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MP3 Betty's Not A Vitamin - Betty's Not A Vitamin
14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, POP: Power Pop
Details:
BNAV’s original sound is a mix of all classic American
music…..pop, country, rock, punk, rockabilly……served
with the feel of a Memphis barbeque.
After a 10 year stint as a carnie on the East Coast,
Chris Tocco met Todd Staudinger working at the
electronics counter at WalMart in Big Bend,
Indiana. They decided to buy a guitar with the
change from lunch and sing Hobo songs at the local
mall. After a bottle of Ripple one day they
accidentally wrote a song. Intrigued by the idea that
if it''s your song, you don''t actually have to KNOW all
the RIGHT words and chords, they figured, hey, this is
the way to go.
After several failed attempts at stardom in the Salt Lake City vaudeville circuit, they headed back
East and settled in Denver, only to be run out of
town after a small incident at an amusement park where
Chris was recognized by another carnie who accused him
of steeling his fake tooth at the Utah state fair.
This inspired them to write and perform as the Twins
of Fury for the next 5 years in and around Phoenix with their faithful companion Mookie the junkyard dog.
Another "incident" forced them to relocate and change
their name. After a drinking a bottle of Cold Duck,
they went to the local drug store and bought some
Flintstone vitamins and Fruity Pebbles to try a new
crash course sugar based diet Todd had heard about.
After lining up all the vitamins on a park bench,
Chris came to the conclusion that.....”Betty’s Not a
Vitamin!”, and that’s been their name ever since.
Chris and Todd continued writing until they had
20 songs. At some point, they realized
songs on the radio weren''t actually people
playing live, but were "recordings". Using his past
"work" experience in the San Quentin prison library to
guide him, Todd spent a day doing some research and came to the conclusion, that this was done in a recording studio, and that CD''s weren''t actually frisbee/coasters...but that somehow the sound was on THERE....and that he and Chris had better get their songs on one of those coasters ASAP. They moved to Florida and teamed up with former side show Monkey-boy Rick Boucher on the skins, and Rob "The Amazing Snacks" Kosinski; formerly a grip on the Merv Griffin show, on bass. They went into a big room with microphones hanging from the ceiling for a day and this CD Frisbee/coaster is the end result.
But seriously folks...
Their debut CD is a 14 song compilation of original
material; with a power pop cover of the old Kenny
Rogers hit “Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town) thrown
in for good measure. BNAV tackles styles ranging
from Power Pop, Rock, Acoustic, Rockabilly and even a
Surf style harmony song. They’ve done all of this
without losing touch with their very distinctive
sound. A tight rhythm section, distinctive lead
vocals, tons of guitars, all topped off with killer
harmonies. It’s fresh, classic American music at its
best. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of
their debut CD, you won’t regret it.
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