ones who kick-started it all.

Band Members:

BOB NORTHCOTT
CHRIS STAMEY
CHRIS CHAMIS
PETER HOLSAPPLE
MITCH EASTER
PHIL THOMAS
TOMMY ESHELMAN
WILL RIGBY

Bicycle Face - "I'm The Devil (and your not)" and "Let's Get Depressed"
from "Joy" the Blue House Sessions - 1990-1991

Bicycle Face was a band from Greensboro, North Carolina that existed from February 28, 1988 to August 30, 1994.The group originally consisted of Brian Huskey, Mike Barker (later of RUebarb & Mind Sirens), and Jimmy Triplett (former member of The Naked Ramblers). This line-up only practiced twice and nothing really came of it.The core group consisted of Brian Huskey on bass and vocals, Chris Longworth on drums, and Mitchell McGirt on guitar and vocals. This line-up was joined for a time by Paul Dresel (later of Ruebarb & Norwegian Forehead) on second bass and Carrie Shull (later played with Eugene Chadbourne) on oboe. Bicycle Face played its first show in February 1988 at Mary Foust dormitory on the campus of U.N.C.-Greensboro. The band played mainly in Greensboro basically anywhere they could: house parties, nightclubs, Piney Lake, in the middle of Tate Street. Later they made occasional jaunts to Asheville, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and finally Chapel Hill and Raleigh, the hotbeds of college rock in North Carolina. In the spring of 1990 the band put out a self-produced tape recorded by Ben Thomlison and Roy Nilsen entitled "Joy" which caught the attention of a man named Glenn Boothe. Glen told the fledgling Chapel Hill record label Moist Records about the band and later that year Bicycle Face became the first group to record for Moist. The group's first 7" single; which contained the songs "Irrelevant, "Speck O'Dust", "Citizen Kane", and "Walter & Cassandra"; came out in early 1991. In the summer of 1991, Bicycle Face went into Lloyd Street studios in Chapel Hill to record a full-length album under the direction of Caleb Southern. The album was finished in a week, but Moist delayed the release until the spring of 1992. The album, "Trust & Obey", although played and reviewed nationwide, did not sell very well and received a lukewarm reaction by the record-buying public, including admitted Bicycle Face fans. Moist Records held a party to showcase its roster at the CMJ Music Convention in New York City in the fall of 1991. Bicycle Face, Finger, Metal Flake Mother, and The Monks of Doom played on a boat docked in the Hudson River. It was a fun time had by all even though the boat's electrical system wasn't very well grounded and the guitarists got a shock each time they touched the microphones. The summer of 1992 saw Bicycle Face embark on its first out-of-state tour to support the long-delayed release of their album: a three show jaunt to New York City; Danbury, Connecticut; and Boston. The band had a lot of fun, but had to face the disappointment of people who came expecting to see a band that "sounded like Superchunk" (a common problem for many North Carolina bands of the time). The owners of Moist, J. Kelley Cox and Andrew Peterson, as well as Chapel Hill club owners organized "The Big Record Stardom Convention" later in the summer of 1992 to showcase the many varied and talented groups that were based around North Carolina. Bicycle Face's "stardom" hit its high-water mark at the event. In 1993, Moist Records had stretched itself too thin financially, collapsed and folded. Bicycle Face, playing shows to dwindling audiences and hearing that they were "just too darn clever" to be offered a contract by a major label, became discouraged. In 1993, the group was given a little help from its friends. Butch Lazorchick at Squealer Records put out a single, "Christafari" produced by Caleb Southern which contained the songs "Oatmeal Truck",

