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In 1980, the first G.H. Bass & Co. Country Shop was opened at the May Company Store in Mission Viejo, California. That same year G.H. Bass & Co. began to publish in-house newspaper called The Bass Inner Soul. In the fall of 1988, G.H. Bass & Co. unveiled the Signature Collection, of three shoe styles, including the Buc, Rangeley and Weejuns.
The Spaulding family in New Hampshire started making shoes based on this design in the early 1930s, [citation needed] naming them loafers, a general term for slip-on shoes which is still in use in America. In 1934, G.H. Bass (a bootmaker in Wilton, Maine) started making loafers under the name Weejuns (sounding like Norwegians). [18]
Hunter continued playing guitar throughout high school as a member of a group called the Weejuns, [5] which took their name from G.H. Bass & Co.'s perennially-popular penny loafers. He subsequently joined the Light Brigade, a rock and soul group that played in the Decatur area.
One hypothesis is that the "Brown Bess" was named after Elizabeth I of England, but this lacks support.Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries, traces the name to at least the 1760s, and his research suggests the name was adopted from slang for a mistress, prostitute, or lowly woman who also appear in period sources referred to as "Brown Bess".
Zepparella is an all-female American Led Zeppelin tribute band founded and formed in 2005 in San Francisco, California by the band's drummer, Clementine. The current band consists of lead vocalist Anna Kristina, guitarist Gretchen Menn, bassist Holly West and drummer Clementine.
Creeggan has played the double bass since he was in school. He was a member of a variety of school bands, as well as local youth symphony groups. He lived in the Knox College, Toronto residence while attending the University of Toronto for bass performance, [2] though he did not complete a degree.
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