Massachusetts College of Art students Doug Stevens, Gary Rutstein, Tom Dempsey and Joe Botti combined their musical and artistic talents in 1970 along with Salem State College students Artie Johnson, Tony Bartolini and legendary guitar player John Press to form one of Boston Massachusetts most original and popular bands of the early 70s. Compared to various artists of their day, GNP's brand of music, humor and taste was unique in it's style and sound. Fame and fortune became the goal and the achievement was within arm's reach. While performing an exclusive gig at the legendary Unicorn Coffee House in Boston, GNP fine tuned their act which eventually caught the attention of Metromedia Records. Soon the group would sign a record contract with the legendary 60's "girl group" producer George "Shadow" Morton (Leader Of The Pack) . The result was the album P-Flaps And Low Blows..a mix of Vaudeville, rock and comedy. Although their album didn't jump off the charts, GNP is fondly remembered for being the opening act for Frank Zappa, Spirit, Sha Na Na, Tommy James among others. Where are the members of GNP now? Stay tuned to find out! This MySpace site is dedicated to the members of GNP, their families, friends and fans. Special people involved(there were so many..sorry if I left some out)
Charlie Lew, Bob and Paul Graham, Billy Pimental, Jack Butterfield, Joe Upham, Susan Clark, Val Dangora, Jeff Daniels, Lola, Sunshine and many more...........
Copies of the P-Flaps album are available to qualified inquirers for 3 bucks. That's all you get.
Gross National Productions (GNP)'s Friend Space (Top 21)
Shelly Finkle TV sighting tonight ...in the ring, "HBO Boxing After Dark" show - after the Victor Ortiz vrs. Mike Arnaoutis. Ortiz won in a TKO. Shelly was smiling. Shelly Finkle, was on the management team of Shadow Morton, our producer and Metromedia Records.Who can forget how Shelly demonstrated his karate kicks before directing us over to the grand piano at the Fenway Theater and held his arm over the recording contracts that we signed. This move prevented us from reading the "fine print" .... "sign here.. and here.. and here.. and initial here.. it's just a standard contract." After GNP, Shelly continued on as a promoter.... rock concerts, like "Watkins Glenn"... and boxing... namely Mike Tyson.
"Bees .... Bees are all around us, as.. as everybody knows" mmmm.. Scientists are now saying that bees are disappearing... not returning to their hives.. because cell phone radiation maybe screwing up their navigation systems....
"But how they fly around and help us, is still, still a dead-end road."
"If they lose their stingers they can't !"
Give Your Man had the the best "Carlos" solo" of all our tunes.
Let's do another one before we check into the Mt. Sinai nursing facilities!!!
As someone in the white tux once said..."at this rate we'll never reach the Pacific..Shylock give me a D"....
