Is that Bob Ross in there at the bottom?"This reunion of the band was mainly for fun and to make some money and play some of their favorite cover tunes. One day when the band was practicing the band had to decide on a name. Many names were thrown around at the time says Bruce. Laughable names like Everyday Tree, Pepper People and some others that don't come to mind. Tim Garagan came up with the name Molly Oliver, we all agreed that it was a neat name and decided to use it. It actually was the name of two dogs that lived around Duncan's Cove at the time. The band informed booking agent Skip Yorke about the name and he did some research with friend George Brothers and came back with "The Legend Of Molly Oliver" story. So that folks is the honest story of how the band got it's name, where the legend came from and how it began."Not only am I impressed that my name came from rough drafts roots such as Everyday Tree, and Pepper People- then jumped to Molly Oliver for the band... But the fact that for the second time in my life my name has come from the name of a DOG.
How ironic is it that when I was born my parents lost there former dog named Mollie and they wanted to name there 4th daughter after a lost puppy. And then almost 25 years later a band named themselves my exact name from 2 dogs local to a Nova Scotian cove nearby.
Molly Oliver the band consequently formed in 1974 and broke up in 1983, the year I was born! And then reunited in 1999. I will hear this band play before they break-up again.
3 comments:
That is awesome!!!! Dogs are so helpful. Molly is such a better dog than Oliver.
I hope they send you a t-shirt. How cool is Carson Richard's hair?!?
That is too funny! While reading I had the sudden epiphany that we should all dress like members of the band for Halloween. Then when people ask who you are, you can say snobbishly, "uh a member of the Molly Oliver band... duh!"
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