"Shave the Pickup", and "Little House". Eric Shepherd at D-Tox records gave them a spot on the compilation "Pyloric Waves" for their song "Brand New Attitude" and later released their four-song single, "The Red Hat Man", also produced by Southern, which contained the songs "The Hall of Unappealing Food", a cover of the Move song "I Can Hear the Grass Grow", "Big Fat Kitty Cat", and a collaboration with Charles "Big GMC" Smith called "The Red Hat Man". Todd Goss at Jettison Records put their song "Pogo Stick" (which was actually recorded back in 1989 by Ted Raison) on his compilation, "Falling Off the Planet". Bicycle Face kicked off 1993 with an extended tour through the Southeast with legendary Chapel Hill bands The Archers of Loaf and Zen Frisbee. The tour included stops in Athens, Georgia; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Tallahassee, Gainesville, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida; and finished up in Columbia, South Carolina. Throughout 1993, Bicycle Face toured and played shows almost every weekend in North Carolina and Virginia to nearly empty clubs and bars. Despite their decreasing popularity, the band actually became better friends and were enjoying themselves more onstage. In early 1994, Brian Huskey, the group's founder, announced to the group that he was leaving for New York to pursue his first love, photography. The band went out to play at all of its favorite haunts one last time and on August 30, 1994 they played their "farewell" show at Local 506 in Chapel Hill. Soon after the group's demise, Ross Grady's cred factory Records put out their last recording of "Liars Beware" on "Who the Hell?"- a tribute album to Richard Hell. Other posthumous releases by the band included 1999's cassette-only "Face It", an odds and ends collection, released by Willard Simmon's Bees Make Honey label. The band also released the song "French Girl" (recorded by Jon McLean & Greg Adams in 1993) to be added to a charity compilation CD assembled by Karen Mann. Between 1988 and 1994, Bicycle Face had the good fortune to play shows with some great bands at almost every gig. Some notable acts were Robyn Hitchcock, Redd Kross, Mojo Nixon, Ween, King Kong, Southern Culture on the Skids, Metal Flake Mother, What Peggy Wants, Ben Folds Five, Zen Frisbee, The Archers of Loaf, Snatches of Pink, Finger, Geezer Lake, Rebar, The Raymond Brake, Chew Toy, Boil, The Godbullies, Cosmic Psychos, Rural Swine, Crowsdell, Blue Green Gods, Milk Badger, Norwegian Forehead, Polvo, Ruebarb, Snuzz, Well Nigh Forgotten, Blast Off Country Style, Unrest, Shiny Beast, Willard, Kickin' the Bucket, Sex Police, Notes from a Strange Mailbag, Jeff Carroll, The Monks of Doom, Helium, Mecca Normal, The Beatless, Grover, Howtown, Slow Change Madagascar, Picasso Trigger, Erectus Monotone, The Subsonics, Hop Flop Fly, True & True, 81 Mulberry, Spatula, Evil Wiener, Vanilla Trainwreck... the list goes on and on. The band felt truly lucky to have had a free ticket to see all of these acts. As of 2006, Brian Huskey has been busy with his new career as a comedic actor. He honed his talents in the New York comedy group Naked Babies, made several appearances on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" as well as "The Upright Citizen's Brigade" and VH1 's "Best Week Ever". Brian and his new wife Maureen have recently relocated to Los Angeles. Christopher Longworth lives in New York City with his wife Christina and their daughter. Chris works in a metal sculpture studio and has made brass shower curtain rings for Lou Reed as well as a bar for Harrison Ford. He now runs marathons and is in the best shape of his life. Mitchell McGirt lives in Atlanta with his wife Fred6rique and is a father of two. He now speaks French and lives a very quiet life. He is still battling his addiction to saturated fat. He hasn't written a song since Bicycle Face broke up. Bicycle Face now plays weddings on occasion.

For more info about Bicycle Face: mitchellmcgirt@yahoo.com

Band Members:
Brian Huskey- Vocals, Bass, Organ
Chris Longworth- Drums, Percussive Instruments
Mitchell McGirt- Guitar, Vocals

The Outer Limits - Once In Your Life - 1990
from the self-titled demo cassette

The Outer Limits consisted of Will Marley (Guitar, Lead Vocals), Greg Pope (Bass/Percussion/Guitar,Vocals) and Rob Schladensky (Percussion/Bass). The band originated in Boone, NC where each member was a student at Appalachian State University. The band was together from 1987 – 1993 and received positive reviews from music critics. Some of these reviews included:

“Outer Limits are one of North Carolina’s brightest and best pop hopefuls. Without question, the band draws influence and inspiration from pop’s rich tradition. It steers clear of derivation, pretension, and the cliché, however, by fashioning cleverly arranged songs that pique the listener’s interest with subtle harmonic twists, a strong rhythmic punch, and inventive melodies. The songs are studiously constructed and melodically advanced- energetic, upbeat performances presented with admirable dynamic grace confidence and power. Topped with loud ringing guitars, intelligent lyrics and strong vocal harmonies, it makes for a powerful sound that is as invigorating as it is appealing.” – Ed Bumgardner, Winston-Salem Journal, Friday, January 4, 1991.

