Back in the mid-80s when Prince's protege band The Time broke up, Prince decided to form a new protege band around the keyboard player of the last version of The Time, St. Paul (Peterson). The band was called The Family, included The Time's drummer and that Jerome fella, and had one self-titled record released in 1985. They recently reformed and I happened across their MySpace page. I always liked this Prince-formation, so I dragged out my CD (import) of the 1985 release and listened to it a bit this week. Shiny 80s synth-funk ala the purple guy and one of my secret indulgences.
Also been listening to several of Doug Powell's CDs. He's a power pop whiz from Nashvegas. Toured as an opening act with Todd Rundgren in '96. Is also an author and graphic design/flash wizard. He got some acclaim at the turn of the century (first time using that phrase in the 21st) with a Nashville band called Swag that included members from Sixpence None The Richer, The Mavericks and Wilco. They appeared on Conan once and the video is posted on Doug's site.
Doug also seems to have a large collection of cool teardrop-shaped electric guitars ala Vox Phantom-type (see graphic).
Those were my big listens of the week, along with a generous dose of NPR and AirAmerica radio. Be sure to tune in next week: same Blog time, same Blog channel!
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Doug Powell: Interesting bio. I listened to his stuff on his web site. Wonder how many craftfully-produced pop albums are sitting out there in relative obscurity...? Perhaps some music business school should catalog them all and expose them to everyone who thinks they're going to be a star on the strength of their talent alone.
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