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Will Dockery
Oct 25, 2013, 11:03:00 AM10/25/13
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Kile Hussey joined Blue Flannel after they were signed and touring and took over drum duties. He's still around, as you know. Dave Montgomery is also still around, playing guitar in Mulberry Grove, a local country band.
Here's the story of Blue Flannel as told by the founder and writer of the songs, Derek Cole aka Derek Coile... and possibly where the stories, in some ways maybe urban myths so to speak, began.
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From Interpunk---
http://www.interpunk.com/band.cfm?BandID=3441&
"It was 1996 and Derek Cole had a big problem – a little tape he had made on his four track was gaining a lot of momentum. Not a bad problem to have, but the batch of songs were making the rounds so quickly, they were outpacing Derek – he was a one man show without a band to back him up.
As the requests to play live continued to roll in, Derek had no choice but to hold auditions and pull together a band..."
[...]
" In 1999 Derek relocated to New York to focus on writing songs for other artists. As he pursued this songwriting career, some new material Derek had recorded started circulating in the city, and his problems began again. The word was spreading about 'The Guy From The South' and the buzz was drawing the attention of managers, lawyers and record executives from all over the industry.
When the calls for Derek the performer began to outnumber the calls for Derek the songwriter, he decided to make the switch. Recruiting John Barry (Bass), Chris Lynn (Drums) and Rocky Reid (Guitar), Derek formed the band that would once and for all deliver his music to the world..."
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
Formed: 1999
Influences: Police, Femmes, Clash, Prince, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, The Cars, Weezer, The Doors, Blue Flannel
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That does seem to point in the direction of how stories and facts can be passed around and change/evole... even more so since the events are now almost 20 years in the past.
And so it goes.
Kile Hussey joined Blue Flannel after they were signed and touring and took over drum duties. He's still around, as you know. Dave Montgomery is also still around, playing guitar in Mulberry Grove, a local country band.
Here's the story of Blue Flannel as told by the founder and writer of the songs, Derek Cole aka Derek Coile... and possibly where the stories, in some ways maybe urban myths so to speak, began.
----------
From Interpunk---
http://www.interpunk.com/band.cfm?BandID=3441&
"It was 1996 and Derek Cole had a big problem – a little tape he had made on his four track was gaining a lot of momentum. Not a bad problem to have, but the batch of songs were making the rounds so quickly, they were outpacing Derek – he was a one man show without a band to back him up.
As the requests to play live continued to roll in, Derek had no choice but to hold auditions and pull together a band..."
[...]
" In 1999 Derek relocated to New York to focus on writing songs for other artists. As he pursued this songwriting career, some new material Derek had recorded started circulating in the city, and his problems began again. The word was spreading about 'The Guy From The South' and the buzz was drawing the attention of managers, lawyers and record executives from all over the industry.
When the calls for Derek the performer began to outnumber the calls for Derek the songwriter, he decided to make the switch. Recruiting John Barry (Bass), Chris Lynn (Drums) and Rocky Reid (Guitar), Derek formed the band that would once and for all deliver his music to the world..."
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
Formed: 1999
Influences: Police, Femmes, Clash, Prince, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, The Cars, Weezer, The Doors, Blue Flannel
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That does seem to point in the direction of how stories and facts can be passed around and change/evole... even more so since the events are now almost 20 years in the past.
And so it goes.
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