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I finished “1,000 Pounds of Rain” in spring 1994, but got the title earlier. The inspiration was a 1990 Cowlix performance at a Portland, Maine, seafood joint called the Drydock. So as not to disturb the fried-clam scarfing multitudes, we were told to carry our equipment to the second-story performance area up a cast-iron fire escape in a pouring rain.

I liked the title, but it took me years to figure out what the song should 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. (If someone complained to me about such a thing now, I'd tell ’em, “It beats the alternative.”)

It was one of the first numbers the Boarders learned (and as a matter of fact, Boarders drummer Jonathan Nichols-Pethick was in the Drydock audience that night and, liking what he heard, later joined the ’Lix, which became the Boarders). This recording was made during a December 1995 Boarders rehearsal.

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from Songs by Doug Hubley: Faster Louder More Fun!, track released May 18, 2014
Doug Hubley, vocal and guitar. Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, drums. Gretchen Schaefer, bass. “1,000 Pounds of Rain” copyright © 1995 by Douglas L. Hubley. All rights reserved.

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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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