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From: markmc@ncrcae.UUCP (Mark McCulley)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
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Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 20:35:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 11 20:35:06 1985
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic --- The Beat / Columbia, SC / April 6

This four man band from Boston got an enthusiastic reception when they
played here last weekend.  With three keyboard players and one guitar
player, they presented a rather different approach to performing live
music.

Accompanied at times by several rythmn machines, a washboard, and four
or five tom toms distributed among the keyboard players (Yamaha electric
grand, Memory Moog, Farfisa), the band performed covers of Theme from 
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Stravinsky's Rites of Spring along with a lot 
of original material.

Their sound was classically influenced, but quite experimental.  My best 
description would be a cross between old ELP and Shadowfax.  The electric
grand was often played in a very percussive style and sometimes with the
hands directly on the strings.  The guitar player had quite an unusual 
style.  Most of his playing was done with a slide bar on the neck; the 
strings were almost never picked or strummed.

I don't know a lot about this band.  I do know that two or three of the
members were previously in a band named Mission of Burma and they have
one album and an EP available.

BOTTOM LINE:  These guys are good.  They are highly reccommended if you 
play or enjoy keyboards or just like to see some good musicians that love
what they are doing and have fun doing it.

                                             Mark McCulley
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