Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site grkermi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!grkermi!andrew From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Artist Info Wanted (Tom Rapp) Message-ID: <501@grkermi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 23:05:40 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermi.501 Posted: Wed Jul 3 23:05:40 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:53:14 EDT References: <3127@drutx.UUCP> Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 58 Summary: In article <3127@drutx.UUCP> timle@drutx.UUCP (DeibertTL) writes: > Can anybody fill in any information on the following artists >and if they have been involved in any other bands during the >past 15 years? > > Tom Rapp / guitar, vocals > Jim Bohannon / organ, piano, clavinette > Wayne Harley / banjo > Lane Lederer / bass, guitar > > During the late sixties they were recording under the band name >of "Pearls Before Swine". Below are some of the records which >were recorded by them. > . > . > . The only printed info I've ever seen on Rapp/PBS is in "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock", compiled by Nick Logan/Bob Woffinden (1976). Here is the discography: Pearls Before Swine: One Nation Underground 1967 ESP-Disk Balaklava 1968 ESP-Disk These Things Too 1969 Reprise The Use Of Ashes 1970 Reprise City Of Gold 1971 Reprise Beautiful Lies You Could Live In 1971 Reprise Tom Rapp: Tom Rapp (familiar songs) 1972 Reprise Stardancer ?? Blue Thumb Sunforest ?? Blue Thumb The article goes on to say "since [the last LP] nothing has been heard from him [TR], though rumors abound that he lives in Holland". Needless to say, no info on the whereabouts of the others. In fact, I've never been able to find where they came from - much less what ever happened to them! Miscellaneous observations: The keyboardist on "One Nation Underground" was Roger Crissinger; Jim Bohannon appeared on "Balaklava". By "These Things Too" only Rapp and Harley remained; Lederer and Bohannon had been replaced by ex-Cryan Shame Jim Fairs and "elizabeth". I believe Harley departed soon afterward; the name "Pearls Before Swine" seems to have been kept (for purposes of name recognition) long after the group itself had disbanded. Tom Rapp's first album is subtitled "Familiar Songs" because about half of them had already appeared on previous PBS albums. Rapp/PBS were fairly popular at RPI in the late 60's - early 70's. I went to Union, and seem to recall that PBS played at RPI's Student Center at least once a year... I almost went to see him/them once, but something else (as always) came up. Anyone out there ever hear them live? Andrew W. Rogers "...neither cast ye your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE...lest they turn ye on..."