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| TAKEN FROM THE BACK COVER OF THE BEST OF THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND
(A.V.I./Rhino Records RNLP 108). Attributed to: Mike McDowell,
Editor/Publisher, Blitz Magazine. |
| Sporting goods especially those emphasizing backpacking etc. have velcro bands
that work pretty well. But the real problem is those crummy little spring clips
that hold on the band--they break very easily in the rough and tumble of
diving. My solution was to bore through the sockets in the watch body they fit
in and replace them with stainless steel wire. If the watch body is plastic
you can bore the hole by heating the wire with a match and melting through. I
lost a couple of watches before I came up with this technique. Alternatively,
instead of doing anything to the watch band at all you could strap it to your
console. |
| During all of this chaos, the Chocolate Watch Band also managed to make a
cameo appearance with the Standells in the classic motion picture, Riot
on Sunset Strip. Therein, the band performed Dave Aguilars Dont Need
Your Lovin and the group-penned Sitting There Standing. Though both
pieces were unabashedly borrowed from the material of other artists (Rick
Nelsons Milk Cow Blues and the Yardbirds The Nazz Are Blue,
respectively), the Chocolate Watch Band at that point had established
themselves as one of the most original bands on the scene. Cobb: The
Chocolate Watch Band had a different type of groove. It was sloppy with
intensity. All the beats didnt fall together at the same time, yet the
overall beat fell as one beat. By the time of their third album, they
had developed to the point where they were so strong together, that I
would have been a fool to have my influence be in there and screw up what
they were trying to do. The Chocolate Watch Band was very extreme.. |
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For the past 30 years, Ive played guitar and worn Rolex Submariner watches.
After encountering a lot of pain in my left wrist, the doctor informed me
that the heavy Submariners had taken a permanent toll on my wrist. I now
had to find a watch that was lightweight, easy to read, had a rotating bezel
(I take heart medication) and will fit an 8-1/2 inch wrist. |
| Much of the Chocolate Watch Bands aesthetic success can be attributed to
their producer, Ed Cobb. Having served as bass singer with the vastly
underrated Four Preps from 1956 to 1965, Cobb fashioned a highly
successful career for himself in the mid-1960s as a
songwriter/producer/mentor for such garage bands as the Standells, the
E-Types and Stark and the Car Thieves. Cobbs experimental
instincts (combined with a penchant for the aesthetics of rock and rolls
glorious founding days) inspired him to constantly be on the lookout for
promising up-and-coming talent whose musical persuasions were not
necessarily in step with the norm. |
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