Is there anything worse than when someone comes up to you and says, "Hey...wanna hear a live recording of a band I was in from forty plus years ago?"

Unattached was together from 1981 until 1991. Sloppy, yet somehow tight and always about to go off the rails. We broke up a lot, we got back together a lot. We played out a lot and we played at the Rat a lot. I'd guess we played the Rat more times than any other venue. The shows were wild, the parties afterwards legendary.

This version of Unattached was made up of Mark Frazier on guitar and vocals, Daryl Frazier (a/k/a Billy Nightshade) on bass and vocals, Mike Zadroga on drums, and me, Jamie Sever, on vocals. Over the years, Mark and I were the only two constants in the band, changing lineups too many times for our own good. Along the way, we were privileged to play with Rick Ochsenrider (a/k/a Spliff), Jack Johnson, Simon Ritt, Rob Jeffries and Murphy Occhino. If I forgot to mention you...you weren't in the band long enough. Also privileged to have Tom Dorenkamp as our sound engineer for probably 95% of our live shows. Thanks also to Granny at the Rat.

Thank you to Bob Richert at Gulcher Records for bringing me full circle and returning me to the Gulcher fold. We were a pretty decent live advertisement for Gulcher, this night in particular, doing five Gizmos songs and a Jetsons song. Are they covers when there's a Gizmo and a Jetson in the band?

Thanks to Richard O'Connell, who when asked what he wanted for his birthday, said, "I wanna see you guys play again."

And thanks to the great people who came out to see us! Especially those of you who came out over and over again...or traveled to see us (Craig). Thanks to the guy who wandered in off the streets WITH a trumpet and tried to play James Brown with us.

Hey...wanna hear a live recording of a band I was in from forty plus years ago?

--Jamie Sever, March 2024

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