Friday, August 17, 2007
Talkin' to Loretta
Boston Rock Royalty: Nervous Eaters circa 1980
This is interesting...not really a Boston Rock story so much as a recent discovery. First I should say that Blogging since arriving here in VT has been almost impossible. At the house we're on dial-up....excruciating...and at work, well, I'm working, so...
Anyhoo, I've been discovering Neko Case, and liking a lot of what I hear. As I'm checking out her stuff on I-Tunes, I come across a song called "Loretta". Wouldn't you know, it's a cover of "(Talk to) Loretta" by the great Boston '70s and '80s band, Nervous Eaters. Wow, huh? I always loved that song. I had a chance to see the Eaters in a later '80s incarnation when chief Eater Steve Cataldo had Billy Loosigian on guitar. I recall seeing them in a sweaty and packed-beyond-capacity Rat. Billy has always been my favorite Boston axe-master, and I did have the pleasure of recording him once.
I wonder a couple of things. 1) How did Case even find that song and, 2) how many of her fans know it's not one of her originals?
Here's a Nervous Eaters web-page where you can rock to Loretta, the original version.
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