Tag: St. Louis
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Song 98: Changes
“A Song from Under the Floorboard” – Magazine (1980) The Welders survived several personnel changes and our new members Colleen and Lyla helped us to grow musically. We played shows sporadically and also recorded a few times. I got tired of playing drums and wanted to be more creative so I moved to keyboards. I… Read more
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Song 97: One night at the Bluberry Jam
“Kimberly” by Patti Smith (1975) Of course, it was the advent of punk rock that really enabled The Welders to come to life. Raw, defiant and rockin’ – the punk movement railed against corporate rock, endless noodling guitar solos and hippies. This was right up our alley. With just-acquired second hand instruments that we were… Read more
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Song 96: Learning drum tricks by ear
“All the Way from Memphis” by Mott the Hoople (1973) In the early 1970s as a music-obsessed young teenager, my preferences began to radically diverge from the music that my peer group was listening to. In fact I remember in 8th grade, this seemingly cool girl told me her favorite band was Three Dog Night… Read more
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Song 95: Fictional TV band
“She” The Monkees (1967) To be perfectly honest, when I pictured myself in a rock band, it was entirely based on the tv show about a fictional band called “The Monkees”. Like the Monkees, my band would all live in a big house, we’d play music and have wacky adventures together. The Monkees were great… Read more
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Assignment 21: The songs that made me want to play in a rock n’ roll band
Name: Jane Fujimoto Location: Los Angeles Relationship to music: Musical hobbyist/former punk rocker Industry: Working in the field of digital asset management I met Jane at a former place of employment and we used to carpool together. Sometimes your co-workers have really interesting back stories. Stories I never would have learned if it weren’t for… Read more