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of Legendary Fave
The A's Now at Amazon
“Life was so simple when we were kids
Now that we’re older it’s more complex”
A self-fulfilling prophecy if ever there was one. These words
were uttered, tongue in cheek, by Richard Bush lead singer of
Philadelphia’s premiere 80’s band, the A’s. Here, if you like,
you can add your favorite major label horror story. The only
things we need to recall are the rocked-out virtuoso shows that
were talked about all over town and the almost hit “A Woman’s
Got the Power” which was memorably covered by Clarence Clemens
and later by Jennifer Holiday. Somewhere there is a live at the
Meadowlands recording by Bruce Springsteen that we all would
like to hear.
Not one to dwell on the past, Richard knew he had to rebuild
from scratch. This meant going into the woodshed with a guitar
and getting serious about his next move. After acquiring a load
of vintage equipment and some ProTools knowledge he built a
recording studio in his living room. With a new writing partner
he proceeded to whip up a catalog of very presentable new tunes
and with the estimable assist of guitarist John Marchiano,
drummer Bruce Rogers and the bass and zeetar stylings of Michael
Vogelman, the Peace Creeps were born.
Looking back on British Invasion and American rock favorites of
the late 60’s and early 70’s (Byrds, Big Star, Kinks, Stones,
Hendrix and the Fab Four) and forward on favored contemporaries,
the Peace Creeps have recorded their own little garden of
earthly delights and they have named it Autumn of Love. Fourteen
tales of human experience married together like chapters in a
book, the Peace Creeps debut swirls with touches of psychedelia
dreamscape, real world weariness and the joy of reinvention. |
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