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Chain Link Fence is a story all on his
own, which I’ll address later. I
stumbled onto CLF when a customer in
the store, who was in from Seattle for
the holidays, coaxed me over to Bar of
Soap. Side bar here, this guy (who
was in some band which I’ve forgotten--
but he did find his record in the store)
was one eye short, apparently when
he was 4, he was running around the
family coffee table and fell on the
corner. The reason I mention this is
that this had a profound effect on me.
After my kids were born, I removed my
coffee table. OK, back to CLF, I walk
in, and how can I describe it … the
singer reminded me of Joe Cocker, the
bass was jazzed mixed with thump, and
dripping on top was this syrupy
melodramatic guitar line. It worked. I
loved these guys. With the CLF 7”
project underway, William became a
regular at the store. Another side bar
and my favorite William story …
Burning man (all the peace loving art
hippies groovin around the fire on a
cold desert night), meanwhile William
all liquored up wandering around with
his megaphone spewing his punk rock
anger until finally a hippie jumped up
out of his stoned haze, sending William
into the fire pit. William ended up with
some 3rd degree burns, but that did
not halt him from going out on a date
with his megaphone the following night
plaguing the desert landscape. God
Bless Punk Rock.
