Boy this takes me back. I loved loved loved Ballad Shambles and Hand of Glory. Doerr, Maye, and the incomparable Bill Anderson rocked my world. And Tom Swingle in HoG rocked that bass. Thanks for bringing this back to me.
Stan was a friend. He seemed to idolize Jim Gordon. Stan talked about Jim frequently and said they were roommates in LA at a point during Stan’s stay on the West Coast. He was the best drummer in Corpus I’d say. Bad Girl is pretty mind blowing considering Stan was 14?, 15 years old when they cut that record. What a tragedy. Good stuff Michael. I missed a lot of that period being on the road.
Did not know about Clara, but she's the woman who jumped onstage and danced to Alejandro & band at C-Boys during SXSW for 'Castanets' and a couple of other songs. Glad to know of the deeper history.
The links to YouTube clips no longer work (removed) a couple months ago I shot some video of The LeRoi Brothers at the Continental, Joe was with them, messaging Doerr after asking about certain tunes played that night (a couple Ballad Shambles) he shared some demos of BS that were never released, a lot of it is really cool, I'll be uploading some to U-tube. My channel is "Austin Boppin' Bennie" got tired of seeing cell phone uploads, decided to shoot some roots rockers with an actual video camera. Here's a link to videos if it works here ... https://www.youtube.com/@boppin_bennie/videos
Thank you for introducing me to more music I missed during that era. I love "Dangerous Girl"! I appreciate you including the music clips. Look forward to what you bring next. 💙📚🎶
Boy this takes me back. I loved loved loved Ballad Shambles and Hand of Glory. Doerr, Maye, and the incomparable Bill Anderson rocked my world. And Tom Swingle in HoG rocked that bass. Thanks for bringing this back to me.
Stan was a friend. He seemed to idolize Jim Gordon. Stan talked about Jim frequently and said they were roommates in LA at a point during Stan’s stay on the West Coast. He was the best drummer in Corpus I’d say. Bad Girl is pretty mind blowing considering Stan was 14?, 15 years old when they cut that record. What a tragedy. Good stuff Michael. I missed a lot of that period being on the road.
Did not know about Clara, but she's the woman who jumped onstage and danced to Alejandro & band at C-Boys during SXSW for 'Castanets' and a couple of other songs. Glad to know of the deeper history.
The links to YouTube clips no longer work (removed) a couple months ago I shot some video of The LeRoi Brothers at the Continental, Joe was with them, messaging Doerr after asking about certain tunes played that night (a couple Ballad Shambles) he shared some demos of BS that were never released, a lot of it is really cool, I'll be uploading some to U-tube. My channel is "Austin Boppin' Bennie" got tired of seeing cell phone uploads, decided to shoot some roots rockers with an actual video camera. Here's a link to videos if it works here ... https://www.youtube.com/@boppin_bennie/videos
I knew Michael Maye when he was in DC. He was so talented, but demons, yes.
When I found this, I was searching on his name to find out exactly what the sexual assault charges had been. Haven’t been able to find that.
Just a quick correction, he died of colon cancer.
After being 'introduced' to Clara Que Si in the Mojo Nixon tribute article, it was a fantastic read of Clara's backstory.
Thank you for introducing me to more music I missed during that era. I love "Dangerous Girl"! I appreciate you including the music clips. Look forward to what you bring next. 💙📚🎶
Loved Ballad Shambles. Love this memory. Thank you for this sweet nostalgia.