lEE
By The Avons on May 20, 2012 11:44 pm
A tribute (of sorts...) to a fantastic drummer that we lost on Friday. I just found out about 3 hours ago and I started to make this song (I had been planning on doing something today, so this was my motivation). His name was Lee Chapman and he was the drummer for the short lived Powerdresser out of San Diego circa 1992-1994. This band was always just a folk tale since the guitarist died in 94 and they didn't have much recordings. 2 years ago while getting bootleg band videos from a guy online, he sent me the "complete recordings" of Powerdresser and I was blown away. I cut up the main one track LP and posted it on youtube. Just this year I seen a Powerdresser facebook page pop up, and it was none other than Lee who brought it together. He added great pictures and insite to a very mysterious band. After posting some of the things I had to the page, Lee sent me a friend request and we talked a bit (though, at first, he thought I was someone he knew from back in the day...) It was great to talk to the man behind the amazing drums on these recordings and he seemed happy living in England (though he missed San Diego tacos). Sad I never got the chance to meet him, but I'm glad I had a chance to chat with him and show my appreciation for the wonderful music they created. I will preach the word of Powerdresser as loud and long as I can while I'm alive so that this band doesn't fall through the cracks. LONG LIVE POWERDRESSER! http://youtu.be/AyL61jRHN88
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