You Could Feel The Electricity In The Room

Fred: In October of 1990, there were two musicians that I was struggling to put something together with. I was still thinking in terms of a three piece, because I saw that as balanced.

But it just wasn't working. It was terrible. And these were good players. They weren't slouches at all. But it just didn't work.

And then I had a light bulb moment. "I wonder what John Griffith is doing?"

He joined and suddenly everything coalesced. He sang like a lead singer. So singing together was easy. And John and I have always had very complimentary tones when we sang together. We sing really well together.

And he brought a sound that kind of acted as a musical blanket to everything. It made the sound bigger, but it also hid flaws too.

I'll never forget, the first song we played together was "Why You Want To Do Me?" I remember at that moment the band went from really, really terrible to being something special. You could feel the electricity in the room. That was one of the wildest experiences of my life.

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