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Peter D’s 1988 post mortem
And so…they all went back to their respective corners. Peter borrowed equipment - 4 track, keyboard, drum machine, bass guitar, etc. - from various associates, and spit out the following from his apartment on rather bleak N. 7th St. These went pretty much unheard.
Been Here Before  
Not deja vu, but an […]

2-track “EP” demo - Fall 1982
Don’t Let The Beat  
As the band’s idea of being an entity, their identity, started to emerge, so did the need to document it. They needed a tape to promote themselves with prospective venues, and also to release something publicly, to spread the word. The vinyl “EP” format was in […]

Aborted 1987 demo
The Squirrels had broken off their relationship with Lynn Watts. They re-invested in their sonic infrastructure, a self-designed PA - new guitars, and effects. They breifly rented the basement of St. Thomas Chuch as an office/studio, but sadly lost it before getting to use it much. A new demo was tantamount to breaking […]

The Community Arts Center - 1986
Flash forward a couple years - the band comes on like a prizefighter.
Peter had a history at the Arts Center going back to ‘74, so it was like coming home. This show came about as the band tried to push into new venues, with the help of Weston Clemmons. […]

Be warned: these are embryonic in nature both in performance and recording, offering a glimpse into the sweaty creative process.
Strains of XTC’s “English Settlement” and U2’s “October” albums began to filter into the arrangements.

I Could Break Your Heart  
Dark romantic doubts.
Russ on keyboards. Paul was absent. Portentious?
Our House  
The Band of Bachelors. All dressed up […]

Cape Fear Foundation - Downtown Wilmington
Late spring afternoons after work, Peter, Paul, and Danny met up in the 2nd floor loft of 9 S. Front St. (later to become Front St. News, and the Caffe Phoenix). It had an urban-ness that fit their intent perfectly. It was a step up from the bedroom jams, as […]

Ocean Plaza Ballroom - Carolina Beach - 1982 (er…3)
Not a quality tape by any measure, but damn glad to have it nonetheless. It was apparently recorded off a shared echo feed which shifts the mix entirely. Aparently the soundman didn’t have posterity on his mind, but what can you say about the band? They sound […]

Well dear Doctor,
The Squirrels were Peter and Paul, who found Danny, Matt and Lisa. Then Lisa was replaced by Russ, who was replaced by Lynn, who was not replaced. Paul left for awhile, but came back. Then the Squirrels stopped. The spirit hung around.
It’s all rather multi-faceted. Hard to get one’s head around. So […]

The Squirrels fashioned themselves in the nouveau of the early ’80’s. They didn’t come out of nowhere though. In high school they would have been digging everything from AOR (remember Album Oriented Rock?) to Reggae to Art & Progressive Rock to Jazz-Rock and Ethnic Fusion. Even KISS. They sensed the aesthetic vacuum of the […]