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Obscure bands

Does anyone know a band called City Boy? (70's/80's)Very obscure and very original. It's beyond Me how such great talent goes so unnoticed! Also please chime in on other obscure talented musicians.

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loomisjohnson
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marty, love tractor was actually an athens ga band, tho sounding nothing like rem--great stuff nonethteless. your reference triggered recall of some other mostly-forgotten athens bands like pylon and swimming pool qs, who still sound pretty contemporary.
staying south, i'll toss in two alabama (mississipi?) jangly guitar bands of particular merit, the primitons and carnival season; both on spotify and well worth checking out
bondmanp
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Martykl:  I for sure remember the Shirts.  I have a few of their recordings (dubbed from LP to cassette!).  I also think I have the Medium Medium LP with So Hungry, So Angry.  Another band from that era is Bush Tetras, who also were a sort of punk-funk band with female vocalist.  How about Colourbox?  Really great soul/punk/funk/lounge type British band from the early 1980s.  Colourbox's lead singer could have been the inspiration for Amy Weinhouse.


This has turned into a very fun thread.

martykl
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A couple a Southern janglers (both from Chapel Hill, NC I believe) and a first cousin

Arrogance (Don Dixon)

Let's Active (Mitch Easter)

The DBs (probably that area's biggest jangle rock act) were too well known for this thread IMO.  Still love the track "Amplifier", tho.

Color Me Gone (Marti Jones, eventually married Don Dixon), possibly from Akron, Ohio - tho, as Loomis so properly points out, my memories of provenance are not always 100% accurate.  Hey, it's been a while for these bands!




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whart
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Marti Jones "Used Guitars" had some great songs, unfortunately the LP was bright sounding. 

martykl
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Yep,

I cant argue with Whart: Used Guitars = great songs, lousy sound.  

For me, all of the early  Marti Jones records (Used Guitars, My Long Haired Life, Unsophisticated Time, Match Game, and Any Kind of Lie) combined first rate songs, beautiful singing, and mediocre to poor sound.  Her later record "Tidy, Doily Dream" and her live album, "Spirit Square",  both feature much better (tho still less than brilliant) SQ to my ear.
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