Dahcotah - Too Easy To Love/She’s a Bore –Cognito 006 (1976 US)
Dahcotah was an Iowa based combo who had been around for a few years, before experiencing their own road to Damascus, in this case Kansas, by the means of a Mott The Hoople gig! OK, we’ve had Geoff Appleby with Hey Sadie http://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/2008/02/geoff-appleby-hey-sadie.html but this cranks The Hoopleness up a few extra notches...It is full of Marionette twists and turns, the Ian Hunter approach and Piano could not be more (real) life-like, but the song itself stands up in its own right. She’s a Bore is less Mott, but more ROCK with a cool Cheap Trick feel. If nothing else these guys had taste, aptitude and attitude. There is a facebook Dahcotah page up- I’ll send them a note...
Hear a full version of Too Easy To Love
Hear a full version of She’s A Bore
5 comments:
AMAZING.
Wow, thanks a bunch for this. I had the 45 and always thought it should've been a hit.
I still have my copy of the 45. Three original band members are Facebook friends of mine.
Always loved this band, started up in 1970 and through many incarnations the original trio of Randy, Dave and Gale played with various bass players and wore out a few buses, the next decade led them to a long on -the road - gig of six weeks in Michigan at which time the band announced their final concert at THE CIRCLE in Cedar Falls Iowa, a fitting ending as the boys were from that area originally, there was a huge fan base in Iowa and throughout the midwest. The life of this band often resembled an outtake of SPINAL TAP, and would make for a great novel or memoir one day. They made people happy and were amazing when they were good.
These guys originated in Cedar Falls Iowa and for a decade traveled throughout the midwest. wearing out a few buses and trucks, snowed in in Minnesota College towns and the final big gig, six weeks in Michigan in the early spring of 1980. WHile there were several incarnations of this group, inlcuding a move to Fort Dodge, Iowa, the main three were DAvid, RAndy and GAle, who are all still with us. Sadly Ross has passed on and no one has heard from the others to my knowledge. The guys called it quits and in late May of 1980, did a final weekend at THE CIRCLE in Cedar Falls Iowa, a fitting ending; the history of this band could parallel the out-takes of the movie Spinal Tap, while their music and magic on stage was undeniably wonderful there were always new hurdles and pitfalls coming out of no where... I still would not trade those years for anything. They should be in the Iowa Rock and ROll Hall of Fame and given the credit they deserve.
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