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| Wednesday nights were reserved for Flashbacks at Selena's in Old Hyde Park Village |
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| The Mod Squad reunited for a hurricane relief benefit - early '90's |
FLASHBACK.... 1987
The THIRD BAND is evolved from the MOD SQUAD, a Tampa, Florida band formed
in 1987 by Karen Deal, Joey Donovan and Rodger Stephan.
For several years the Mod Squad played
the psychedelic era music of the late sixties and early seventies... the Chambers Brothers, Spirit, Jimi Hendrix, Cream,
the Rascals, the Lovin Spoonful, the Animals, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Santana, the Grassroots, the Kinks, the Who,
the Moody Blues, the Yardbirds, Savoy Brown, the Dave Clark Five, Every Mother's Son.
The band appeared regularly
at Selena's in Old Hyde Park Village, Cafe Creole in Ybor City, J.J. Higgins and Chevy's in Carrollwood, Cha Cha Coconuts
on the St Petersburg Pier, MacDinton's in SoHo Tampa and Blueberry Hill on Harbour Island. There were appearances at Guavaween,
Gasparilla, the Gasparilla Night Parade and a TV appearance on the Friday Extra Concert Series at Lowry Park's bandshell in
1988.
The Mod Squad found themselves opening for some of the music heroes of that byegone era- sharing the stage
with Spirit, Marty Balin, Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Peter Noone, Mike Pinera (Iron Butterfly, Blues Image), the
Spencer Davis Group, Savoy Brown and lots of others that I can't remember right now...
They also performed as the
backing musicians for the "Q-105 All-Star Band" featuring the star DJ's from Q-105... Mason Dixon, Chuck Bear, Ronnie "Night
Train" Lane and Bobby Rich.
By 1989, Karen left the band for marriage and motherhood, moving to California with her
husband-to-be, Marty Balin, of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/KBC Band fame.
They now live here in Tampa with their beautiful daughter, Delaney.
Rodger has had his hands full too, globe-trotting
("hey Rodger, can you manage a gig at Skipper's on the 22nd?".... "no- I'll be in Amsterdam that weekend"), running
his business and making appearances with his other "old band", the ever popular "Sage".
Joey (that's me) continued playing for a while with "the proper authorities", finishing out prior Mod
Squad obligations and adding a few other venues for a couple of years.
Although the Mod Squad has played several "reunion" gigs, they never resumed playing on a regular basis.
FLASH FORWARD... 2006
The THIRD BAND performs lots of the same music that the Mod Squad performed in the Tampa Bay area almost twenty years
ago. Plus we've added a little more blues, R&B and anything we felt like adding.
The band is made up of industry veterans who have been stealthily pursuing other interests: a dentist, a production manager,
an audio consultant, a candlestick maker...
We pride ourselves on playing "music that we know...... well, sorta", especially for those who also happen to sorta
remember the music of the psychedelic era.... the late sixties, early seventies and... uhh... what were we talking about?
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