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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

MARTHA DAVIS SINGER-SONGWRITER FOR LEGENDARY NEW WAVE GROUP 'THE MOTELS' CHATS ABOUT WINTER TOUR & CELEBRATING 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAND

M A R T H A

D A V I S

SINGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN

with LEGENDARY NEW WAVE GROUP

T H E

M O T E L S

2019-2020 TOUR

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

In 1971, a young Martha Davis joined The Warfield Foxes, a band from Berkeley California. In 1975 they moved to Los Angeles and changed the band name to The Motels.

The new name was inspired on the way to the band’s first show at Barney’s Beanery. Guitarist Dean Chamberlain noted the motor inns as they drove down Santa Monica Boulevard and suggested “What about The Motels?”

The band broke up then reformed in 1978 with guitarist Jeff Jourard who brought in his brother Marty on keyboards and saxophone. Michael Goodroe on bass and Brian Glascock on drums rounded out the quintet. This lineup played around L.A. for six months before signing with Capitol Records on May 13, 1979—Mother’s Day.

The Motels released five albums on Capitol Records between 1979 and 1985, two of them earning gold record status and generating two Top Ten singles, “Only the Lonely” and “Suddenly Last Summer.” When the band broke up in 1987 Martha released Policy, a solo album that charted in Australia.

After leaving Capitol Davis spent years working in different musical genres with multitudes of players. Recently it became apparent that one particular configuration generated the same feeling as the original band concept.

The new lineup includes guitarist Clint Walsh, drummer Eric Gardner bassist Nic Johns and as of 2011, original member Marty Jourard. Apocalypso, a previously unreleased version of 1982’s All Four One was released in 2011 on Omnivore Records, thirty years to the day after the intended original date.

In the Spring of 2018, the Motels released their most recent record

The Last Few Beautiful Days.

Motels Discography

The Motels 1979

Careful 1980

All Four One 1982

Little Robbers 1984

Shock 1985

Apocalypso 2011

The Last Few Beautiful Days 2018

THE

MOTELS

THE LAST FEW

BEAUTIFUL DAYS

Latest Release

Available

amazon.com

For more information about Martha Davis and The Motels

and for all the upcoming concert dates

visit …

www.themotels.com and www.facebook.com/TheMotels

MARTHA DAVIS
LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER
with
T H E M O T E L S
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
with RAY SHASHO
BBS RADIO
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Upcoming Tour Dates

2019

Nov 1, 2019 The Funky Biscuit Boca Raton, FL

Nov 2, 2019 Something Special Savor St Pete St Petersburgh, FL

Nov 2-4, 2019 Cooking with Rockstar’s Filming a special episode for PBS in FL!

2020

Jan 17,2020 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA

Jan 18,2020 The Queen Theatre Wilmington, DE

Jan 19,2020 The Paradise Rock Club 40 Year Anniversary & Birthday Celebration

Wilmington, DE

Jan 24,2020 Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA

Jan 25,2020 House of Blues Orlando, FL

Feb 3, 2020 House of Blues Chicago, IL

Feb 7, 2020 Bogarts Cincinnati, OH

Feb 8, 2020 House of Blues Cleveland, OH

Feb 14, 2020 Egyptian Room Indianapolis, IN

Feb 15, 2020 Mercury Ballroom Louisville, KY

Feb 19, 2020 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV

Feb 21, 2020 The van Buren Phoenix, AZ

Feb 27, 2020 House of Blues Houston, TX

Feb 28, 2020 House of Blues Dallas, TX

Feb 29, 2020 The Aztec Theatre San Antonio, TX

Mar 8, 2020 The 80's CRUISE 2020 Miami - St Thomas - Miami

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Mar 13, 2020 House of Blues Anaheim, CA

Mar 14, 2020 House of Blues San Diego, CA

April 11,2020 The Whisky A-Go-Go Hollywood, CA

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

THE RAY SHASHO RADIO SHOW WELCOMES WALLY PALMAR LEAD GUITARIST-SINGER-COMPOSER FOR DETROIT'S OWN 'THE ROMANTICS'

WALLY PALMAR OF

'THE ROMANTICS'

SPECIAL GUEST ON

THE RAY SHASHO SHOW

Our Very Special Guest Today is multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Wally Palmar of The Romantics.

