AFT?

[dreamshark]

 While cleaning my attic (did I mention that I'm renovating the attic?) I found a large cache of cassette tapes. And since the old stereo system I'm using to keep me company happens to have a cassette player in it, I'm checking them out (partly hoping to discover a bunch that won't play at all so I can throw them away). 

 

So I find this apparently home-recorded tape labeled "Complete AFT Vol II."  It plays beautifully, and it is GREAT!  It's clearly one of the local fannish bands, but I don't remember one with the initials AFT. It sounds a lot like Cats Laughing, but less tricked out. Steve Brust and Nate Bucklin are there, and at least two female voices. One of the women's voices has a wide range and a slight, well-controlled vibrato - possibly Jean Messer?  The other one is more alto register - possibly Emma or Kate? 

 

Songs include Run Come See Jeruslem, that song about extreme cabin fever in the Northland, and a bravura performance of Witch of the Westmorland (introduced by Nate and Steve doing a short "Who's on First" routine over which/witch that wears out its welcome quickly). 

 

Who remembers this band? Are there any more "Volumes" of their recordings out there? I'm loving this one!

Comments

[pameladean]

I answered on Natter, but just for redundancy's sake, that was Albany Free Traders.

The band had a joke about forbidding Nate to do on-stage patter; possibly it wasn't even a joke. I don't know why they didn't want to forbid Steve as well.

P.

[dreamshark]

I swear, the name of the band just popped into my head right BEFORE I saw your response.

[pameladean]

I believe you! Brains and memory are pretty strange.

P.

[dreamshark]

Wait, I got it! Albany Free Traders!

[minnehaha]

I so want a copy.

K.