Here is part 2 of Nitro-Retro's tribute to Berkeley, California's late-80's mod heroes, The Birminghams!
Not only have I digitize another Birminghams tune to share, but I've discovered & scanned a bunch of old Birminghams flyers I kept from the late 80's. (click on the flyers to see the enlarged versions). I drew the caricature of Bart Davenport and The Birminghams in the above flyer back in 1988. Anyone remember this one?
The tune presented here is called "City Lights", and I believe it might be an original? In any event, it's an energetic slice of harp-drivin', guitar-choppin' maximum R&B! Kinda reminds me of The Pretty Things, "Oh Baby Doll" on speed.
I have many fond memories of my band, Los Creeple Peeple playing shows with The Birminghams. For such young dudes at the time, those guys could rock.
Most of you know that Bart and Xan have both gone on to enjoy quite successful music careers, but here they are in their early days. Enjoy!
download or listen:
"City Lights"- The Birminghams
6 comments:
Fantastic posts on the Birminghams. I saw them a couple of times and they were really cool. Thanks for all the good work on the blog. Keep it up.
cheers,
mr. suave
Thanks Mr. Suave. I appreciate your comment. I really dig your blog and will add you to my blog-roll.
Rock on.
This is brilliant. Where the hell was I when this was going on? Thanks for sharing.
very solid post all around.
I took the Birmingham and Creeple Peeple photos.
- Mike Kittilstad
Somebody show these to Bart Davenport!
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