South of Lombard

Yep, here we are, already into July.  It appears that time continues to fly.  But having posted a summery, quasi-4th-of-July song last week, we've got something completely different for your Independence Day weekend-- a cheerful kiss-off song, called "South of Lombard" (the "Lombard" in question being a main east-west thoroughfare in downtown Bawlmer).

During last August's recording session here at the Harpswell Estate, the RK and BS co-op delved deep into our Charm City past and came up with the bones of this re-do of the song we used to play with our band "Dillo".  That band, named after one Paul R. Cardillo, scholar and gentleman, was comprised of the two of us, plus Goff Brown, Johnny "Rock" Marsh and eventually also Paulie Bonanos.  An irascible thing was the Dillo band, but great fun while it lasted.  Sadly I have no photo to post right now, but will eventually scare one up.  Those were the pre-digital days...  But they were certainly not the pre-rock days, as we brought quite a punked-up pop/ twang-tinged racket. 

Songs are funny things-- This one actually started out in a restrained, Richard Thompson-like acoustic vein, and in the hands of the Dillo band was much more a a crunchy runaway speedball than this version.  Our post-Dillo band Honcho (RK, BS and PB) slowed it down and sort of lounged it up.  I thought that exposing you to all four of those would be just too much love, but here's the new one:

South of Lombard:


/jk

Better late than never, that post gave me some Joe-mentum to get my mitts on a scanner and use it.  So here for your viewing pleasure, Dillo (the band), at he '98 Fells Point Festival: