mystery post of the week II
Reverb-a-Ray - Don't Ask - 1994
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8:24 PM
Monday, April 23, 2007
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2 Comments:
Reverb-A-Ray were a Chapel Hill band who (among other things, presumably) played at my house on Mallette Street in 1993 or 94. If I'm not getting my bands confused, the bass player was a guy named Joe who worked at Pepper's Pizza and briefly dated one of my housemates.
Wow, there's some super-useful information for you...but better than nothing I guess.
I can shed a little light on this one, since I was in the band. Reverb-A-Ray consisted of John Howie, Jr.-that being me-on drums and vocals, as well as singer/songwriter Jim Smith on guitar and vocals and bassist/singer Joe Caparo, who was in a ton of bands including the Doleful Lions. I think the highlight of our brief existence was opening up for Velvet Crush (who, for that tour, had Mitch Easter on guitar) at the Brewery. Reverb-A-Ray was formed as a vehicle for the songs of the then-very-well-connected Smith, and we were given some dough with which to make demos by Radioactive/MCA in, I believe, 1993. After a few showcases for the label, they wanted to discuss a deal, with the understanding that Jim and his songs would be the focus, and tracks like this one-written and sung by Caparo-would not be "encouraged." Joe and I had no problem with that, but Smith balked and that was that. This track came out of the MCA demo session, recorded with Bryan Settle and Waffle-O-Cheeseman at the Yellow House on Rosemary St., and ended up on the infamous "Immortal" soundtrack. As a matter of fact, I think we're the first band shown in the film. Way more than anyone wanted to know, I feel certain, but there you have it. This blog is fantastic!
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