This is a vinyl rip of my LP "Direct Current", "Washington Comes Alive, The 2nd Annual Homegrown Music Festival."
Live recordings from Washington DC bands that mostly are white boy blues and roots acts from 1977. They include "The Nighthawks", "The Catfish Hodge Band", "Root Boy Slim", "Powerhouse", and "Bill Holland and Rent's Due". WHFS DJ Weasel hosts this event. One very cool LP from the days when music in the DC area was as good as it gets. "Hamburger Heaven" from Bill Holland is just one of my favorite tunes of all time, and always brings a smile. "Fever" from Powerhouse is a standout tune, with Tom Principoto on lead guitar. Do yourself a favor and check this ultra rare LP out. Download it, if you don't like it delete it! It don't cost a thing but bandwidth...Enjoy!
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01 Cogito Ergo Sum Ne, Bill Holland and Rent's Due
02 Hamburger Heaven, Bill Holland and Rent's Due
03 Sailin' Shoes, The Catfish Hodge Band
04 Holiday, The Catfish Hodge Band
05 My Babe, Powerhouse
06 Fever, Power House
07 Ubangi Stomp, The Nighthawks
08 Pretty Girls and Cadillacs, The Nighthawks
09 Express Train, Rootboy Slim and the Sex Change Band
10 Ya Can't Quit My Club, Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band
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WMA 9.1 VBR ABR 115kps
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Please leave a comment. Thanks
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22 comments:
how about I grew up there listening to HFS and still haven't left the 80s.
Let me know what you think of the LP
I didn't think anyone else even had this album, much less finding on the web. I have a copy also, but yours is in much better condition than mine. I have seen all of these bands numerous times over the years. It's always great to hear Root Boy.
multielvi, I can post some Root Boy if you're interested. Thanks for leaving a comment...
Hi,
Bill Holland here. Thanks for the nice words about my song "Hamburger Heaven." I remember being peeved that night 30 years ago (!) when I was asked to open the show. I wasn't so steamed when it turned out my two songs were the opening cuts of the album! Yeah, this is a rare album; it was never reissued on CD. FYI: because of Root Boy's committment to Warner Records (who'd signed him), the performance that was used on the LP was basically him introducing the band.
Well hello Bill. Happy to have met you sorta. I really appreciate the comment and the trivia about Root! Thanks so much for stopping by. WHFS! Sorely missed...
Jim
Man, I just found this site and am blown, first I see the HFS recordings of Damian and Weasel, and then the Direct Current album, bought this album in the late 70's after seeing the Nighthawks at the Bayou. I just moved to DC from NYC in 83 only knowing my girlfriend and the Hawks. HFS was the most incredible radio station I had ever heard, got me through some rough times down there listening to it late into the night.
Carry on, and thanks again.
Thanks for the cool feedback! Glad you can get some memories back from back in the day....
are you kidding me? do you know how long i have been looking for this album. on a whim i entered whfs home grown festival with bill holland and rents due and there it was. i wore this thing out many years ago, but i still have the album cover. thank you so much for this site and this music. whfs forever. how cool that you even have a comment from bill holland. you made my day!
Glad you found us! Hope you check out the rest of the goods here!
I grew up in the Collage Park area during the 70s thru the late 90s listening to WHSF. I did hear about Root Boy Slim and enjoy his music to buy Zoom and other vinyl album? With the Direct Current, 2nd annual vinyl album I purchased as well. I got to say great music.
DSK
Thans DSK! More Root Boy on here, grab it, and thanks again for writng,,,
http://www.rootboyslim.com/index.html
WHFS (Washington Hi Fedellity Stereo) 102.3 my favorite station Caught Root Boy at Harvard on the Pike aka MC college on Halloween - Great show! Me thinks I got this album after the same 'hawks Bayou concert as Anonymous - Great album! Mr. Holland Encore! Encore!
Thanks for chiming in HFS Fan!
New Link: http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/n3h6k4XU/file.html
Is there a new link available? Love this album and your work. Thanks!
New Link, MP3@320, enjoy...
http://www110.zippyshare.com/v/lRUtDCGZ/file.html
The link has expired again.
Crabby Appleton
New Link Crabby:
http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/IWw8TxIR/file.html
Danke schön CB! "HFS of that period, remains for me, the best radio station ever! Danny Gatton was MY favorite local artist with RBS a close second.
I'm going to go lay down on the floor now.
ZZZZ Crabby
Enjoy your snooze Crabby
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