@slaw, Springfield Missouri, hometown of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, is also home to another great group, some of whose members were in and out of both bands.
Guitarist D. (Don) Clinton Thompson, drummers Bobby Lloyd Hicks and Ron Gremp, and keyboardist Joe Terry were at certain points in time members of both The OMD and Springfield legends (Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, and Elvis Costello, and IÂ are fans) The Skeletons/The Morells (they went by both names over the years).
D. Clinton Thompson was in Steve Forbert’s road band for years, and is a fabulous player.
Bobby Lloyd Hicks was Dave Alvin’s drummer for many years, and died of lung cancer/pneumonia (a heavy smoker) a couple years back. An excellent "rhythm section" player.
There are a number of Skeletons and Morells albums still available, and they are fantastic. Great songs, great band, great production by bassist Lou Whitney (also now gone), who ran a recording studio in Springfield. I have friends/former bandmates (in The Cornell Hurd Band, now in Austin Texas) who travelled from San Jose California to Lou’s studio to record. He and The Skeletons/Morells are underground legends.
