When the dust settled from the first few shows we Knew we had to get right to work.Things started happening too we got a manager and a place to practice.It was a couple down the road Dave and Beverly Mc Quillen They Managed us and she had a barber shop where we would practice in the waiting room.We started learning new songs and writing a lot of new originals.Most of the songs were about life experiences Or some fucked up thing that would happen..Gigs were hard to get for a punk band in the 70's it was pretty much frowned upon,but we still got shows and good paying ones.We played carnivals and dances at parks in the summer and dance halls in the winter where we would set up the whole show.Doing shows at bars was hard at first mike and Robbie would need to have permission slips filed out for school and for the L.C.B.But we managed to get pretty many shows.
There was another Catty punk band called the Liars.They always wanted us to get them shows or let them open the show for us ,a support Band.We told them to fuck off! They were a time bomb .a risk ,a bridge burner.We had enough trouble getting gigs with the name of the band being THE CLAP !!Any way there were a lot of shows some I remember some are a bit Fuzzy The photo's are from these shows,Maybe you were there.Let us know all feed back is welcome.
Hey Johnny- Your old pal Chuck Meehan from Philly. Def like this blog.
ReplyDeletehey father Tic, we all wanna hear MORE about THE LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spill it. and johnny and the midnighters, the trendsetters, the 4th st saloon, Egad's and all that ancient history. but most the uber violent LIARS!
ReplyDeleteJohnny- put dates of shows etc in your updates so we know what time period you are referring to- Chuck
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