marf Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Thee conceptual beginning of the Shaggs came from Austin Wiggin's mother who, when her son was young, had predicted during a palmreading that he would marry a strawberry blonde woman, that he would have two daughters after she had died, and that his daughters would form a popular music group. The first two predictions proved accurate, so Austin set about making the third come true as well.[8] Austin withdrew his daughters from school, bought them instruments, and arranged for them to receive music and vocal lessons. The Wiggin sisters themselves never planned to become a music group, but as Dot later said, "[Austin] was something of a disciplinarian. He was stubborn and he could be temperamental. He directed. We obeyed. Or did our best."[9] Austin named the Shaggs after the popular shag hairstyle and as a reference to shaggy dogs.[9] In 1968, Austin arranged for the girls to play a regular Saturday night gig at the Fremont, New Hampshire, Town Hall. I usually avoid all things Frank Zappa, which is why I I don't know about this amazing band. Im Gobsmacked. The story. OMG I should have known about this I like Dr Demento but didn't catch his show This is for Posterity . You don't have to post anything. Just let google do its thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_the_World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 i first discovered this record in san francisco. it was being advertised as the sort of record every vinyl collector wants to find but won't believe exists. they recently had a single and new vinyl released. as much as i "like" them, i find it more of an effort to listen to their LPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TubularCorporation Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Shaggs Own Thing is underrated. This is some David Lynch stuff: The owner of the shop where I used to work had 5 sealed copies of Philosophy Of the World back in the 80s but he sold them for something like $300 each and still regretted it when I knew him 20-something years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 4 hours ago, marf said: I usually avoid all things Frank Zappa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Wow, that catches you off-guard. At first I couldn't even stomach it, but after a while it's really endearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marf Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 The Reason The Shaggs are so good is they were probably recporded in a really good studio. With all the best equipment at the time. The Father probably made sure of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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