August/September 1995 - Pg3

Local Notes

• Acoustic Outlet, a new band of seasoned musicians Dede Wyland, Chris Stifel, Mike Munford, Akira Otsuka and Fred Smith have begun performing in the Washington area.

• Northern Virginia will soon be home to a new custom label which will have Salt N Pepa signed on for a long-term recording committment. More on this later.

• Drummer Jack O'Dell has departed the Hula Monsters and teamed up with the likes of Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun.

• John Stanard has a new band, Blue Monkey. Joining John are George Walsh, Jeff Brown and Ken McChord. Blue Monkey specializes in alternative, classic and original rock and roll. For information call the Monkey Line at 703-771-7088.

• Richard Waysdorf will chair the reforming WAMA Education Committee. Planning for workshops in the Fall will begin soon. Leave a message on WAMA voicemail if you are interested in working on the committee.

• Marrianne Moskowitz will chair the CD Committee. The committee will start planning for DCCD7. Stay tuned.

• Sherry Fornoff has joined the WAMA Board. Sherrie works at Studio One Artists and has been very active on the Crosstown Jam, The Wammies, and the Education committees.

• Singer/songwriter Cindy Geary heads to Nashville in October to perform and judge the best unsigned bands contest for Tennessee's bicentennial. Other scheduled judges include Terry Choate, TNN's Shelly Mangram and Naomi Judd. Geary just won her third ASCAP Special Award for Popular Music.

• Stentor's Michael Greenhall has been chosen to appear in Modern Drummer Magazine and the Musicians Exchange Magazine in a salute to the world's Not Yet Famous Drummers.

• Blues guitarist Tom Principato has moved back to the area from Austin. Welcome back, Tom.

• Gail Bliss has the title role in a theatrical production about WAMA Hall of Famer Patsy Cline at the Kenny Rogers Theater in Branson, MO. On her days off Gail has been recording a cast album in Nashville. Owen Bradley (Patsy's original producer) has been helping on the sessions.

• Hazmat recently performed at Estonia's Rock Summer Festival on the Baltic Sea. They were the only band from the United States to perform there, and shared the bill with Simple Minds, Mike and the Mechanics, and other European acts.

• Caglo Mac of McLean will be opening for John Denver and America during an upcoming tour of China. They just returned from a five-month tour of the Southwestern United States.

• RAD records has merged with RAD entertainment. In addition to producing recorded music, the company provides artist management, publishing, and video services.

• The Furies will perform Saturday, August 12 at CBGBs in New York City.

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