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left to right: David Butts - guitar, Greg Booth - mandolin, Peter Langston - guitar, Chris Montague - banjo, & Diane Desbrisay - fiddle. Hidden in back: Gray Pederson - bass. |
In this early photograph the band is recreating its sensational
death-defying
triple-banjo rotating spectacle supersolo for an esoteric tune called
Foggy Mountain Breakdown while fiddler Diane looks on in disbelief.
left to right: parts of Greg Booth, Dave Butts, and Chris Montague, each playing half of two different banjos, a distant fan wondering what we're doing, Peter Langston playing guitar, Gray Pederson playing bass, & Diane Desbrisay trying to pretend she doesn't know us. |
This card carries the image of one of two realistic paintings of the band created by a fan, Constance Earnshaw -- thanks, Connie! (Click on the card to see the original poster.) |
An early photo of the band posing on Greg's car left to right: David, Diane, Chris, Greg, Peter, Gray. |
Puddle City performing in the Reed College Coffeeshop Top, left to right: Peter, Greg, Gray, & David. Bottom, left to right: Gray, Peter's hat, Peter, & Greg. |
The band convinced Frankenstein's Tavern on Front Street in Portland to try live music (thanks, Michael!) and it quickly became the local bluegrass hotspot; left to right: Peter, Chris, Diane, David, & Greg. |
2/12/72
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4/1/72
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4/28/72 |
7/21/72 |
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Puddle City released two 45-rpm records (singles) on the Cricket label. It's too bad the movie Deliverance didn't come out a bit earlier... |
Greg, Sharyle, and Peter jam with washboard player Billy Hults (between Greg and Sharyle with cigarette). Well, okay, so we were actually pretending not to notice Billy because we knew he'd get all the applause if he stuck around. You can hear him get all the applause on the CD of our Civic Auditorium set (on "Bye Bye Blues" -- see below). |
The band in its 1972 form, top step to bottom: Chris Montague (with the banjo), Kishka (with the dog collar), Greg Booth (with the mandolin), Sharyle Patton (with the look), Tom Curry (with the fiddle), and Peter Langston (with the guitar). |
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A Puddle City CD?
While we're at it,
I do have a recording of a Puddle City concert appearance
(at the Portland Civic Auditorium in April, 1972).
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(psl@acm.org )