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Snoopy for President ~ Royal Guardsmen

4. May 2008

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The Royal Guardsmen were a rock band from Ocala, Florida, a sextet composed of Bill Balough (bass), John Burdett (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). Originally known as the Posmen, the band adopted their Anglophile monicker during the British Invasion, led by the Beatles and other British [...]

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Timothy ~ The Bouys

4. May 2008

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For Nerbygirl: The Buoys were a progressive rock band from the early 1970s. Its membership included Bill Kelly, Fran Brozena, Jerry Hludzik, Carl Siracuse, Chris Hanlon, and Sally Rosoff, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. They are most famous for their recording of Rupert Holmes’s “Timothy”, a song deliberately written to get banned, based on a theme of cannibalism. “Timothy” [...]

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Looking Out My Back Door ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival

4. May 2008

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Originally formed as The Golliwoggs in 1959, Creedence Clearwater Revival consisted of singer, lead guitarist, and primary writer John Fogerty, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bass player Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed rock and roll and so-called swamp rock genres. The band’s songs are often cited as examples of patriotic, liberal [...]

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