Bassist KRIS DAY is starting to give us a headache. In addition to gigs with Harpswell Sound, King Memphis, the Sean Mencher Trio, and (soon) Jerks of Grass, Day now reports that he’ll be plucking the strings for the Hot Club of Portland (our favorite Django impersonators) and cajun/Frenchy pluckers Douce. Jiminy Cricket! We’ve heard of bass whores before, but we’re beginning to think that Day has discovered a way to clone himself, like in that bad Michael Keaton movie. What, you didn’t catch Multiplicity? Seriously?
Reports that ZION TRAIN had changed their name to Bunny Taylor and Pumpkin Patch have proven utterly false.
JIM PAQUETTE, owner of the club Memory Lane in Standish, has been a keeper of the Maine music flame for some time now, hanging up posters and other memorabilia on his “Wall of Fame” in the club, but now he’s thinking about getting a little more serious about it. When he moves into a new bigger location in a couple months, in the old Country Crossroads space off Route 25 in Standish, he’ll bring his “Wall of Fame” with him, along with plans to use his new club as a springboard for a more proper MAINE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, much like the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame. The new club will hold 350 people, with a big open floor he thinks would be perfect for an annual Hall of Fame banquet dinner and induction ceremony. People interested in helping get that project moving ahead, or in donating rock memorabilia, should e-mailreadyyy4@yahoo.com.
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