Funk Babblings

All the way back in early spring, the nut on my bass guitar broke and would no longer hold the G string. At least I still had my dumbek. But this week I finally got the bass repaired and back in my hands. As soon as I got home I spent a little while playing through everything I could remember off the top of my head. Now I want to learn to play the Oingo Boingo song "Just Another Day".

Here's a place to add to the itinerary whenever I make it to the upper midwest. This former bassist is in the restaurant business now.

It seems that in high school in the early 60s, John Kerry played bass in a rock band, The Electras, and they released a 13-song record (making 500 copies). Now that record has been dug up and released on CD.
http://kerryrocks.com/
http://www.TheElectrasRockandRollBand.com/

There are a couple of mp3s available for sampling bits and pieces of the album. Sounds to me like fairly typical uninspiring surf-inspired early 60s music, but rather amusing and interesting nonetheless.