Orchestra Luna was one unusual band. If nothing else OL was innocent of the industry. We just made it up from nothing + did whatever we thought would be true or funny or kinda nuts. It was rare + beautiful + as my first band, perhaps, my best. DORIS DREAMS was based on the names of absurd hair rinses that I found in the Ritz Carleton beauty salon I was asked to wall paper + paint. 'Frivolous Fawn, White Mink, Chocolate Kiss', etc. Peter Barrett was amazingly able to string a story line together for the piece which in toto, live, lasted easily 12-14 minutes. We played Doris at Frank Zappa's 10th anniversary. When it was over, Frank rushed the stage + lifted Randy (our guitar player) into his arms. (Randy's short.) The song was choreographed by Barry Keating + recorded for Epic by Ruppert Holmes. OLnow has a new, re-mastered SONY/UK CD release. The long story of how we formed can be read here:
It can be purchased via secure server at www.marketsquarerecords.com Market Square Records if yr interested. This video I made in my old lady's apartment. I shot mostly odd objects just to see if I was able to relearn a new version of Final Cut Pro. The result is a sort of loose, psycho-psychedelic dreamscape.
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Click on Peter Barrett to view the clip.