BORN TO EAT CORNBREAD
A month after the release of Hallelujah Anyway, their second album, the Dancing Hoods planned to be on the road as an opening act for Graham Parker. The Los Angeles-by-way-of-Long Island quartet and its booking agency hoped the support spot would help the Hoods win over some new fans.
BORN TO EAT CORNBREAD
A month after the release of Hallelujah Anyway, their second album, the Dancing Hoods planned to be on the road as an opening act for Graham Parker. The Los Angelesby-way-of-Long Island quartet and its booking agency hoped the support spot would help the Hoods win over some new fans. But Parker nixed the plan. Apparently the veteran British rocker didn’t like the Hoods’ brand of eclectic American rock.
“It hurt a lot,” remembers Hoods’ singer/guitarist Bob Bortnick. “He is someone who I admired a great deal. Either he has really lousy taste or he didn’t want to play with anybody who might give him a run for his money."
But the Hoods, to paraphrase Parker, didn’t let it break them down. “We immediately went out and sold all of our Graham Parker records,” says guitarist Mark Linkous.