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I've been in lots of bands. This one earned the least money, but
triggered the most personal growth and passion.
(Here's some
pix and info about other bands.)
Thanks, Chuck, wherever you are.
Happy Scab
Bringing Joy Through Song
"For the best in music, pick the Scab."
The actual Happy Scab bass drum sign, which still exists.
In Erie, Pennsylvania in 1969-70, I was a member of a
rock & roll group known as Happy Scab. I'm not sure about the origins
of the name, but I know it had at least as much to do with organized labor as it
did with coagulation. This band was much more than
just a band, it was a lifestyle (as much as anything can be when you're
still living at home and going to school). An important milestone,
both musically and personally.
Notes from David
Greenberger's archives
- a
chronology of Happy Scab events.
The Hullabaloo Incident
- a tale of performance and inquisition.
A David Greenberger Original Happy Scab gig Poster:
McKean St. Francis Church Parish Center
These photos were taken
at Chuck Bell's parents' home near Erie, Pennsylvania in February of 1981
(hmmm...according to Pete, who sent the second image in the sequence below, the
date was actually 1-22-83??). This impromptu jam was arranged. We
actually made a crude recording of "Hard Time," one of Chuck's original songs, with Kevin Collman
playing "drums" on a cardboard box.
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Above, left to right: Pete Tibbets, Mark Dodge, Chuck Bell.
Kevin Collman (expedient box drummer), at the same jam session.
Here are some photos (out of my Mom's personal collection), taken sometime in 1969.
Above, left to right: Butch (a.k.a. the late
Dr. Walter) Rogers, Pete Tibbets (kneeling), Mark Dodge, Pam Verity, the late,
great Chuck Bell (standing), David Greenberger
(sitting), Jeff Klahr
I still have the Gibson ES-330 ... but not the prep-school
haircut.
See the crooked Happy Scab sign on the
bass drum? This is the one at the top of the page.
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