1980's music legends The Romantics, Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Rich Cole and Brad Elvis, best known for their mega hit single “What I Like About You,” are touring the US in support of their forthcoming album to be released on K-Tel Records titled “Up From The Rubble”!

While it's true that the Romantics took much of their simple thunder from the British Invasion, their primary influence was the Frenzied excitement of the late 60's Detroit rock scene. They cut their teeth on that High Energy sound characterized by the MC5, the Psychedelic Stooges, Bob Seger and the Last Heard, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Scott Morgan's Rationals, SRC, and Garage icons the Underdogs, infusing it with sincerity, irony, spontaneity, and of course, Volume. The Romantics took the essence of this scene and translated it to suit their own modern experience. They favored short brash songs, “punk short” hair and popularized red leather suits.

After releasing their own independent single in 1977, consisting of the first two songs they had written - “Little White Lies” and “I Can't Tell You Anything” - The Romantics traveled east to establish an audience. Soon after Bomp Records' Greg Shaw sees them in Toronto and funds a single, which included “Tell It To Carrie,” “First In Line,” something of a stylistic matrix for The Romantics' music to come. The Romantics considered themselves well removed from the Sex Pistols' negativity. They didn't want Rock & Roll to go away rather they want, as Skill tells a reporter in 1979: “to still have fun with three chords.” The late 70's U.K. punk movement was then diluted and still misunderstood in America.

Through constant touring over three years and meetings with CBS Brass, Natt Weiss, & Nemperor A&R reps, they signed with Nemperor Records in 1979.

The original Romantics, Palmar, Skill, Cole and Marinos released their debut LP. Anchored by “What I Like About You,” “When I Look In Your Eyes” and a cover of The Kinks, Ray Davies' “She's Got Everything.” The album is an exemplary pop-rock period piece. The Romantics evoke a youthful portrait, haunting in its innocence, a direct contrast to the tough world they know in Detroit. Now nearly 30 plus years later they are still known for having created some of the most influential and beloved rock and roll of all time.

The 2nd record, “National Breakout” in late 1980, featuring standouts “Night Like This” and “Forever Yours” produced tours of Europe and Australia. The 3rd record “Strictly Personal” was released in1981. In 1983-84 they raised the bar with “In Heat” the platinum album bearing 2 top 10 singles, “Talking In Your Sleep” and “One In A Million” followed with a tour of Japan.

In late 1990, the Romantics added current Blondie drummer Clem Burke to the lineup, and in 1994 they released a 5 song EP titled “Made In Detroit” for Westbound Records, containing fellow Detroiter George Clintons' Funkadelic songs, “You & Your Folks” And “I Wanna Know,” along with three originals. Later that year, The Romantics received an award for Outstanding Pop/Rock Recording Artists from the Motor City Music Awards in 1992.

1995 saw The Romantics settle their 7 year old lawsuit against their former management

2011 brought the re-emergence of original bass player, vocalist, Rich Cole and Mike Skill back on guitar. The band is now able to expand their set list and include more songs from their first two albums, and include new and unreleased material. This now allows them to focus on more harmonies and get back to their original rock sound that established The Romantics from the very beginning.

Once again much to the excitement of their fans worldwide, The Romantics Palmar, Skill, Elvis, and Cole are touring the US and Europe in support of their recently released singles from their highly anticipated new album release “Up From The Rubble” for summer 2016!

It’s my great pleasure to welcome Wally Palmar of The Romantics to The Ray Shasho Show. Wally thank you for being on the show today!

WALLY PALMAR INTERVIEW

ON THE RAY SHASHO SHOW

BBS RADIO NETWORK

Visit … The Romantics Official Website for concert dates and information about their new release entitled Up From The Rubble at www.romanticsdetroit.com

Visit The Romantics on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/romanticsdetroit

Visit The Romantics on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/romanticsrock

For more information about the 80’s cruise visit … www.the80scruise.com