(courtesty of Chrome Waves)
If you've seen the wonderful Tim O'Reagan live experience over the last year or so -- either the 4 piece band or the "Tim and Jim" duo thing -- you've likely heard a fetching song, often introduced as an "oldie," called "No Pictures of Dad." When Tim + band played the 400 bar in Mpls last December, "Dad" popped up during a memorable "mini-set" of songs associated with the Leatherwoods, an extremely cool band from Kansas and later Mpls who put out one brilliant long-player on Medium Cool in 1992 -- Topeka Oratorio, a stone classic "lost album" if there ever was one -- and a coupla singles before that.
Anywho, erstwhile web digger Caffeine Zombie recently unearthed a myspace page that features a live version of "No Pictures of Dad" by a mostly forgotten late 70s pop-punk band called Smart Pills. The song was written by Will Ivy ,who's used a number of pseudonyms over the years, including "Alan Oliver," a name that pops up a few times on Topeka Oratorio, most memorably on the song "Tinsel Town," which Tim has also been performing over the last year. And to complete this ridiculously obscure visit to ancient history -- "No Pictures of Dad" was covered by Josie Cotton (you likely remember her and her music no matter how much you want to forget it) in the early 80s and her version was even featured on the Square Pegs TV show... a lost classic in it's own right, featuring the considerable talents of writer Anne Beatts and a young Sarah Jessica Parker and Jami Gertz.
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