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Conference mr1pst::music

Title:MUSIC V4
Notice:New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:762
Total number of notes:18706

694.0. "Pete Droge" by RICKS::CALCAGNI (The animal trainer and the toad) Tue Jan 24 1995 09:48

    Okay, I admit it.  I'm hooked on the single "If You Don't Love Me I'll
    Kill Myself".  Has anyone checked out the rest of his stuff?  Comments?
    
    /rick
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694.1CSLALL::PLEVINETue Jan 24 1995 10:555
    Bought the album last July or so. Saw them about 6 times this summer
    mostly at the Kendall Cafe in Cambridge as part of a little NY to
    BOST to WASH rotating tour while the album was breaking.
    The single is not the best song on the album by no means.
    Peter
694.2CSLALL::PLEVINETue Jan 24 1995 10:573
    i meant last summer, but you knew that.
    They did Letterman last Thurs nite.
    Peter
694.3CSLALL::PLEVINEWed Jan 25 1995 09:422
    Pete Droge opening for Tom Petty Apr 4th !
    Peter
694.4RICKS::CALCAGNIThe animal trainer and the toadWed Jan 25 1995 10:212
    That's interesting.  Would you say the other stuff on the record in the
    Petty vein?
694.5CSLALL::PLEVINEWed Jan 25 1995 11:016
    Yeah, i would say that. Droge proudly wear their influences on their
    sleeves without becoming ripoffs.
    You can hear Petty, Elvis Costello, Len Cohen, amongst others.
    The most refreshing thing about these guys is that they have their
    own sound, which is a difficult thing being a Seattle band and all.
    Peter
694.6amazing bovineRICKS::CALCAGNIThe animal trainer and the toadWed Jan 25 1995 13:218
    yeah, well they definitely don't sound like Seattle
    
    btw, the cowbell part in "If You Don't..." gets my vote for most
    valuable appearance this side of "Honky Tonk Women".  Try to think
    about that tune for a moment without it.  imo, it's the difference
    between a hit and a miss
    
    /elmer
694.7CSLALL::PLEVINEWed Jan 25 1995 13:525
    I guess your right. I guess Pete thought so also cause when he was on 
    Letterman last Thurs nite to do the single, he only brought along
    Elaine to play cowbell...with Schaffers band as backup.
    Didnt go over well according to a fellow Droge fan.
    Peter
694.8Definetly some good tunesSPESHR::WAIBLEThu Feb 02 1995 14:539
    I'm surprised it didint go over well maybe not enough time with Pual
    and the Boy's. To me the magic is the capo-ed acoustic mixed in nice
    and full and the melancholy urgency to the tune.
    
    
    Gave the CD to a friend for Christmas and when listening we both agreed
    he had been influenced slightly by another fav of ours, John Hiatt.
    Great stuff.     
    						--Fred