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Here’s a sampling of some bands I’ve been in dating back to 6th grade (1985).

2005

• Coleman’s March – This is me playing a traditional American fiddle tune on the guitar. Jan, 2005

2004

• Crossing No. 9 / Church Street Blues – I’m playing guitar on this one. It’s a medley of two Norman Blake songs. May, 2004
• Wildwood Flower – This is a off-time-Tony-Rice-wannabe version of the Carter Family classic. Feb, 2004
• Talkin’ Chloe – Our daughter, Chloe, talking about what it means to be 17 month old. Jan, 2004

1995

• DBS: Freestyle #1 – That’s me on the wheels, Zert on the mic, and Dr. Michael Carty with the Ballantine Ale, 1995
• DBS: Freestyle #2 – Again, me on the 12s, Zert and Nonchalant hogging the mic. 1995
• Friends of Ed: Still (acoustic) – By this time, FOE was pretty much done. J, Mike and I recorded seven songs in the winter of 1995 in J’s living room.

1994

• Friends of Ed: Rain – Live to two-track recorded at Berklee College of Music for a friend’s sound engineering mid-term project. These are easily my favorite FOE songs.
• Friends of Ed: Kung – Same session as above. These are easily my favorite FOE songs.
• Friends of Ed: Still – Same session as above.

1993

• Friend Of Ed: Skyscraping – Recorded at Long View Farm on 24-tracks to 2" tape.
• Friend Of Ed: Hand Full – Same as above. For this session, we had the same engineer who recorded Bad Brain’s I Against I.

1992

• Friend Of Ed: Three Thirds – Recorded live from the mixing board at Worcester Artist Group, summer of 1992.
• Friend Of Ed: Big Orange Hat – Same as above. This was the summer before we all went to college.
• Friend Of Ed: Skunkin – Same as above.
• Friend Of Ed: New Direction – A Gorilla Biscuits cover from the same show as above.

1991

• Friends Of Ed: Eye of the Tiger – The first FOE song ever recorded.
• Friends Of Ed: Judgemental – Recorded in Pete’s basement on a boom box.
• Allen, Crawford & Tufts: Day Ditty – Me and two friends did an acoustic show at Worcester Artist Group in 1991. This is a Shudder To Think cover recorded while practicing for that show.
• Allen, Crawford & Tufts: Sky Flying By – A Samiam cover from the same practice session as above
• Allen, Crawford & Tufts: Please Let Me Get What I Want – A Smiths cover from the same practice session as above
• Today’s Trash: Crazy Lover – A Henry Rollins cover with Pete Degraaf helping out on vocals. Recorded March 1991 at Worcester Artist Group.

1990

• Today’s Trash: Undeserving Song – Recorded in an 8-track studio called Mendon Road. Note the Repo Man samples
• Today’s Trash: Fence – Recorded at Mendon Road when I was in 10th grade.
• Today’s Trash: Down In Storyland – Same as above.
• Today’s Trash: Hickory Lane – We record 7 songs at Mendon Road and put out a cassette tape called Hickory Lane. This is the title track.

1989

• Today’s Trash: Down In Storyland – By 9th grade we discovered the 4-track, and started writing our own songs.
• Today’s Trash: Gum On Sunday – I think this was the first song we wrote.

1988

• Today’s Trash: Ceremony – A Joy Division cover live from St. Luke’s Parish Center, where all the best punk rock shows were.
• Today’s Trash: Holiday Inn Cambodia – We thought we were so cool to be doing Dead Kennedy’s cover songs in 8th grade.

1987

• Today’s Trash: Should I Stay Or Should I Go – Today’s Trash was a band I was in from 7th grade – 11th grade. Here we are coving the Clash at a talent show in 7th grade.

1985

• All Purpose Potatoes: Johnny B. Goode – That’s me on the awfully out-of-tune guitar, but I’m not worried because I was only in 6th grade. Mello had 28 pillows in his bass drum because the music teacher though were were too loud for the talent show.