| Will Blumentritt
(bass) says his mother’s story is that he took up the bass
because his brother played guitar and, driven by sibling rivalry, Will
always did something “similar but different.” Will claims he was
“more in tune with the fundamental tones” of the bass. Yeah, right. For
further insight into Will’s psyche, note that his favorite TV show is
The Beverly Hillbillies. Will is in awe of Jethro Bodine’s giant brain,
Jed Clampett’s wisdom and sense of style, Granny’s grasp of the
medicinal
properties of liquor, and Elly May’s, um, way with animals. |
Marie Angell
(vocals, keyboards) has an incredible memory for events both real and
imagined. Among her earliest memories are singing and dancing in
grocery store aisles, standing on the pew singing hymns in a Missionary
Baptist church and playing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on a toy piano.
While all this happened before the age of three, they could just as
easily be events from last week. |
Eric Blumentritt
(drums) was fascinated by the drums by age three. He so admired the
balding drummer in children’s performer Raffi’s band that Eric intended
to cut his own hair off in solidarity. Fortunately there was a parental
intervention and, so far, Eric still has all his hair. |
Larry Meeker
(guitar) first ventured into music via the saxophone, then his soul was
overtaken by that devil rock and roll. Many guitars later, he’s still
possessed. (Perhaps the devil has a financial stake in a guitar store.)
Larry also believes in better living through chemistry. It’s true that
a lot of guitar players say that, but when Larry says it, he’s really
talking about chemistry because, ta da, he’s actually a chemist. |
