Shopping for a Dog

First they were “The Units.”  Then they were “Fear of Strangers.”  A great band that almost made it: Val Haynes, Steve Cohen, Todd Nelson and Al Kash.  There’s not much of a trace of them now, even on the Internet where the collective memory doesn’t reach back to the early eighties very well.  Their legacy is a single album released by a now defunct label, a photo album by Dave Suarez, and this vintage video I found at youtube.  It’s dated but they once  OWNED Albany and they helped me get through the first years of the Reagan administration.

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3 Responses to Shopping for a Dog

  1. andrea__88 says:

    My sister used to go to all their shows. And I grew up listening to them. I have been searching for their album. These videos are great. However it just makes me want their songs even more.

  2. Fred Bubbers says:

    Over the years and after multiple moves, I lost my original copy. About three years ago, I contacted the Blue Note Record Shop in Albany and they had an original sealed copy.

    Fred

  3. andrea__88 says:

    I keep searching – eventually I have to find it.

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