Word: sweated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boyish, 5'3" lead guitar Rick Derringer, who recently replaced less flamboyant Ronnie Montrose, provided a lot of the musical excitement. Clad in a skin-tight vinyl jumpsuit and wearing a red, white and blue sweat band around his left wrist, he danced and skittered about the stage, his legs braced wide like a defiant 14 year-old, a Donny Osmond on speed. Derringer has been waiting in the wings for some time now--since playing with the McCoys ("Hang on, Sloopy") he has worked with both Winters on several albums. Recently, he came out with his own solo album...
...entourage unloads. "If we run in quickly, maybe they won't recognize us." No one is there to greet his band, of course, save a few early drunks leaving the Ale House. "Damn," he says. "They spotted us. I hate it when they rip off my clothes." The Sweat Band gets only passing attention as they push their way to the stage...
...CASE You didn't see any sign, we're the Sweat Band," Kent says, once the band is the center of attention. "We're from Philadelphia. Now, we're from Jamaica Plain...
...record deal fell through in August when the producer who was backing them had a serious auto accident and left the business, and now, the Sweat Band is doing some recording of original songs by Bancroft and his brother Gordon. Kent is taking a producing course at the Orson Welles Cinema that includes use of a studio, but the group has to pay for each record they press...
Walking through Harvard, shortly before Thanksgiving, members of the Sweat Band accidentally wandered through a touch football game in front of Winthrop House. Their apologies were interrupted when a few of the football players recognized them. "Hey, you guys are from the Sweat Band, aren't you?" one said. "You're pretty good...