Thank you for checking out Spirits Of Another Day: Detroit City music artist and song-writer-producer Thomas Tom Di Stefano and South-coast-FLA singer-songwriter Rich Leiderman, shine bright in this new band. Both met back in their Detroit area high school and found a common bond in music and creating it. Di Stefano's well-reviewed debut "The Yellow Album" caught critics ears as a rocking-powerpop "4-track-recorded Tour de force". Leiderman and his highly-tuneful and heart-felt song-writing has always been the perfect counter balance to Di Stefano's song-writing.
Now together they are putting out "American Sha La La" their debut album.
FRANK: Hi Tony, The first thing that sticks in my head about The Windmill Gig Ò77 (fuck, 32 years ago!) Was a guy in the crowd that kept shouting: ULTRA OX! from start to finish.
I tried to speak with him after the gig, but all he did was continue to shout ULTRA OX! was completely off his nut. The atmosphere in the club was fantastic though, right up there with Nickers Club in Keighley. A lot of the kids were keen to talk with us and find out about the scene in London and other areas we had played. There was a lot of unemployment and to quote a Pistols song, a feeling of No Future I think the punk scene was a great way for some of the kids to express themselves and loose that negative feeling. Very apt in the current financial crisis!
GERRY: I remember the club looked like a Country and Western spot, but the crowd were fantastic and always good natured ! There was never any trouble. This was our first venture up north and away from London so we weren’t that well known as such. We did lots of shows in Yorkshire and Lancashire at that time. With John Cooper Clarke at the Keighley Punk Festival, Bradford University, and culminated with the Buzzcocks at the Manchester Free Trade Hall. The one thing that stuck in my mind was the generosity of the people, despite the harsh economic times when we shouted for someone to put us up for the night we always had someone who would offer a living room for a kip! Always fond memories of Yorkshire!
FRANK: Yeh, we met some really decent people, that would put us up and give their last cornflake ! It was always around the last song when one of us would just ask can anyone put the band up tonight ‘cos we aint got no where to stay !Ó
Can you imagine the looks on some of there parents faces when we strolled in , usually still covered in gob and talcum powder !
Those pictures are collectors items as there were very few photo’s taken of the Skunks in 77/78, so they are very much treasured! The Skunks went on to rel
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