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Willie T & Doctor X

Willie T & Doctor X: Rock/Pop/Blues

About Me

Doctor X and I have been playing music together since we were in high school in our native Connecticut. We formed our first rock & roll band (Jumpin' Jiminy Blues Band) in the Waterbury area, where there was a small, but thriving music scene in the old "Brass City" (as it was known in its heyday). Anyone with any musical ambitions eventually had to move to greener pastures. Most gravitate towards New York. I headed for Boston after graduating from college, initially to look for a promising band that needed a bass player. Somehow I got sidetracked, and started doing a solo acoustic thing, performing in local clubs and coffeehouses, and doing the college circuit. It gave me a chance to more fully explore songwriting, and to develop my skills as a singer and guitarist. Doctor X followed a couple of years later after an extended cross-country adventure, and we resumed our musical career together as Willie T & Doctor X, performing mostly as an acoustic duo, and sometimes with a full band known first as Willie T & the Red Line Cruisers, and later as Hogs on Ice.We made a couple of records (yes, real vinyl!) in the 80's that had very limited exposure on college radio stations, and limited distribution to local record stores. Of course, once everyone in town who knew us bought their copies sales plummeted drastically. This, alas, was the typical experience of most Boston bands before the Internet was invented. Now we sell CDs and digital downloads in far away places like Belgium, Australia, and the Philippines, and are being played on Internet Radio stations in such exotic locales as Bosnia-Herzegovina! We're not getting rich anytime soon, mind you, but it is very gratifying to see people from half way around the world buying our music, and it is especially nice to hear from them!I am experimenting with the blog as a means of communicating both musical news about Willie T & Doctor X as well as my passion for political pontificating. You'll find that I am keenly interested in protecting our first amendment rights (media reform, net neutrality) in addition to sounding the alarm on other violations of our Constitutional rights, which have been seriously eroded in recent years. Music and politics seem to intersect frequently these days, and as these two worlds collide it makes for interesting times for independent musicians and free speech advocates alike. We hope you’ll check in often, and we hope that you will enjoy our music as well as my political rants. Please also check out our official website at www.WillieTandDoctorX.com, which provides a lot more information about us and provides links to online retailers where you can purchase our music!Best regards, Willie T

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2007
Band Website: WillieTandDoctorX.com
Band Members: Willie T: Vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, bass Doctor X: Vocals, harmonica, percussion Gary Jenkins: Bass, electric guitar, backup vocals Jonathan Shade: Electric guitar Danny Feist: Drums Colleen MacDonald: Backup vocalsSpecial Guests: Sarah Gates: Electric guitar Peter Babke: Drums Andy Mendelson: Keyboards, electric guitar
Influences: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Warren Zevon, J. Geils, Leon Redbone, R.E.M., Dire Straits, Little Walter, Ron Elliot, Randy Burns, Al Anderson, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Chris Smithers, Bob Dylan, and just about everything we've heard since we were kids!
Sounds Like: We've been told that we sound like Warren Zevon, Rolling Stones, J. Geils, Dire Straits. Some have compared us to Barenaked Ladies and even Meatloaf, for God's sake. Go figure!
Record Label: Wheel & Dheel Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Willie T & Doctor X: Live Show This Weekend

Willie T & Doctor X will perform live at the Squealing Pig at 335 Commercial St., in Provincetown, MA (Cape Cod) from on Saturday, October 4th. We'll be on all night (which we rarely do these days), f...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:30:00 PST

Sign Up To Rate the Debates!

During the primaries, the debates were nothing more than a circus act, where the moderators hurled "gotcha" questions at the candidates, or quizzed them about trivial campaign gossip, attack ads, and ...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:42:00 PST

Fwd: $700 billion without oversight?! -- Look at the Fine Print

Dear Friends & Family,Like many people, I believe that--distasteful as it is--the government must do something about the financial crisis that rocked Wall St. last week, and that the cost of doing not...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:59:00 PST

Willie T & Doctor X CD Profits to be Donated to Red Cross Hurricane Relief

For the month of September, 2008, Willie T & Doctor X will donate half of the artist's share of proceeds from CD sales (that's 100% of the artist's profits) to the American Red Cross to help with New ...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:19:00 PST

Amy Goodman and Other Journalists Arrested in St. Paul, MN

Dear Friends and Family,I was horrified when I learned of this report from FreePress.net yesterday. I strongly urge you all to sign this petition and demand an end to the intimidation of journalists,...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:36:00 PST

Political Firings of Nine U.S. Attorneys: Investigation Intensifies

Dear Friends,Historical Note: On this date in 1974, Pres. Richard Nixon announced his decision to resign rather than face impeachment for his role in the cover up of the Watergate break-in. I remem...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:15:00 PST

The Internet Is No Substitute for the Dying Newspaper Industry

Hi Folks,This article on AlterNet came to me by way of FreePress. net. I think it clearly illustrates the attempt by the corporations to "dumb down" the public, through their increasing consolidation ...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:18:00 PST

Articles of Impeachment Brought Against Bush Administration!

Hi Folks, The American freedom Campaign Sent me this following report. 35 articles ofimpeachment were introduced last night. Some of them seem a little redundant tome, but they are all serious all...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:44:00 PST

House Will Vote Today to Override Bush Veto of Torture Bill

Hi Folks,I received the following info from the bipartisan American Freedom Campaign. Within hours, this vote will be over. So please take action as soon as possible.Best,Willie T---------------------...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:03:00 PST

Proof that Comcast Used Paid Seat-Fillers at FCC Hearing

Dear Friends & Family,I received some follow-up information from Free Press on the fiasco at yesterday's FCC hearing at Harvard Law School, including proof, and even a rather unapologetic admission fr...
Posted by Willie T & Doctor X on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:51:00 PST