Chupa

Jason Hatfield, brother of ex-Blake Babies' indie chanteuse Julianna, used the Dumptruck rhythm section to great advantage for this solid demo outing.

Lauren Danielle

Lauren is a performer originally based in L.A. We met over the phone in '89 and I offered to go to London with her to play gigs at the Mean Fiddler and Diorama. After spending 4 days in Boston to rehearse prior to departure, she decided to move here when we returned.

Bob Evans

Out of state transplants.

Ray Mason

Rockin' Ray was one of the most beloved acts during the first year at the Middle East. He is still one of the region's finest songwriter's and a god of the Silvertone guitar. Demo recorded at Longview Farm and Downtown Recorders.

Philosopher Kings

When Billy Bragg joined Natalie Merchant for this Gary Smith-and-friends recording session noone had an inkling that one day he'd buy my 75 percent and become a co-owner of Fort Apache.

Scatterfield

Right after this tape was made I produced and engineered an lp worth of tunes for Scatterfield at Fort Apache South. The band was great and the sessions were a blast.

Studio Red

Philadelphia's answer to Fort Apache, Studio Red drew Dumptruck and many of its' members solo projects to the city of the Liberty Bell.

Twist Offs

One of the world's greatest rock bands, based on their superlative name, an unmatched ratio of press-to-actual gigs played (which stands at lots-to-almost none) and the fact that they were all members of Wellesley College's Fabulous Babes. See the article on the Twist Offs

The Virtues

Another engineering project for Sean Slade. He was quite the busy boy in 1991.