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  • From: grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Squirrel Nut Zippers @ The Cradle... NOT A REUNION!
  • Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:23:49 -0500

Umm, well, if you consider "founding members Jimbo Mathus and Katharine Whalen . . . along with drummer Chris Phillips, bassist Stu Cole and horn man Je Widenhouse" to be "a bunch of hired guns," then OK. Hmm, might "donontheweb" be original bassist Don Raleigh?

Here's more from Dave Menconi's blog:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?title=squirrel_nut_zippers_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

The other day I was on hold with Evil Corporate Webhost Godaddy.com, and the hold music was *still* SNZ's "Hot," complete with "Hell," and even if I hadn't already been ready to switch hosts thanks to their pathetic customer service & technical stupidity, the SNZ hold-music would've finished the job. That was a pretty fun record the first 15-20 times I heard it, but thanks to Corporate America, I've now heard it 10,000,000 times.

Which is why I find it kinda equally sad that Maxwell/Mosher are still playin' [some of] the hits from it, and that the other half of the SNZs are back together, presumably to flog their half of it as well. Do neither of them realize how sick everybody got of having those songs crammed down their throats, not necessarily by them, but by their Corporate Masters?

Somebody lemme know when either/both of those groups have switched up their sets to all-new music, and I might be willing to give 'em another listen. (Or, well, probably not, but at least I'd be less inclined to cringe when I hear their names.)

And for folks in bands who're contemplating a grab for that brass ring, consider this cautionary tale of the Zippers: http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/439524.html

donontheweb AT gmail.com wrote:
Hey kids,

Just a heads up that the Squirrel Nut Zippers show at the Cradle in
February WILL NOT feature Ken Mosher and Tom Maxwell. They are still
going strong with their Maxwell/Mosher band and ARE NOT in SNZ. So it
looks like it'll be Jimbo and a bunch of hired guns!

Just tryin' to keep it real!

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