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Shortwave Radio (1998)

from Natty Gloves by Howling Turbines

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Leonard Cohen once told an interviewer something to the effect that performing "Bird on a Wire" reminded him of his duties somehow. "Shortwave Radio" plays a similar role for me. I started writing the lyrics in an art history class at USM in 1981, and finished the song up over a gin gimlet in my sister’s living room on a summer evening, Bob Newhart on the TV, volume muted. This stayed in the repertoire for more than 20 years, from the Fashion Jungle to the Boarders to Howling Turbines.

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from Natty Gloves, released October 12, 2014
A rehearsal recording from May 13, 1998. Doug Hubley, vocal and guitar; Ken Reynolds, drums; Gretchen Schaefer, bass.

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Doug Hubley Portland, Maine

Doug Hubley is a musician and writer in Maine.

He has covered arts and lifestyle for publications in Maine and Massachusetts.

Doug began learning guitar in 1966, and hopes to finish the job one day. He has played with such bands as the Fashion Jungle, the Cowlix, the Boarders and Howling Turbines.

Today he is one-half of Day for Night, an acoustic country band also starring Gretchen Schaefer.
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