in
1983, i had retired from traveling and performing my original material,
and was enjoying a long, much needed, rest from the road. i
began
singing and playing guitar occasionally with local friends, musical
amateurs, just for fun. we sat around for hours, playing old
American standards, everything form Steven Foster through the
'30s. our guiding theme was often simply pure 'corniness'.
when we 'played out' it was usually at an old folks home, or a workshop
for retarded adults. they seemed to enjoy our
style.
after a few years, 2 of the original members, Watson Reid and
Robin Carnes, moved away, and the group was re-organized on a somewhat
more 'professional' basis. i began to take more care writing
out
the 5 part vocals for each singer. over time we discovered
how
hard it was to find and keep a tenor singer. all in all,
there
were a number of personell changes over the 4 year span till we broke
up in '87. i'll try to list everyone including
instrumentalists,
on the 'notes' page. the singers on this recarding are:
Terry
Landis, soprano, Carol Raynsford. alto, Paul Ruest, tenor,
David
Lord, baritone or bass. I switched off with David singing the
bass or baritone part as needed. David played rhythm and i
played
lead guitar. sometimes we performed with bass and drums, as
on
this recording. sometimes we added piano as well.
there are no alternate recording of these songs at present. click titles on the alt. page to go directly to 'song notes'.