bill dunn [who'd been with me in 'white lightning', 'merging traffic', 'duffey's plantation band' and 'the next'] and tim blunk * joined, moved to new orleans, and thus we began.
i met carl whitehead [also from monroe] at storyville who was also interested in doing an all original music band. linda bailey
we were doing what we called "techno-voodoo-euro-gumbo" -funk-rock-dance music- and it was very ahead of it's time. most of the subject matter in the songs was very dark and explicit lyrically - nothing was taboo- and that's exactly what i wanted! i wanted to push the limits.
we did the 1st 1/2 of each set with drum machine/2 keyboards/guitar, the second 1/2 with real drums/2 keyboards/guitar; starting out very techno funk & rock, progressing into techno rock and real rock. [carl played drums & keys; bill played keys, flute and sax]- we didn't use a bass player- i wanted the band to be a new-age punk funk version of 'traffic' and 'the doors'
we did some "opening act" shows at storyville [for disco diva's 'the wetaher girls' and drag queen/actor/actress/singer 'divine']- played various clubs around town [the dream palace, cafe brasil, etc] and clubs around the state. we did a good 'live' wtul radio broadcast at tipitina's- and recorded several gigs: which need to be digitized and put online!
later bill quit and was replaced by ricky andrews; we soldiered on a while but unfortunately the band didn't survive; it was too progressive at the time... and, new orleans has never been musically 'progressive'.
[a sad note: both tim and bill are deceased. they were my best friends... and i miss them
terribly.
[c]2009 doug duffey
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