Michael,

Thanks for the tune and the background. I guess from your description I
should know who the guitarist is, but I'm not sure. Is it Satriani? 

Cheers,
Gary
 

-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Coxe
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 12:27 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: The Squares - Berkeley power-pop circa 1983

Yesterday, for the first time in a few years, I went record shopping, as in
vinyl.
Among the finds were 2 from the 80s, which I'm finding to be the decade of
prime musical interest, as I was married Jan, 81, with children soon after
and ceased hardcore, dedicated record collecting till pretty much the
Audities era.

I'm a sucker for those radio station battle-of-the-bands comps.
Mostly bad songs by worse bands but occassionally containing a cut or two
worth the $buck and time & effort. This time a genuine rarity among bar band
crud - the only issued tune from power-pop trio The Squares. I don't
remember them but they used to share bills with the Rubinoos so I must have
seen them once. They existed from 79 to 84, when the guitarist went off to
solo fame.

To hear/download the song "Follow That Heart" along with additional info:

          http://www.audities.net/auditorium

The other record was an EP with 2 songs from a 1985 Todd Rundgren
self-titled production of the band What Is This, along with 3 live
recordings of the band.
What Is This also released an EP in 84 called "Squeezed".  One of the studio
cuts -  "Dreams of Heaven" - is pretty interesting (other a cover of the
Spinners "I'll Be Around). Anyone know these records - how would you
describe the sound - worth tracking down?

 - michael