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1​,​000 Pounds of Rain

from The Boarders, All Keyed Up by The Boarders

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The title was inspired by a 1990 Cowlix performance at the Portland nightspot the Drydock, which necessitated our carrying the equipment to the second-story performance area up a fire escape in a pouring rain. I lugged the title around for years not knowing what the song would be about. Finally finished in spring 1994, around the time the 'Lix were splitting up, "1,000 Pounds" turned out to be a cry of despair at reaching middle age. Incidentally, Boarders drummer Jonathan Nichols-Pethick first heard us at the Drydock date and joined the 'Lix a year later.

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from The Boarders, All Keyed Up, released September 23, 2021
Doug Hubley, guitarist and singer; Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, drummer; Gretchen Schaefer, bassist. "1,000 Pounds of Rain" copyright © 1995 by Douglas L. Hubley. Photo by Jeff Stanton.

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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. ... more

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