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Gilligan's Island (Meichenbaub)

from Son Of Madness, Vol. 1 (1986) by Walls Of Genius

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I don't know who "Meich" was, but "baub" was Bob O'Connor, a Boulder pal and talented musician. Meichenbaub was him and a buddy, very likely a recording made when they were still teenagers. Bob O’Connor was only nineteen years old when we met him, late night at KGNU radio. Bob was a talented musician, but he had a disestablishmentarian streak that endeared him to us and vice versa. “Meichenbaub” was him and a friend named Mike (“Mike-and-Bob”). They had made some recordings on a cassette that they called “Basement Tapes”. Their version of “Gilligan’s Island” theme was a wonderfully demented take on the famous theme song to what may very well be the stupidest mainstream television show ever. Bob liked to reminisce that he had been invited to “join” Walls of Genius one day and then told that the band had broken up the next. I stayed in touch, on-and-off, with Bob for many years. In the late 80s or very early 90s, he went to Austin, Texas, to ‘make his name’, in search of a professional music career and his songwriting really took off. He could have been writing seriously for Steve Earle or Willie Nelson. He got so good that he wanted all his “Basement Tapes” back because he was afraid somebody would use them to advantage when he hit the big time. I wouldn’t give it back and he never did hit the big time, which was tremendously disappointing for him. Alcoholic demons plagued him and they finally got the better of him when he took his own life in October 2006. I miss my old friend and think of him often.

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from Son Of Madness, Vol. 1 (1986), released August 1, 1986
(Sherwood Schwartz & George Wyle)

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Walls Of Genius

Fried psychedelia, relentless experimentation, hunter-gatherer improv, space rock doom, heavy rock monumentalism and daffy cover tunes. Walls of Genius rips holes in the fabric of space and time, kicks you in the ass and leaves you smiling. 80s stalwarts of the cassette culture, they're back in the 21st century. The most unique band that ever was. Really! ... more

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