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We Played a Lesbian Bar

September 14, 1994
By Stu

Jerry got us a gig at the Que Sera, opening for his other band, Giant Ant Farm. I don’t think I’ve ever been booed at while on stage, but I’m okay with it. In fact, it was really funny. And it’ll make a great story
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Our First Night Show

June 8, 1994
By Stu

We did a night show at Faire. It was at the Greenman Inn. We did about an hour’s worth of music. A lot of people came by to listen. Jerry fell asleep on a hay bail. We were too drunk to notice, but someone was kind enough to put a blanket over him. The...
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We have some original songs

February 15, 1994
By Stu

Bill and I wrote: “(England Shall) Always Be,” “God Save, Thee, Fair Barley,” and “Lord Howard’s Round.” The first two are drinking songs and the last one is a round. Bill had to take over writing the round, ’cause writing those is (as I recently discovered) really friggin’ hard. We’ve also gleaned a few...
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Coming up with the list of members

November 30, 1993
By Stu

At Goode Company rehearsal, I announced that Bill and I were starting a RenFaire group. I asked in anyone was interested. Tim Cadell and Nick Krall are interested. Alexis was also interested — didn’t tell ‘em it was going to be a mens group. Bill has a co-worker at Kinkos Lasertype who’s also interested,...
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We got an idea

October 16, 1993
By Stu

Bill and I were washing dishes, and I started singing one of Goode Company’s Men’s songs, “Jolly Red Nose.” Bill makes up a tenor line on the fly. It sounds pretty good. There’s a lot of good men’s music in the RenFaire tradition. Bill and I talk about how fun it would be to...
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