"After wailing away You finally tell the truth That you've been seeing Some other goof ..."

Once upon a time there was a group of musicians ...

Although we were sometimes known as The Disgruntled, we had one incarnation as The Flatlanders. Who am I talking about? This motley crew:

• Brian Porter (me)
• Jennifer Scott (my sister)
• Craig Scott (her husband at the time)
• Chris Lenz (an impressive bass player I picked up along the way, the result of opportunistic thinking after I tried unsuccessfully to hit on his wife)

Now, we picked a bad name (Flatlanders) because there was already a band by that name and there would be a danger that our fans might buy their CDs or—worse!—their fans might buy our CDs.

Anyhow, I recently digitized our demo tape, which gave me an opportunity to listen to it again, after many years. Overall, we sounded like a pretty good band, with the potential to be even better. The weak spot is guitar solos ... high points include Craig's and Chris' interaction on bass and drums, and Jennifer's singing. My rhythm guitars could keep pace with the rest of the band.

As I remember it, the demo tape was 12-1/2 minutes long and cost $1500 to make. That translates to $1.60 per second. Yeowch!

Here are the songs:

• I Didn't Think
• You Ain't Here
• Shotdown
• Free Ride

Or, perhaps you'd like to know what we sounded like when we were fall-down drunk.

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