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LOONEY TOURS & INDIAN PACIFIC TOURING CO. : PRESENT 1 J AND THE MOD ERN LOVERS § Hallo everyone. I was bora in Boston in May of 1981. I grew up in the suburbs in Massachusetts. m When I was eleven I had a crush an Debbie Hello everyone. I wae born in Boston In of 1081.1 grew up In the suburbs in Massachusetts. When I was eleven I had a crush on May Balvin. This was 1962. She ar*i Janet Woiah listei»d * [to WMZX the teenage station of that time. Well, whena I went over to Janet's to pester Debbie I'd hear “Johnny Angel*, “Torture", “Summertime Lover" and songs by Connie Stevens and Tommy Bands. So pretty soon I was there with the transistor radio hearing “The Locomotion”, “The Watusi", “He’s a Rebel" and everything else.' That music Is in my heart now as It always will be. I heard live bands In junior high but didn’t start MB singing or playing till I was 18 and had heard The Velvet Underground, out of New York City. They made an atmosphere and I knew then that I could make one too! I started singing In public in Boston In 1968. I knew I couldn't sing or play like other guys but I didn't want to. I figured I had feeling and that was enough. I knew 1 was honest. I don't know what I'm going to do before I do it on stage. I don't use a “set list".! I don't know if m smile, I might be sad that night. Lots of times I think I'm hilarious. But I don't do “parody” or “satire" or “tongue in-cheek" stuff. I read these words about myself occasionally. - .1 want to sing all over the world and have my records be In the “International Section" of your record • store, not far from Charles Aznavour and Maurice Chevalier, OH and guys like that. WHmand guys Ilka that. * AUCKLAND GHRISTjSHURGH OCTOBER 2nd ’ lOGTOBERL3fdI OGTOBERfatlfl 6 MONTH CLUB OLD TOWN HALL GLADSTONE Tickets at The Corner WELLINGTON OCTOBER 3rd OLD TOWN HALL Tickets at Opera House CHRISTCHURCH OCTOBER 4th GLADSTONE Tickets Record Factory Chch EMI Shop George St Dunedin

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