greenfuzz
Orlyn Class
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2011
Not Benjamin Orr’s band but the Minneapolis combo.
In the mid-to-late ‘60s, The Grasshoppers were kings of the Twin Cities music scene. They had it all — sweat-stained rock ‘n’ roll bona fides, radio-ready pop songcraft, and harmonies tighter than a monk’s entertainment budget. They took their act all over the Midwest, from Iowa to Wisconsin to North Dakota, sometimes generating a Beatlemania-like female frenzy along the way.
But for all their regional renown, The Grasshoppers only released one single during their five-year run, and not a note of their original material. More than five decades after their breakup, Let It Be That Way rights that wrong, containing not only their lone 45 but 14 unheard tracks, including those original tunes Hamar churned out after pulling the short straw.
• From the Sundazed Music Kay Bank Master Tape Archive!
• First ever Grasshoppers (MN) LP, featuring their Twin City toppin' 45 paired with a lucky 13 more glorious nuggets!
• Compact Disc features CD only bonus track and liner notes by Jim Allen!
In the mid-to-late ‘60s, The Grasshoppers were kings of the Twin Cities music scene. They had it all — sweat-stained rock ‘n’ roll bona fides, radio-ready pop songcraft, and harmonies tighter than a monk’s entertainment budget. They took their act all over the Midwest, from Iowa to Wisconsin to North Dakota, sometimes generating a Beatlemania-like female frenzy along the way.
But for all their regional renown, The Grasshoppers only released one single during their five-year run, and not a note of their original material. More than five decades after their breakup, Let It Be That Way rights that wrong, containing not only their lone 45 but 14 unheard tracks, including those original tunes Hamar churned out after pulling the short straw.
• From the Sundazed Music Kay Bank Master Tape Archive!
• First ever Grasshoppers (MN) LP, featuring their Twin City toppin' 45 paired with a lucky 13 more glorious nuggets!
• Compact Disc features CD only bonus track and liner notes by Jim Allen!
