Word: amps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eric Kilburn (guitar, drum, amp) -- Kilburn is director of the Nameless Coffee House on Church St. and plays folk and rock songs. They're not all happy songs because "there is war, poverty, and strife, and if you try to ignore them, you can live a happy, superficial life." He is often hired to play in Charles Square, though he is now in Nicaragua-for several weeks. "I feel I make people happy every time I play," he says...
Luke Hunsberger (guitar with amp) -- He plays at Holyoke Center twice a week-for five hours starting at 7 p.m. and at the Downtown Crossing once a week at lunchtime. He plays 60s and 70s music, Beatles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan. He's a regular in the Square, having performed steadily for the past nine months. (see story this page...
Kevin McNamara (gultar, harmonica, mandolin, maracas, tambourine, amp) -- McNamara usually is assisted by "Hurricane" Dennis on the bass. They play at Holyoke Center once a week and often near the women's annex at the Coop. They just describe themselves as "fun rock-n-roll." Be careful when you're near them. Kevin likes to have fun with the crowd...
Barry O'Brien (guitar, no amp) -- O'Brien plays 60s and 70s pop songs, as well as Irish and American folk music. "All the same old stuff everyone likes to hear," he says. He plays Holyoke Center once a week and along Brattle the rest of the time. Sporting long hair and often a bandanna, as well, he enjoys joining other musicians and singing with them. With no permanent home and traveling throughout the country, O'Brien likes to think of himself as a troubadour...
...than 100,000 of its $85 XR-5000s in the past two years. The lightweight 6-in. shock stick is powered by a nine-volt rechargeable battery. When triggered while pressed against a person's body, it sends out 50,000 volts but, Nova claims, just .00006 of an amp, a tiny fraction of the amount that would give electricity a lethal jolt. A stun-gunned victim typically loses control of all voluntary muscles, drops and remains dazed and rubbery-legged for a few minutes...