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Rounder Records reissued the Shaggs compilation in 2004, [18] and Helen died in 2006. [7] In 2012, Dot and Betty attended a Shaggs tribute show in Brooklyn organized by the musician Jesse Krakow. Krakow endeavoured to remain faithful to the recordings, saying, "Everybody says the Shaggs are impossible to play, but we're going to do it as is."
Shaggs' Own Thing is a 1982 compilation album by the American band the Shaggs, containing unreleased recordings made between 1969 and 1975. In 1988, Shaggs' Own Thing and the Shaggs' first album, Philosophy of the World , were remastered and rereleased by Rounder Records as the compilation The Shaggs .
The Shaggs were formed in 1965 by the teenage sisters Dorothy ("Dot"), Betty and Helen Wiggin in the small town of Fremont, New Hampshire. [3] They formed at the behest of their father and manager, Austin Wiggin Jr. [3] When Austin was young, his mother had read his palm and made three predictions: he would marry a strawberry-blonde woman, he would have two sons after she had died, and his ...
Rickie Lee Skaggs [1] [2] (born July 18, 1954), [6] known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer.
The Dot Wiggin Band opened for Neutral Milk Hotel on tour in April 2015. [7] The band has many fans and support from Shaggs' audiences worldwide. In performance, Dot sings old Shaggs songs re-created live by members who have become familiar with the repertoire as recorded on the original Shaggs albums, which has created interest and confusion amongst audiences unfamiliar with the Shaggs.
Krakow has toured with Shudder to Think, playing bass on their 2009 live album Live From Home.He collaborated with Tatsuya Yoshida and Ron Anderson for live performances as RonRuins, [1] was previously in Anderson's band PAK, and is featured on their Motel CD. [2]
A Minnesota girl group, the Shaggs, released a version as a 1965 single (Concert 1-78-65), and Honey Ltd. covered the song on a 1968 album and as a single (LHI 1216); however, the distinction of first girl group participation on a version of "Louie Louie" would go to the Shalimars, an Olympia girl group who provided overdubbed backing vocals in ...
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