“Grand gestures abound in the Outer Limits’ music. The vocals frequently soar in harmonic alliance. Poppy, reverb drenched guitar spirals through the rousing songs. Everything comes together in a full-blown melodic jolts that hit like blazing, warming flood lights.” - Charlotte Observer, Friday, October 12, 1990.

The Outer Limits recorded an 11 song self-titled cd which actually comprised their studio work from 1987-1991. The cd was recorded at Overdub Lane and TGS Studios in Chapel-Hill, NC where it was engineered by Wes Lachot and Steve Gronback, respectively. The album was produced by The Outer Limits and Lee Daniels.

The Outer Limits played on the college circuit in NC, SC, and VA. They opened for groups such as The Romantics, Melissa Etheridge, Hootie and the Blowfish, Dreams So Real, Majosha (Ben Folds), Royal Crescent Mob, Winter Hours, Naked Prey, Hege V and others.

Band Members:
Will Marley - Guitar, Vocals
Greg Pope - Bass, Vocals
Rob Schlad­ensky - Drums

Other contributing members with the band included: founding member Chris Dolack (Bass), Steve King (Rhythm Guitar), and Rob Scholl-Burrell (Bass).

Dom Casual- Unapproachable - 2001
from High of Lowbrow Records cd "This is the Sound of DOM CASUAL"

From Dom Casual's MySpace page--

"Dom Casual was born out of the ashes of the Chapel Hill-based trio Siddhartha in the spring of '96. Several lineup changes later, the band now boasts 5 members and incorporates brass and organ. Elements of surf, rockabilly, baroque-, and indie-rock leanings all converge to create a heady mix of modern rock and roll."

From "The Independent Weekly"--
"Dom Casual evoke the innocent optimism of '60s pop as it slams headfirst into the disillusionment of '70s punk with a healthy dose of carbon monoxide-imbibed garage choke, plus clever instrumentals that come off like Hugo Montenegro chatting up go-go girls at a Sandals session."

Band Members:
Jamie McLendon--vox, guitars
Nate Stalfa--drums, percussion
Sean Patrick Murphy--guitar, organ, percussion
Andy Ware--bass

Small 23 - chopsocky - 1994
from the Alias Records cd - True Zero Hook

from allmusic.com

Along with the classic Icky Mettle by contemporaries the Archers of Loaf, Small 23's True Zero Hook announced the arrival of an unusually vibrant early-'90s indie and punk rock scene in Chapel Hill, NC. Although neither band lived up to the potential promised by these records, both albums are exciting snapshots of a post-Nirvana/Husker Dü moment when it seemed like great indie guitar rock was poised to take over the world. True Zero Hook is led off by the irresistibly catchy title track, which accomplishes the rare feat of combining a great indie-punk melody with the sort of emotionally charged vagueness that made R.E.M. albums like Murmur and Reckoning so amazing. Like the Archers, Small 23 (later known as Small) rocks royally, but also possesses an uncommon, appealingly melancholic lyrical directness that sets the band apart. In addition, True Zero Hook is filled with subtle hooks that reveal themselves on repeated listenings. Overall, a don't-miss album for any serious fan of the early-'90s indie rock genre.

