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Eddie Helder ‎– I Caught You Walking In My Shoes / You Can’t Walk Away 45RPM

about ten years previous, Eddie was singer-guitarist of Prince & The Paupers.

https://gojohnnygojohnny.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/01-i-caught-you-walking-in-my-shoes.mp3I Caught You Walking In My Shoes

https://gojohnnygojohnny.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/02-you-cant-walk-away.mp3You Can’t Walk Away

Fendermen “Mule Skinner Blues” LP 1962

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The Fenderbenders “One Night At The Frontier With The Fenderbenders” LP

LEADER: SHERWIN LINTON

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Dave Dudley “Sings Six Days On The Road” LP 1963

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Mystery Minnesota AOR & Metal radio- play PLEASE HELP IDENTIFY

These five sound clips were recorded off the radio show TWIN CITIES BEAT in the early 1980s? One has been identified as the band SNAPS- do you recognize the others?

https://gojohnnygojohnny.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/love-on-the-line.mp3“Love on the Line” mystery MN local early 80s metal

https://gojohnnygojohnny.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/my-babys-gone.mp3“My Baby’s Gone” mystery MN local…

Crow ‘On the Run’ LP 1981

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The Phones ‘Back In Time Volume 1 1979-1989’ CD

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Crow ‘Mosaic’ 1971 LP

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Fairchild ‘Fairchild’ 1978 LP

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THE PINS- Here’s a place to pin stuff up. GoJohnnyGo FEATURE #5

Considering Minnesota’s reputation for housing a well-studied stock of inhabitants with a large college scene seconded only to Boston, it would follow that The Twin Towns should have a prodigious and well known art-rock scene. It doesn’t.

Enter THE PINS. I truly love The Pins’ music, and I consider them the most underrated band ever from Minnesota. The Pins were often mesmerizing, completely…

THE STONE FACES- the elusive photos & tapes East Side of St Paul hard rock pioneers.

Not too often do I uncover some mid-1970s Footstompin’ Music like this. Thanks to guitarist Gary Narducci, a REAL East Side Italian, for saving this stuff and allowing me to present it to you. The Stone Faces liked to play the East Side and the St. Croix Valley, with lots of stops at The Lamb’s Club on East 7th, The 9R Ranch in Wisconsin, & The RollingStone on Cottage Grove. Covers AND originals…

Hollyhock Ballroom redux: a few added notes

There would be no inspiration for GoJohnnyGo’s blog if it wasn’t for Tom Tourville’s seemingly endless work ethic in digging up rock roots around the Northern Plains and beyond. Hard to believe that it’s now been 36 years since Tom’s first book appeared- a discography of Minnesota early Rock and Roll 45s & LPs called ‘Minnesota Rocked!’. Hats off to him! The second edition of Tom’s Hollyhock…

BLUE HIPPOS Car Club, Minneapolis, 1960s

Courtesy of member Froggy, currently residing in Bayport. Member jackets were nylon, eventually upgraded to leather (natch). Froggy has a funny story of The Blue Hippos bumping Mick Jagger to the ground at Excelsior’s Reggies Danceland, at The Rolling Stones’ third-ever American show. Sorry, Mick! There were The Baldies, The Greasers, and The Blue Hippos!