Memphis Louie an the Rockin Firebird of Death (MLATRFOD)
Memphis Louie Studebaker (Vox, Gee-tar), Ossian Stormwatch III (Vox, Percussion), Leroi Z Coondawg ( Bass, Gee-tar, Vox), Theophilus P Wildebeest (Drums), No Head Jackson (Vox, Percussion), Dante J. Romero (Git-tar), Jason E. Dunringleberg (Git-tar), King Jong ill (Git-tar), The Rev Blind Garyvard Davis (Vox, Geetar, Harmonica), Jerry Lee Lewisstreet (Keyboards, Vox), Johnny "Deadbeat" Watson (Vox)
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MLATRFOD + Guest in the beer tent at Sounds In The Grounds, June 19 2010: L-R : Leroi Z Coondawg, Rev Blind Garyvard Davis, Memphis Louie Studebaker, Theophilus T Wildebeest, Ossian Stormwatch III |
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Nobody was left from the old 1984/85 lineup except Memphis Louie Studebaker and Leroi Z Coondawg.
This led to the depluralisation of the original band name. Memphis and Leroi were later joined by Ossian Stormwatch III and Theophilus P Wildebeest, which means they could ree-plurarise now if they wanted to, but that there would just be gettin too complicated.
Even more complicatedly, extra git-tar services is sometimes provided by cats who can play proper lead breaks like Dante J. Romero, Jason E. Dunringleberg and King Jong ill. No Head Jackson, The Rev. Blind Garyvard Davis and Johnny from the Deadbeats been known to help out on vocals, blow a little harp or shake them maragas. And once in a while we even gits a bit of keyboard from Jerry Lee Lewisstreet hisself.
They're still mixing up the same mess of fuzztone-crazed garage psych, primitive rock 'n' roll and Link Wrayabilly as before, but there's a bit more of the glacial post punk in the mix these days, since Memphis Louie has no other outlet for his Joy Division/Pixies fixations.
MLATRFOD are a highly eee-lectrified studio band with as many git-tars, amps an' ee-fects as they can git their hands on. But when it comes to playing live they're too lazy to organise gear, practice, soundcheck and stuff, so they usually play acoustic-ish. Live shows are few and far between, and the line up is usually just whoever's around. So it might range from Memphis and Leroi crashin' some sensitive acoustic singer/songwriter's gig and makin' everybody cry, to a full line-up plus guests.
The rest of the original 1984/85 Firebirds - Bob Bitchin', Etheridge Lockjaw Jones 1st and Zink Sputnik - ain't appeared in the 21st century MLATRFOD - so far. But Bob's still got his Telecaster and H|H under the stairs in Seaforth Road, Etheridge is listening to too much indie music at thet thar BBC Radio nan Gaidheal, and Zink has ditched the jazz-funk and is polishin' his blues geetar playin' somewhere in Fife. So it ain't beyond the bounds of possibility that any of them could appear in the lineup anytime. Hell, even old Subterranean Emil the Shrink might get his wailin' harp out one of these days...
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