From another blog:

"Dancing Barefoot," a Patti Smith cover, features a rare lead vocal by Brenda Sauter. I probably saw the feelies live over a dozen times, and I can't recall a single instance of Brenda getting anywhere near a microphone. She seemed content to keep in the background with her bass, but her sweet, monochromatic voice is quite effective on this cut. I prefer this version to the Smith original. Brenda later overcame her mic-shy ways in Wild Carnation, a band she formed with her husband Richard Barnes after the feelies demise.

OK, can someone find me a copy of the Urban Guerrillas album "Attack of the Pink Heat-Seeking Moisture Missles"? They were a Mpls band from the mid-'80s. I thought they were on Twin/Tone but I don't see them mentioned on the Twin/Tone site.

I'd look some more myself but I have, like, work I should do. And I tried once a few years ago to find this but failed.

What is Bill Million up to nowadays?

One of my favorite things about seeing the Feelies live (the one time I got to see them) was the way after each song they'd immediately stoop down and tune their guitars.

What is Bill Million up to nowadays?

He's a locksmith at Disneyland.

The Feelies at the Paradise in Boston (I don't remember what year, somewhere in '86-90) in my Top 5 Best Rock Shows Ever.

lisah, it might possibly be too folky, but John Gorka has a song called "Prom Night In Pigtown" that is simultaneously ridiculous and heartbreaking. It might make a good "send the last party stragglers drifting off just as dawn breaks" song.

He's a locksmith at Disneyland.

Huh. That's about as odd a career change for rock musician as tugboat captain or maybe professor of English.

Btw, there are some good Feelies performances on YouTube.

it might possibly be too folky, but John Gorka has a song called "Prom Night In Pigtown" that is simultaneously ridiculous and heartbreaking. It might make a good "send the last party stragglers drifting off just as dawn breaks" song.

That sounds great, actually! I wonder if it's about the Pigtown that is a B'more neighborhood?

The Feelies at the Paradise in Boston (I don\'t remember what year, somewhere in \'86-90) in my Top 5 Best Rock Shows Ever.

Hey! I was probably there! You should have looked for me.

I can\'t grab the \"dancing barefoot\" cover at work either, but I have it on some 12\" single. It is awesome. Although Brenda sings lead, Glenn Mercer does the spoken word part near the end that gives me chills.

I just remembered something. Their booking agent once told me that their real names were not Bill and Glenn. They were, in fact, Glenn and Bill. He was very insistant about this.

Btw, I expect this is obvious but I\'ve only started doing this recently. Doing the blog search on Google is the fastest way I\'ve found for nabbing obscure music tracks.

You know about the hype-machine, right? [link] There are other music blog aggregators, but I can\'t remember the urls right now.

t on edit another aggregator: [link]