January 20, 1999
Rock Dreams Elude the Numbers,
But They Just Keep On Trucking
By ROBERT TOMSHO
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
KENT, Ohio -- Robert Kidney still gets up every morning believing that he could
become a rock 'n' roll
Thanks to Barry for posting the article about Kent, Ohio's The Numbers
Band. As I've mentioned on this list before, this band -- originally
called 15-60-75 -- was my first "bar band" - the first band I ever saw
live in a bar, and remains near the top of my list of live bands, whether
in a bar, an
By the mid-1980s, band members were clearing less than $100 a week each and
making their own albums on a shoestring. Players came and went.
Twang content: For a 5-year stretch in the mid-90's the bass player in the
Numbers Band was my good friend Bill Watson, currently part of that
swingin'
