Dave Alpert: I Know Where You’re Going with That

My first band started out as an acoustic trio called Shake.  We were 2 guys and a girl. we all sang; the other guy and I played acoustic guitars.  Eventually, we morphed into a full rock band–a little folky, a little jammy.  It wasn’t my favorite band stylistically, but I wrote the songs, we had lots of fun, got people out to shows and played some of the coolest rooms in Boston at the time, including Mama Kin, the Tam, Harpers Ferry, and of course, the staples like the Middle East and TT’s.  We put out our first and only full-length CD around 2001 (right after we broke up).  I remember the excitement of hearing Birthday Song on WBCN and seeing our CD on the shelf in Newbury Comics.

I walked into Newbury Comics the other day to sell some old CDs.  Dave’s tip of the day: if you’re ever short on cash, Newbury still buys CDs, and you can still get a few bucks for CDs probably just gathering dust in storage.  In any case, I walked down one of the rock aisles and found the slot where our CDs used to be.  They stopped carrying our CD long ago, but years later, they’re keeping the slot alive for our comback!  Check this out…

Nice!!!

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