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eohippus all contents copyright 2007 max carmichael | why eohippus? bio contact | |
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arts portfolio: visual arts music writing events design | |
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music: bands | back next | |
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Context & Inspiration In his youth, my Papaw, Clyde Ludington, played in a country dance band. But my first exposure to the notion of a band was the British Invasion. In junior high I fronted the Roadrunners. We covered the raunchier tunes of the early Beatles, Stones, Kinks, and Animals, like "Get Off of My Cloud" and "House of the Rising Sun". We played in front of 2,000 people, over a quarter of Rushville's population, and won the Battle of the Bands when my Grandpa slipped a $20 into the charity jar for us. I quickly got to the point where I felt most at home on a stage in front of an audience, and I still prefer performing to just about anything else. But I kept looking for ways to break down the barrier between performers and audience. Terra Incognita opened for Austin's Brave Combo once. We were blown away when they led the entire audience out of the club and up and down a city street in the wee hours of the night. But going back to Clyde, I think the main reason for a band is for dancing, and for that, you can't beat the juju bands of King Sunny Ade, I.K. Dairo, and Ebenezer Obey. These bands reflect the origins of dance music: community members who lay down rhythms for the community to dance to. |
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