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These guys topped off the stellar Musical Family Tree event with an eagerly awaited set. I love the lead guitar melody on this one! (I’m sorry the sound quality isn’t so great and that I wasn’t able to get guitarist Erik Trojnar in the shot.) Members are currently in these bands: The Gentleman Caller, Brando, Rogue Wave and Lines in Analog Sound.

Stranded at the Drive-In

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This is yet another incestous conglomeration whose members all appear in various sets from earlier or later in the night. Jake Smith and Freda Love are from Mysteries of Life, John Strohm is now solo (but used to be in Blake Babies with Freda way back in the late ’80s and lots of others, including Antenna, in between), and Pat Spurgeon appears in the Stranded at the Drive-In set (and is currently in Rogue Wave).

Antenna

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I just can’t get enough of Chris Kupersmith’s and Tina Barbieri’s lovely harmonies. It’s almost as if they have male and female counterparts of the same voice. Tina also performed with United States Three the night before.

Uvula

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I remember when Jeb of Musical Family Tree was introducing The Sugarfreaks that night, he aptly said that frontwoman Gretchen Holtz is the one person he knows who is the full embodiment of the term “rock star.” You can also see Gretchen’s adorable kids dancing in The Vulgar Boatmen footage from the acoustic set.

The Sugarfreaks

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I remember seeing Glenn Hicks’ band El Niño play all of the time at Second Story back in 1995/96. Those were some good times.

El Niño

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