Band Members:
Matt Walter
Mike Kenlan
Dave Hollinghurst
Chuck Garrison

Fabulous Knobs - Don't Stop Now - 1981
from 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

Southern Culture on the Skids - Nashville Toupee - 1992
from the Plan 9/Caroline cd - For Lovers Only

from the SCOTS.com web site:

Southern Culture on the Skids, the NC-based swamp-rock, trashabilly rock & roll trio whose odyssey started out with tiny clubs and DIY releases two decades back, just get better with age. Frontman Rick Miller is recognized as one of the finest players in the swamp/surf/rockabilly tradition, just ask any guitar geek, and on these nights he was playing like his soul was on the line. Bassist Mary Huff (she of the hi-style wighats) and stand-up drummer Dave Hartman (he of the “Mama Tried” t-shirt) are as solid and intuitive as any rhythm section in rock. With Doublewide and Live, SCOTS deliver a sweaty rock & roll party that fires on all cylinders, takes it into high gear and damn near jumps outta the speakers. This is what a live album is all about – capturing a band at the top of their game doing what they love in a place they call home.

Now with that in mind, pop a top and put on SCOTS’ latest, Doublewide and Live, and throw a party. That’s what SCOTS did - they threw one for 3 days in November 2004 at Chapel Hill’s Local 506. To record the revelry for posterity the band hauled in longtime co-producer Mark Williams and locked him up upstairs in a closet (aka "control room") and made him pay hi-fi attention to the lo-fi sounds blasting away downstairs. Each night had a different set list and a different crowd. The band played songs from each of their records going back to 1991's Too Much Pork through Ditch Diggin,' Dirt Track Date, Plastic Seat Sweat, Liquored Up and Lacquered Down and their latest, Mojo Box. All the spices and fine ingredients that make up the band’s musical stew are represented on Doublewide. When Rick yells out, "Come and get it!" at the top of the set, get ready to chow down on a heapin’ helping of the guitar-driven, swamp-rockin’, toe-suckin' geek-rock sounds that have made SCOTS a unique taste treat.

So there you have it, gentle reader, Doublewide and Live: the licks are sick, the crowd is wound and the band is tighter than Dick’s hatband. Instant dance party, all you gotta bring is your own drinks and cheese puffs …

Band Members:
Rick Miller - Guitar, Vocals
Mary Huff - Bass, Vocals
Dave Hartman - Drums, Vocals

Queen Sarah Saturday - Zoom - 1994
from the Thirsty Ear cd "Weave"

Formed in 1990 while its all members attended Northern High School, in Durham NC. Queen Sarah Saturday went on to release 2 EPs and the full-length "Weave". Since breaking up in the late 90s Johnny Irion married Sarah Lee Guthrie (daughter to Woody and grandaughter to Arlo) and tours with her. Zeke Hutchins was last seen drumming for Tift Merritt.

Band Members:
Johnny Irion - vocals, guitar
Ryan Pickett - guitar
Chris Hollaway - bass
Zeke Hutchins - drums

Big Kids - Facing Out - 1989
from the cassette "Happy Kick & RIP"

It was Fall 1987 and all were students at UNC Greensboro. Britt 'Snuzz' Uzzell was playing guitar in the Sociopaths, and Jeff Carroll was playing guitar in Notes From a Strange Mailbag. With Notes on indefinite hiatus Uzzell & Carroll began cowriting. After a handful of songs emerged they recruited Mike Fowler (Sociopaths drummer) to start Big Kids. Shows and recordings followed. Eventually Fowler was replaced by former Notes drummer Eddie Walker. Walker left and the group dissolved after difficulty nailing down a suitable drummer. In late 1990 Big Kids reformed with Carroll, Uzzell & Walker only to break up again in 1991.

Snuzz and Eddie Walker went onto to form Bus Stop with Evan Olson (Notes From a Strange Mailbag and Majosha) and Chuck Folds (brother of Ben Folds). Snuzz is still recording as a solo artist.

Jeff went onto to form Jeff Carroll and The Desmonds. He is now a mastering engineer.

Band Members:
Snuzz: Bass, Vocals
Jeff Carroll: Guitar, Vocals
Eddie Walker: Drums

Johnny Quest - The Heisman - 1992
from the Blue Dude cd "10 Million Summers"

Johnny Quest was a fun funk metal band from Raleigh, NC. They played a lot of shows in the late 80's/early 90's. They released "10 Million Summers" in 1992. Anyone who saw Johnny Quest will admit that they were a great live band.

