So, while the Dogs continued on as a sort of songwriter¹s experimental recording collective and I played with Stan Still Dance Band, Ruby Cadillac and F (see volume 7) , I was introduced (I have no recollection exactly how or when) to Bill Henry.

Bill was a original music fan and fledgling songwriter/guitarist who had the cojones to solicit his favorite local artists to assist in recording his material. Strongly influenced by Charlie Pickett and the Eggs, Neil Young and, well, hundreds of musicians well-known and obscure, he set about to the task of recording an album. He called this project/pseudo-band Psychic Fair. I personally played bass on about 90% of all the sessions which resulted in a single, a cassette and (fifteen years later) a full-length CD.

The CD release is a story too involved to relate here. But sufficed to say, many, many vocals, drums, guitars, etc were recorded and re-recorded in the time between the initial session and the CD¹s release in 2001. The tracks included here are from the original cassette contemporaneous to this time period. They feature lead vocals by Bill himself, none of which survived to the final CD release.

Meanwhile, Stan Still grew and refined its sound (and became my brother Mark¹s favorite band that I ever played with). Rich Definis¹s distinctive guitar with the by-now 8-year-old rhythm section of Pete and me created a platform on which Randy could deliver his ideas in a less raw, more avant/pop context. But sometime around January 1986 (?) Randy and Rich had a falling out and the Stan Still Dance Band died.

However Randy resurfaced later on with Stan Still and the Movement. This one-off grouping consisted of Randy, Pete and me along withe all the members of F: Angelo (the former Mel Hep), Kieth Shriver, Ray Denny and, you guessed it, me. This was a fun project with a eclectic set list and an intentionally limited shelf life which allowed for a maximum of creativity and fun with a minimum of conflict.