could've been a poet:
Karen Romanofsky - vocals, bass
Amy Romanofsky - guitar, vocals
Warren Daugherty - drums, keyboard
THE cbap STORY... by Karen
Hi! That's me in the middle, Amy's on the right,
Warren's on the left. When Amy and I started the band in 1991, we
had our older sister on drums and our brother in charge of sound/recording.
Sound/recording involved a 4-channel mixer and a tape deck, so all the
recordings were live performances, with no overdubs. It was one of
those deals of "keep recording the same song over and over til we get a
take that has the fewest errors". So we fooled around and learned
to play our instruments with songs like:
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"Here's Where The Story Ends" - The
Sundays
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"Under The Milky Way" - The Church
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"In Between Days" - The Cure
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"Come Back Down" - Toad The Wet Sprocket
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"Trouble Me"*
- 10,000 Maniacs
*original
song ©1989, 10,000 Maniacs
cbap
version of "Trouble Me" (1991)
Also around this time, we were writing
our first originals. Here's a sample of one:
"Foothold"
©1991, cbap
From 1991 - 1995, there were lots
of changes in the band. We had another guitarist for awhile and various
drummers throughout this period. We even changed the band name and
recorded a demo as Trap Door Truth before
switching back to could've been a poet
-- which, I'm sure some of you realize, was
taken from the Smiths
song, "This Night Has Opened My Eyes".
Also during this time, Amy switched from electric to 12-string acoustic
guitar.
In late 1995, Amy, Warren and I
began recording our
first potato which was released
in September 1996.
Karen
Romanofsky - vocals, bass
also piano on "chrysanthemum"
Amy Romanofsky -
guitar, vocals
Warren Daugherty
- drums, keys, vocals
also bass on "in
your house" and "today"
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lyrics by Karen
Romanofsky
except "could've
done" by Amy Romanofsky
music by cbap
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produced by cbap
& engineered by Amy
Romanofsky
recorded at Lebanon Valley College in Annville,
PA
cover photo by Dad
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