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| A couple of prerelease tracks from Lewi Longmire second solo CD effort |
 A dozen years ago there was a mass exodus of people from New Mexico and some of them collected in Portland, Oregon. No one knows if it was the music or the smell of green chiles but somehow they kept finding themselves gathered at the Belmont Inn.
In those days the Belmont Inn hosted music for hippies. Bands like The Tree Frogs, The Crackpots, and Rubberneck tore the place up and got people dancing. Unfortunately, some wayward gunshots and a few neighbor complaints turned the place into a pool hall and it still exists as that today. I especially miss its green room adorned with a decade of band names.
One evening a New Mexico friend of mind called me up and said his old friend Lewi Longmire and his band Apricot Jam were playing there and I would be a dink if I missed it. I didn't miss it and I still have the CD I purchased that night adorned with Lewi and his band mates autographs on it. I am saving it for my appearance on Antiques Roadshow in 40 years. I still listen to it too. I should also note that one of Lewi's bandmates, James Whiton, went on to play with Eric McFadden because he is just such a badass.
From then on I tried to catch these fellas everytime they came to town and even supported them at a battle of the bands, which I loathe, where Kerosene Dream and a hundred and fifty 15 year olds took the prize. But I digress.
Portland must have made an impression on Lewi or maybe New Mexico just sucks, I don't know. Lewi moved to town and joined every single band there was. That was very lucky for us.
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