Tag: The Welders
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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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Song 94: The top 1000 songs, a challenge
“You’re Going to Lose That Girl” by the Beatles When I was 9-years old, I became a super-fan of Rock’n’Roll. I was living in Fort Worth, Texas and I had this poster from radio station KFJZ of the top 1000 songs of the rock era. I made it my business to hear and know each… Read more