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Cuacha

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These guys should have been huge. They had "it"-- the raw emotion, the guitar that sent chills up and down your spine, the sense of humor and the energy of the time.

I bought this album about 4 years ago, never heard it before, and it's actually one of the most played of my Sidewinders albums. Great songs, great guitar, a great rock and roll album. If you like "Witchdoctor," you'll definitely like this one.

Track Listing:

I Can Wait
Clock Strikes Twelve
Bell Jar
I Guess It Doesn't Matter
More Than That
Blood On Our Hands
Magazine
Inside
I'll Go Home
Hole In My Head
What She Said
Bonus tracks:
I'm Not With You Anymore
Tenderfoot Town

Personnel:

Rich Hopkins (g,v)
David Slutes (v)
Mark Perrodin (b)
Scott Garber (b)
Andrea Curtis (d)

The tiny tap room was overflowing with underground songwriters.
Creative Juices were bubbling and the energy of that time was
like no other in Tucson. Frank was so beautiful. I was sooo in love. Terry Pollock and his group were there. Arkie and Spider,..
Jack poured the drinks. The tap room in the summer of 1987 was like an international suction cup for songwriters. 4th Ave was dark. Arkie took us walking and we stopped at a warehouse to burn one. Pam and Missy disappeared every Friday night at 2:00am from the tap room. We finally went driving around to look for them and we spot them kissing under a tree. OHHHHHHHHH they are lovers???!! Rich Hopkins and Dave Slutes were inseparable. They stood up to the bar. David had tailored long blonde hair. My friend gave me a cassette tape with a couple of their songs. It was a very exciting time. Huge watermelons were thrown off the roof of Hotel Congress in celebration of July 4th. Some guy with black rimmed glasses was always there working the door.
Frank would say "This city is a secret". Don't tell anyone about it.

It was January 1988 and the Sidewinders had a party off of Orange Grove Road. We walked in there and everyone at the party was squeaky clean jock type. The boring type!
The artwork on Witchdoctor is a misrepresentation of their clean cut soft rock sound. They were outcasts on the Tucson scene. The other bands had tattoos and heroin addictions and these guys were the mamas boys. These are the nice guys your parents told you about.

Melissa Mann had an older brother named Michael. He was really good friends with Rich Hopkins and the guys from the Gin Blossoms. Missy took us to a party in Pheonix in 1987. It was an empty house with a huge sign in the living room that said "Gin Blossoms". We walked in there and there was only two guys. Doug Hopkins was one of them. I thought what the hell?? This isn't a party. Doug Hopkins told Missy he wants to GET WITH ME> He had greasy hair..I said No thanks... I had no idea these guys were gonna hit billboard in 6 years.