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Country Weather
12+ albums
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A Look Back by Mike Somavilla From 1966 until 1973 Country Weather played all throughout Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. In their early days they were known as The Virtues. Original members were Dave Carter on Bass guitar and vocals and his long time friend from grade school, Steve Derr, on rhythm guitar and vocals (It was Steve who taught Dave how to play bass), with Paul White on Lead Guitar and Craig T. Nelson (not “Coach”) on drums. Greg Douglass was one of the hottest guitarists in Contra Costa County at the time, previously with the Statics and The Vibrants. Greg replaced Paul White on lead guitar, adding his song writing and vocal skills to the band’s sound. Craig, who didn’t like to practice, was eventually replaced by Bill Baron. Bill was a powerhouse of a drummer and when he played, it sounded like there were two distinct drummers up on stage. It was this line-up of the Virtues – Bill Baron, Dave Carter, Steve Derr and Greg Douglass that would later change their name to Country Weather, after Chet Helms suggested that they needed a better name. So after an eye-opening experience one afternoon in 1967, they came up with the name Country Weather. Country Weather soon attracted the fascination of the San Francisco Bay area music scene as well as the attention of Bill Graham. Graham decided to book them through his Millard Agency, where upon he put them on many bills at the Fillmore, Winterland and other high profile gigs as well. In
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San Francisco 1969-1971
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Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
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Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 [Box Set] [Disc 2]
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Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 2
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Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 [BOX SET]
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Nuggets 4
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Love Is The Song We Sing (Disc 2)
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San Fransisco Nuggets 1965-1970 (Disc 2: Suburbia)
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Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets
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Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 [Box Set] (2 of 4)
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Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 - CD2: Suburbia