When we moved in together back in 2011, one of the first things Matt did was start begging me to learn bass guitar so we could start a band. I did (kind of), and we recruited Matt’s brother and my friend Tony to join us in a group that was known at different times as Andy and the Frames, the Walter Juniors, and the Three White Pipes. That band has long been defunct, but last week Matt discovered that our cover of “She’s Electric” by Oasis, which we put on YouTube years ago, has over 12,000 views. That’s a lot of people watching my mediocre bass playing and terrible background singing, but I thought it was kind of cool!
We played a few shows in our basement for our friends and family. The video is from the first one, in 2012, and Matt is wearing sunglasses because he was super nervous and needed a shield between him and the audience. Also notice the plaid shirts we coordinated. So stylish!
A couple of nights ago we went down to the basement and treated Will to his first band practice, with Alice on drums. We’re already counting down until the two squirts can join us for real and complete the family band. Hopefully they’ll turn out to be better singers than their mom!
Official band picture, during the Walter Juniors era