> And since I'm talking about the talent pool that oozes out of Pittsburgh
(yes,
> Fred Rogers is Canadian, I believe, but he's taped his show here in the
Steel
> City since day 1...I think), it should be noted that Lenny and the
Squigtones
> got their start in Pittsburgh as well...(Carnegie Mellon alumnus).
>
> I wanna say they had a regular stint at The Decade... (now The Next
Decade
> with a new owner, however, no where near the glory of what it was many
many
> moons ago)
>
> If Tom Moran hasn't mass deleted all of these threads, maybe he can give
y'all
> a little history lesson. Pull up a chair kiddies...it's "Story time with
> Tom"...
Gee thanks Paul, this must be payback for Richmond.
OK, as for Mr. Rogers, Johnny Costa played the piano, but he passed over
into the great land of make-believe, and I don't know who plays now. The
Deliberate Strangers' sometimes drummer, Pingting may know since he used to
work on the show.
As for Lenny and Squiggy, they were drama majors at CMU, but like myself,
got kicked out before ever graduating. The Squigtones did play the Decade
once after they were "famous". The really cool Pittsburgh trivia relates to
the opening segment of "Spinal Tap" were Rob Riener is tell about seeing
the band for the first time at The Electric Banana. Apparently the imfamous
Pittsburgh punk bar made quite an impression on the young drama students.
It was a strip club/disco at the time, switching over to punk after the
house DJ got blown away by a disgruntled customer.
Tom
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