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| From | Andrew Chalfen <chalfen@pobox.upenn.edu> |
| Subject | Re: Remember The Johnsons |
| Date | Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:43:14 -0500 |
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>And was the demo called Good Bums and Thieves?
That's the title. I seem to recall it being 4-5 tunes. There is also a
post-lp 3-4 song demo, which includes the tune "Pain and
Circumstance". I'll have to root around in my cassettes to find all the
song titles to both.
>Also, does anybody know what became of the bass player? I think has name
>was Adam. He was really good.
Adam Miller. Played briefly with Kevin Salem (of Dumptruck/Freedy Johnston)
back in the early 90's. Current location unknown. Was doing some
journalism for a while and has been out of the music scene for years
now. Rumors of problems with depression. Mike Morrison was out at KCRW
for a long time and was working at a record label (he was WXPN's music
director back in its community radio days and was at least partly
responsible for that station's swing toward the AAA format). Drummer Dana
Penny still drums occasionally, but mainly is living very well in the NYC area.
The Johnsons could be an amazing live act, but they were a cranky lot. I
hung out with them a lot in college in Philly, even played guitar on a few
songs with them live once in a while when they needed someone to play the
main riff on "Shake Some Action". Break Tomorrow's Day is a good record,
though it didn't really capture what they were capable of. So much
unrealized potential, those guys.
ac
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