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Editor's note: The "Leisure Time"
column, which focuses on a wide
variety of things to do or see in the
Columbia area, is now titled "Take
Five."
? By PATRICK JEAN
Features editor
Charleston's Hollywood Squares,
a party band that has suffered
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two new members and will bring its
"comeback" show to Rockafellas'
nightclub in Five Points tonight and
Saturday.
In late 1986 and early 1987, the
Squares became the hottest band on
South Carolina's nightclub circuit.
Consisting of lead vocalist/guitarist
Stewart Brown, bassist/vocalist Marty
Martinez and drummer Keith
Bradshaw, their multi-set shows of
classic covers and popular originals
drew massive crowds.
A debut album, Square One, was
released this past February and sold
well. The group seemed to reach the
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show at the Palladium nightclub,
now Concerts Plus, when they worked
with a USC student to tape a live
video version of their song, "Don't
Bring Me Down."
But the video was scrapped soon
afterward for various reasons,
Brown said. Then Martinez., a founding
member, decided to quit in
September to concentrate on studies
at the Coliege of Charleston.
Lynwood Salvo replaced Martinez
on bass, and the band quickly altered
jts sound as a result. "Lynwooa was
a great bass player, so our musical
repertoire changed to show our instrumental
strength," Brown said,
i"We decided to play longer songs
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of this band is to have a good time
and to share that eood time with our
fans. But when we got into that instrumental
stuff, 1 think it was a little
too self-indulgent on our part."
While the band struggled with its
sound and following, Bradshaw quit
in December to become a guitarist
for another local band, the Groovy
Cools. Salvo also left, and two new
members were hired: Rudy Ferreira
on bass and Scott Rush on drums.
The results have been incredible,
Brown said. "The change was super,
super positive. The two new
members' attitudes are very positive,
and they sing a lot more than the
previous memoers aia.
The Squares are going back to the
shorter party songs that were so
popular with the fan.,, he said. New
covers of songs by The Beatles, Pink
Floyd and the Rolling Stones have
also been added.
Brown said he hopes the results
will bring fans back. "We had to go
through some changes and grow;
otherwise, people will yawn because
they know what we're going to do
next. I think we've learned and are
getting back to being the kind of
band that our fans in Columbia, the
state and the Southeast in general
really like."
The "new" Hollywood Squares
are expected to take the stage by 10
p.m. tonight and Saturday. The admission
price had not been set by
press time. Anyone age 18 and up
will be admitted with'ID.
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New Potato
By GLORIA GREEN
Staff writer
A Mid-Atlantic band with an interesting name
and old sound will make its South Carolina debut
with a performance Saturday evening at Concerts
Plus nightclub.
The New Potato Caboose, a Washington, D.C.,
band whose influences include folk-rock legends
Bob Dylan, Little Feat and the Grateful Dead, has
been together since 1984. Its seven members come
from diverse musical backgrounds such as folk,
jazz, reggae and rock 'n' roll.
Acoustic guitarist Doug Pritchett, the only band
member from this side of the Mason-Dixon Line, is
one of its four lead singers. Other members are:
vocalist/lead guitarist Rich Delia Ferra;
vocalist/rhythm guitarist Don Laux; bassist Mike
Mahoney; percussionist John McConncll;
vocalist/keyboard player John Rcdling and percussionist
John Trupp.
Rock music of the 1960s and 1970s was a positive
influence on the band's music, Pritchett said. And
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Concert Preview
the music hasn't gone without notice; radio stations
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have played material from the band's demo album,
and college radio stations throughout the East
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their playlists.
The Caboose's show, which changes every night,
features cover tunes from artists such as Jimi Hendrix,
Bob Marley and the Rolling Stones, as well as
original songs. All of the band members contribute
lyrics.
When the New Potato Caboose takes the stage,
no one knows what to expect ? including the
band, Pritchett said. "There's no set list before
playing. Some nights, it's all impromptu," he said.
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to remain in the D.C. area. But they have picked
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crowds in the Charlotte area, Pritchett
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When not playing somewhere along the East
Coast, the Caboose is in the studio working on its
debut record. "Our goal for 1988 is to finish the
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