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this article goes into other Presidents (and presidential candidates) who played instruments.

I've heard part of the CD online. Mediocre at best. Nowhere near the same league as The Ventures (at their prime or more watered down years).

The Democrats are really drinking to kool aid to rave about John Kerry being a "rocker" in a prep school band.

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"Nice" of this journalist to give the website address for the version of the album that sends ALL proceeds to the DNC. This is the "royalties" issue that divided the band:

(John) Kerry's revived rock songs spark partisan projects (2 former Electras are Republicans)

The Democrat-voting band members wanted to send the profits to the Kerry campaign while the two Republicans in the group, Mr. Radcliffe and Mr. Gagarin, disagreed, refusing to contribute their portion to politics.

"If the proceeds from my songs go to the Democratic National Convention, I'll be worked up," said former SouthCoast resident Mr. Radcliffe.

The other website that ACTUALLY PAYS THE PERFORMERS is here:

johnkerryandtheelectras.com (supposed to be online now but does not appear to be loading)

This Boston Herald article is the only one I saw to mention the other site by name:

He's the Yoko of the Electras

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Which reminds me of an old joke: What's perfect pitch? When you throw an accordion at a garbage can and hit a banjo.

Pshaw. Banjo pickers can play faster than speed metal guitarists.

Also, here is a REAL garage rock band composed of American GI's who served fighting commies (stationed in Berlin around the time of the Cuban missile crisis).

www.the-monks.com A PUNK band (in every sense of the word) that used a banjo...

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thanks for the pings
as usual your music lore puts mine to shame.
and i think i know some stuff.
i have not heard any of the electras yet but i would probably buy the c.d. just for the novelty.

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I bet Los Straitjackets blow them out of the water, too.