The gap-toothed Baird left the band to pursue a solo career in ’92, and currently performs with Terry Anderson-who wrote the GS fave “Battleship Chains”-in the Yayhoos. Sometimes we do stuff that we’ve never done before.”Īlong with Richards, the current lineup includes original bassist-vocalist Richard Price and former Molly Hatchet drummer Mac Crawford. “We don’t play with a song list,” he explains, “so every night’s different. Richards points out that-along with familiar songs penned by original vocalist Dan Baird, like the big hit “Keep Your Hands to Yourself”-the band is playing the odd tune he came up with, including the slide-riddled “Can’t Stand the Pain” and the riveting “Slaughterhouse”. Hopefully, there are a few boogie-loving bozos like me who’ll be itching to see the band when it plays Animals in Abbotsford on Thursday (September 20) and Studebakers in Burnaby on Friday (September 21). When we go to Europe-which we do, like, once or twice a year-there seems to be more of an affinity to just no-nonsense rock ’n’ roll than there is here.” But its popularity comes and goes, you know. You know, it’s my kinda stuff-three chords, clouda dust. “There seems to be a contingency out there of mindless idiots that still like it,” he relates with a chuckle. But after talking to GS guitarist-vocalist Rick Richards from his home in the southern-boogie mecca of Atlanta, I realize I’m not the only one. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only guy around who still goes nuts for southern-fried guitar boogie, the kind the Georgia Satellites churned out so mightily in the late ’80s. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT.
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