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(left to right)
Gerry (G. W.) Rose (Rhythm and Lead Guitar)
Mark (Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals)
Nancy Scott (Vocals, Percussion)
Jeff Levy (Percussionary War Ensemble)
John Comerford (Bass Guitar)
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As a vehicle for Mark's original songs, former Rich Rags co-founders John Comerford, (visiting Canadian dignitary) Jeff Levy, and Nancy Scott unite with Texas R&B/Rock great Gerry "G.W." Rose in the studio, four songs of which ultimately appear on their self-produced, self-titled 12" album. The band did a handful of special performances, often with drummer Rob Wright.
Brief history:
In 1982, a year after the demise of Rich Rags, Nancy and I got a garage in central Pinellas (County) to store our crap while we lived with the in-laws, to save up to buy a home. We ended up pushing our furniture to the rear, and using the rest of it as a practice hall. Several old cronies and friends from work came over at various times and we played around with whatever caught our fancy, primarily my songs, a classic "garage band" if there ever was one. Somehow we attracted the interest of drummer Rob Wright, Nancy was ever-present, John Comerford was away again. It was brutally hot in the summer, dusty, dirty and bug-ridden year-round, and the neighborhood was weird at best, but we loved it. It was a great hangout and we managed to mangle many of my tunes on tape. Some have survived and make up part of the BackTracks Volumes.
Left to right: John Honoski, the late John Donniacuo, Mark, the missing Rob Wright, Nancy, Don Martin.
Very briefly we were "The Element", but this really is the start of "The Grown-ups", which was, by the way, one of the more obscure songs in the Rich Rags repertoire.
I haven't heard from Rob Wright in a very long time, we didn't hang outside of the band, but I didn't think he'd drop off the map. I know for several years after we parted ways he was in a band called Lancelot.
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John Comerford helped produce The Grown-ups EP in 1986
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