My Band

A lot of people know I was in a band called Satellite 77. We started playing together in High School (around 1994). We've had names like "Cheeto," "Tall Lacy Dog," "Professor Griff," and now "Satellite 77."  Satellite 77 was the name we stuck with until the bitter end in 2000.

 We played a few shows from 1995-2000, and had a blast dong it. Everyone else in the band except me went on to play in some other bands. Chris Ageton plays with Shelter Belt with Jesse Otto and company. Aaron Fuenning also played quite a bit with the Belt boys. Bret and Ben started a band called Digory with Scott Rutz. Ol' Tingley ended up on the west coast (in the Seattle area) where he ended up playing with some guys out there.

MP3s

Here are some MP3s from our first and only album, from Spring 1997. We got a lot better after this, but we didn't record another album unfortunately. Maybe one of these days. Jesse Otto says we have a standing invitation to use his state of the art studio to do another album. I'd like that.

• Satellite 77 - Adam - 2:26, 2.34 MB
  A tribute to Adam Duritz, lead singer of the Counting Crows. Written and sang by Paul Oliver.
• Satellite 77 - Nine - 3:02, 2.91 MB
  A song about the complicated relationship between a guy and girl. Written and sang by Bret Welstead.
• Satellite 77 - Shame - 3:23, 3.26 MB
  Why do people screw up their lives when bad things happen? Written and sang by Paul Oliver.
• Satellite 77 - Shore - 3:42, 3.56 MB
  A friend keeps choosing the wrong path. Written and sang Bret Welstead. Ben Welstead on harmonica.
• Satellite 77 - Lawnware - 2:33, 2.46 MB
  A silly song written in five minutes about lawn chairs - Written and sang by Paul Oliver.

Last modified about 11 months ago.

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