Years ago I started this blog basically as a online filing cabinet for the information I collected on John Lewis Bartee and his involvement with the music industry. For every published post I created there were many more drafts about Music, Musicians, Music industry stories which in my research I had come across and for one reason or another grabbed my attention. Thinking I might start posting again... it was looking back at these older drafts that these guys have been playing over and over in my head this week.
The Band ~ STATES
Jimmy McDonnell- lead vocals
Dominic Butch Germano- bass
Morgan Hampton- drums/percussion
Barry Scott- lead guitar/vocals
Robert Schindler- keyboards
Steve Chandler- special effect guitars/vocals
States was started in 1977. The Band regularly packed clubs like Peabody's in Virginia Beach and the now-defunct King's Head Inn, the group released an album on a major label, Chrysalis, in 1979. And it joined Hall and Oates on a national tour. After that high-water mark, the group played steadily on the East Coast circuit, from New Jersey to Atlanta.
There is much that others have written about this Band on the internet these days and they have a facebook page STATES. In future post I will get more into the links to The "Norfolk" Aliens and Mason. But what really caught my attention a few years back were the videos that Wynn Evers posted on Youtube, K-94 ROCKS along with Cox Cable created pre-MTV a show called Radiovision. Attached are three video performances which I personally feel hold up after thirty some years, and may have you listening to them over and over as the beautiful weekend starts.
The band's 1981 album "Picture Me With You," released on Boardwalk Records, sold nearly 100,000 copies. That's a feat since unmatched by a local rock band.
Picture Me With You ~ States
Can't Stand It No More ~ States
Jimmy McDonnell- lead vocals
Dominic Butch Germano- bass
Morgan Hampton- drums/percussion
Barry Scott- lead guitar/vocals
Robert Schindler- keyboards
Steve Chandler- special effect guitars/vocals
States was started in 1977. The Band regularly packed clubs like Peabody's in Virginia Beach and the now-defunct King's Head Inn, the group released an album on a major label, Chrysalis, in 1979. And it joined Hall and Oates on a national tour. After that high-water mark, the group played steadily on the East Coast circuit, from New Jersey to Atlanta.
There is much that others have written about this Band on the internet these days and they have a facebook page STATES. In future post I will get more into the links to The "Norfolk" Aliens and Mason. But what really caught my attention a few years back were the videos that Wynn Evers posted on Youtube, K-94 ROCKS along with Cox Cable created pre-MTV a show called Radiovision. Attached are three video performances which I personally feel hold up after thirty some years, and may have you listening to them over and over as the beautiful weekend starts.
The band's 1981 album "Picture Me With You," released on Boardwalk Records, sold nearly 100,000 copies. That's a feat since unmatched by a local rock band.
Picture Me With You ~ States
Can't Stand It No More ~ States
Love On The Line ~ States