Death and Renaissance in Smog City: L.A. 1978-85

Posted by Lance Davis - November 17, 2013 - Blasters, Crawdaddys, Flesh Eaters, Gun Club, John Doe, Legal Weapon, Los Angeles, Middle Class, Plugz, Rank And File, Redd Kross, Repo Man, Sean-Michael Yoder, Tex And The Horseheads, X

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For the first time in Adios Lounge history, I’m having someone else write a post. (What do you mean I have control issues? That doesn’t sound like me. Must wash hands.) Anyway, I’ve known Sean-Michael Yoder for over 20 years. He was my assistant music director at KCSC (Chico State) in the early ’90s and […]

Maria McKee: Wound Up, Shooting Off, Burning Out

Posted by Lance Davis - June 13, 2013 - David Bowie, John Doe, Lone Justice, Maria McKee, Mick Ronson

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Maria McKee: Life Is Bittersweet Originally aired on Dutch TV February 19, 1996 Annotated Video Timeline Thanks to longtime Adios Lounge reader, Marc Nichol, for recently turning me onto this Dutch documentary about Maria McKee. (Oh internet, is there anything you can’t do?) It serves as the third part of my Maria Trilogy, following my […]

John Doe & The Sadies: Songs of Whiskey Dreams

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2009 - Clarence White, John Doe, Knitters, Merle Haggard, Neko Case, Roger Miller, Sadies, X

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“Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. We’re not sure why it sounds like it’s from the sixties. Maybe that’s our favorite era of country music or maybe that’s what we listened to […]