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I've been singing in bands for a pretty long time. I was in a band called "The Hawaiians Band" with Charlie Pastorfield & Corky Schoonover & Bryan Smith & Steve Pentecost & Gray Barbee & Steve Gillies & Tim Strang & some other guys. Then I got in a band called "Captain Tunes & His Fabulous Note Guns". We had some great guys in it over the years: Gibby Dammann, Ralph Dammann, Charlie Pastorfield, Billy Edmonds, Steve Gillies, Bo Randall, John Bohannes, Tommy Detamore, Ellis Hilton. We played more jammy stuff - more Dead, Allman Brothers, Meters, swing jazz & western swing, originals and other stuff. Captain Tunes broke up and I hung out for a while but then I got a band together with Bryan Yates, Gibby Dammann, Bob Otte and Dennis Guinan and BOOM! "The Casuals Featuring Johnny Sportcoat" was born. We were a guitar heavy quartet (2 guitars, bass, drums) doing everything from Eddie Cochran to Nick Lowe to Captain Beefheart with me out front. We made a couple of records and also a 45. But then the band broke up after burning through the original guys as well as Dan Sebring, Sonny Layne, Jep Epstein and Pete Larsen - all great guys. And I kind of stopped doing it for a long time but then suddenly WHAM! the urge came back and I had a lot of stuff to write and I really had to get it all out. So I arranged for Charlie, Bryan, Sonny and old pal Craig Dougald to run through some chestnuts and also try to play some originals and that's how I made "Decline And Fall Of John Q Sportcoat". And that's pretty much my bio. Or what passes for it. Check out the artist's website: http://bobgirard.com Track List: 1. Division Street 2. Kiss Me 3. Dallas 4. Diamond Ring 5. Sunday Papers 6. The Liar 7. Something You're Going Through 8. Inches From Eden 9. Take Me To The River 10. Do It Again 11. Fadeaway Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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