Monday, 31 March 2014

THE BOSSANOVA KIDS "DANCETRAIN" . . . . MY SECOND BAND CIRCA 1987 COVERING MY FIRST BAND'S FIRST SINGLE . . . . NO ELECTRONIC DRUMS HERE FOLKS . . . . WE WERE ONCE DESCRIBED IN A MUSIC MAGAZINE AS 'ELVIS MEETS THE MC5' . . . . SHIT, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE THANKS.

WE WERE OFTEN CALLED 'THREE WOGS AND A DOG', THE GUITARIST, MARIO SPINA, WAS ITALIAN, THE DRUMMER, JOHNNY HIPPOCRATES, WAS GREEK AND THE BASS PLAYER, TERRY STEPHENS, OF EGYPTIAN DESCENT . . . . MARIO DIED OF A BRAIN TUMOUR ON CHRISTMAS DAY NINE YEARS AGO, EVERY WEEK IN THE STUDIO TERRY AND I DO OUR MUSICAL THING WITH MARS' ASHES SITTING IN AN URN ON TOP OF THE EFFECTS RACK . . . . IT'S A SPECIAL AND BEAUTIFUL THING. 

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