Band Members:

Joe Farmer: Vocals
Jack Campbell: Bass, Backing Vocals
Bill Ladd: Guitar, Vocals
Steve Hill: Drums

Butchwax - I'm Dangerous & Saturation Point - 1981
recorded live @ Silver Bullett Saloon February 8th 1981


Butchwax was formed in 1977. They made their stage debut in '79 and then suddenly fizzled in '83. They reformed in 2000 and recorded 32 demos. They played 5 shows and fizzled again. So endeth the lesson.

Band Members:

Mike Burnette - drums
Michael Dupree - guitar/vocals
Richard Martin - bass/vocals
Ron Taylor - vocals

AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION

I got an email from a former NC native who suggested doing a similar site referring to show posters. One of the best I've seen so far is here:

http://www.northcarolinatravels.com/music/goldenage/scrapbook.htm

If anyone has any others that they can scan in and send to me I'd be happy to create a gallery on the site to showcase these long lost artworks.

Thanks,
Michael

I wanted to mention that there are now well over 100 songs available on this blog. That's a heck of a lot of bands from NC, and I feel like we've barely scratched the surface.

There have been a lot of folks lately sending me anonymous thank you notes for creating this site. Well, thank you!!! It means a lot to me every time I get an email. I save ALL of them. Also, the stories that folks have written about these bands and the fact that so many musicians from these bands have written comments as well. Most of the bands have offered to send me even more songs that were never released or just lost to time, so that I can post them for you to hear. That is exactly why I started the site. So please send me ideas or postings, I can't do this by myself.

Today, I am posting three songs from the Didofare concert August 29,1998. This was a benefit honoring Sam Moss' late wife Diane (Dido) Foster Moss. A lot of great bands played that night and actually the benefit continued on for several more years, raising money and awareness for breast cancer research. Sam Moss is currently playing in the band The Sams with K.D. Rouse (see previous post 3/08/2006).

Peter Holsapple - Love Is For Lovers

Don Dixon - Heart In A Box

Mount Rushmore (featuring Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Jon Heames, Peter Holsapple, and Sam Moss) - Time Has Come Today

4 Who Dared - Urine Trouble
from the lp "Kids With Dynamite"

After my post on the X-Teens, I was contacted by Todd Jones. He was nice enough to send a link to his current web site which has several mp3's available for download. Among those was this lost classic from the short-lived 4 Who Dared. You be the judge, but I think this is about as catchy as they come. Enjoy.

Other Bright Colors - Incredible Shrinking Man & One of Us - 1987
from the previously unreleased lp "Drive In"

A few months back I posted a track from the one and only Other Bright Colors lp "Endlessly Rocks the Cradle". Through the greatness of the internet I was contacted by Joe Jaworski, drummer for OBC. Now living in Texas he filled me in on the fact that an entire record was recorded in the summer of 1987 with Mitch Easter at his Drive-In Studio. Joe was kind enough to send me a copy of this long lost record. I am extremely happy to post two songs from this record to share with you. As I hope you have realized, this is exactly why I started this blog. Thanks so much to Joe for allowing me to post this. We need more this folks.

Snapdragon - Superhero's Club - 1994
from the Clutch Artery Records cassette "Drinking Watermelon Sugar"

While lead Snapdragon Tara VanDevender is technically from Mississippi, the rest of the band and the recording is all NC. Produced by Jolene's John Crooke and Dave Burris this collection of songs is fantastic. Hear for yourself.

Band Members:
Tara VanDevender - Vocals, Guitar
John Crooke - Vocals, Guitar, Banjo
Dave Burris - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
Mike Kenerley - Drums
Didier Rubio - Bass
Brenda Gambill - Violin

Gild the Lily - Ryan Ran Away - 1995
from a 2-song cassette on Reverie Records

A side project for Eight or Nine Feet member Chris Eselgroth. I am told that Gild the Lily and Eight or Nine Feet were both around at the same time. These two songs were recorded by Jerry Kee at his Duck-Kee Studios in Durham, NC.

Band Members:
Chris Eselgroth - Guitars, Vocals
John Gillespie - Bass, Vocals
Ian Schreirer - Drums