Rock group with sound similar to mix of Crack the Sky / Steely Dan / Beatles. In 1992 the group released a self-titled CD of original songs featuring John Palumbo (keyboards, guitar, vocals –Crack the Sky), Alana Shor (vocals ex-Paper Cup, Shor Patrol, Jamie LaRitz Band), Nita Slater (vocals ex-Paper Cup, Code Blue), Mark Easley (bass, vocals), Andy Shriver (lead guitar ex-Paper Cup), Chuck Klapka (horns ex-Inner Cyrkle, Spice, Haley’s Comets), Ralph Fisher (drums ex-United Chair, Both Worlds, East Coast Offering), George Gray (drums ex-Pockets, Greg Hatza), with special appearances by Dave Carrera (guitar ex-Downstairs Band, Rude Shoes, Johnson Brothers), Rick Witkowski (guitar -Crack the Sky, B.E. Taylor Group), and Marvin Brown (Softones) with the “B” Street Boys (vocals).
Shor and Shriver went on to join Junior Cline & the Recliners. Easley had previously worked with Larry Bright and later with Rob Fahey’s Pieces, David Bach Consort… Shriver worked with many artists including David Bach, Carey Ziegler’s Expensive Hobby, Don Bellew… Klapka and Slater were later with Bobby & the Believers.
1992(CD) Rendezvous 61104-2 Cruel Shoes
