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Special Meds

"It's All Happening"

About Me

FIND THE TIME Springfest 2008 (New Improved Audio!!) BOTTOMS UP! Springfest 2008Bottoms Up!
..SLEEPWALKER 1-12-2008 The Eastside Club Olympia, Washington Seattle based Special Meds is just what the doctor ordered for what ailes ya! A fine mix of all Original recipie Uptempo funky soul and classic rock and roll!! There are a wide varity of backgrounds and musical tastes in the band, which ends up resulting in a hard groovin' musical cocktail. Hammond B-3 and punchy horns drive the bus. The Meds can be caught playing your favorite Outdoor festivals like Spokane Hempfest, Springfest, The Bite of Seattle, Missoula Hempfest, Squidstock, Olympia Hempfest, etc. The Meds can also be found shakin' it up on a Friday or Saturday somewhere in Seattle, Portland, Bellingham, Eugene, Olympia, Spokane, Missoula, Boise, or in Your home town! We are bringing the music to the people!! We like to let 'er run on all eight and blow the roof off the house! "You don't need a weather man to tell which way the wind blows......"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/12/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/livemeds
Band Members: BRUCE ERICSON-Drums/Percussion, JAKE DOSS-Bass/Vocals, COLIN WALKER-Tenor Sax/Vocals, KEVIN TOEPP-Keyboards/Vocals, BERL SHAFFER-Guitar/Vocals.
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, The Who, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Grateful Dead, Ravi Shankar, Lightnin' Hopkins, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Jackie Wilson, Tal Farlow, Vivaldi, Dvorsak, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Toots & The Maytals, Herb Ellis, Oscar Peterson, Speedy West, Patsy Cline, Carlos Santana, Early Peter Green, Mick Taylor, The Allman Brothers, list goes on and on and on.........
Sounds Like:Hard Rockin' Funky Soul!!
Record Label: PYRAMID HAT RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THANKS SPRINGFEST!!

We had a blast! Thanks for sharing :)   ~The Meds~
Posted by Special Meds on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:04:00 PST

OUR NEW DRUMMER’S FIRST SHOW TONIGHT!!!!

Greetings!! We are happy to announce our New Drummer's first show tonight!  Come on out and show the love! YO Bruce!!   ~The Meds~  ...
Posted by Special Meds on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:09:00 PST

New Meds Page

Be sure to check out "Live Meds" on our friends page.  This page was designed just to put up live tracks, warts and all.  Tunes will regularly change up, so check it often.  The si...
Posted by Special Meds on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:09:00 PST

Special Meds review from Missoula, Montana!

DOSE UP: THE MISSOULAN. Seattle-Based band Special Meds has a prescription for what ailes you. Take off your pants and light them on fire. Once you hear the band perform, you might just want to drop t...
Posted by Special Meds on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:51:00 PST