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The Unsatisfied in Atlanta on May 3, 2003

What good is law in the United States of America if five or six goddamn bimbos are going to rule against it?

– Evel Knievel

April 27, 2003

The Unsatisfied in Atlanta on May 3rd!

If you wanna see a real rock and roll treat go to a great rock and roll club and catch The Unsatisfied tear it up.

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We will provied rock and roll pleasure. We want to rock everyone we come in contact with.
It’s a little like sex, no it’s a lot like sex!!

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Faith Healers…Pure Rock Fury

Cannabis intoxication will not cause permanent brain damage.

April 26, 2003

Pure Rock Fury ..at its finest circa ’89. The Faith Healers shaped my musical outlook and changed the way I heard and saw music forever.

Originally posted as comment to above link on April 17 by “YrFuneralMyTrial” read as follows:…

Jeff, thanks for the kind words. Those were some of the best times of my life. In a way, it’s odd to work in an enviroment of bands, music etc… and yet almost no one here is aware of my musical past. Time moves on. As you mentioned, I co-own two clubs where I book/promote all the shows at.
After about 15 years of playing music…I sorta walked away from it a bit. I still play but I currently have no band or play live. Maybe sometime. Those were great days…playing with The Butthole Surfers, Flaming Lips etc…and traveling the country living out of an old van!

FYI, after Faith Healers / Dali Automatic, I did some more personal type music…darker, sadder songs in Honey Died. Think Nick Cave, Tindersticks, Serge Gainsbourg. The last thing I did was The Delta Spacemen…kind of a return to space/rock w/ a bit of 70’s era Bowie / TRex influence. Dave Garrett went on to form The Tares (who did quite well before disbanding). They were a country influenced pop/rock band. Imagine Badfinger gone country. After that, he was a member of The Charlie Mars Band. Dave’s currently living in Austin, TX and just visited my house today! Brian Petty briefly had Star Sutra and I’m not sure of his current whereabouts. Paul Boatright lived in Los Angeles for many years after his very popular funk band Punkinhead broke up. He’s just recently moved back to Fayetteville. I just saw him tonight too! Sean Reagan never played live again but still lives in Fayetteville.

Well, again thanks for the kind words. As I promised, I’ll gather up a big package of stuff (although it sounds like you have stuff that even I don’t!) and send it to ya. Looking back, a lot of it was just “growing up in public” recorded to tape and not very good…but occasionally we did something worthwhile! Actually, reading your post has caused me to reflect and it’s kind of inspiring. Thanks, Wade

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White Trash by the Unsatisfied

What good is law in the United States of America if five or six goddamn bimbos are going to rule against it?
– Evel Knievel

April 26, 2003

Listen to White Trash by The Unsatisfied.

(*note from Miss Chicky – 8/17/17 updated the “listen” link to White Trash. LEVEL #@) This is the album version and below is Jeff’s favorite Evil Jim version…)

The Unsatisfied “White Trash” Evil Jim mix. A BMF favorite.

SEE and HEAR more of the Unsatisfied.)

The Unsatisfied is a band we first saw opening for TheEvils at 9 Lives Saloon a while back. Jet told me before the show that I would really like the band opening up for them and the lead singer was a “crazymotherfucker!”. We were about to find out just how crazy. The band started playing and up walks(on crutches)this lanky dude. He was all over the stage, hoppin’ all around on one leg, and belting out some of the best vocals I had heard in a long time. To top all that off this guy had a stage presence that demanded your complete attention. Talent was the first word that came to mind at the time. The band literally chugged out the music song after song. Afterwards we got to meet the lead singer extraordinaire and the rest of the band. Eric is a super nice guy and from our first conversation it was clear to me this guy was on another level. We will not miss show one these guys are playing in the future. If you miss seeing them live you’ll be missing a great show and great band that has got nothing but great things ahead of them. Enough….now go listen to White Trash. I think I like the rougher Evil Jim remix of “White Trash” as well. Level: 9

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Faith Healers

Way back in I guess ’88 or ’89 I moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas. I started going to a club called River City that had a rock club called The Zoo. One night for no particular reason I wandered over to The Zoo to check out some band playing very loud music. From the very instant I walked in the music grabbed me like no other ever had. When I rounded the corner and saw the band for the first time I was surprised to see there were only 3 of them and blown away with their intensity. The drummer was standing up for most of the show often playing with his bare hands. The singer was in a cheerleading skirt, no shirt and had super long wild as hell black hair he was whipping around so hard the sweat was flying everywhere. The bass player was swaying like he was in a trance of some sort with the music in a world all his own. Their name were The Faith Healers and they opened a whole new world of music up to me that has brought me here to MusicFilter.

Before I heard these guys I was listening to shit like Motley Crue and boring radio crap. The Faith Healers played an original brand of in your face music but were very zen like at the same time. I was so blown away that first time I saw them that I waited around till after the show and introduced myself to the band and asked them if they would play at a private 21st birthday party I was throwing for myself at The Zoo in a few weeks. Wade told me it would cost $500 and I said lets do it. I had a bunch of friends from high school drive up from Kansas just to attend this huge bash. Lets just say they hadn’t never heard nothing like this before in their fucking lives and their faces showed it. A couple of good friends did some slamming but for the most part everyone just sat in their seats dumbfounded at the spectacle. The Faith Healers were blown away as well but not by the weird little crowd but by the two strippers dancing on their speakers. I never forget at one point Wade said, “Here is a good song to take your clothes off to”, and ripped into “Batman/Jesus”. I also remember getting drunk and asking Wade if they could play any Van Halen songs(I stand by my request to this day)and he looked at me like I was nuts and said “We only play our usual set.” After the show when I was leaving and the party was over, Wade walked up to me and handed me this cassette tape with a flyer folded up into a cover and a tape with a label that said ..”Faith Healers Unreleased Demo 1)Are You Experienced? by Jimi Hendrix 2)Dying Breath by Faith Healers c89 …Faith Music …. TO: Jeff Jackson FROM: Faith Healers” They used to open every show with “Are you Experienced”. I felt like I was holding a piece of gold in my hands. I still have and listen to that very tape. I also have some awesome video of the band performing at three seperate venues on VHS. I wish I still had the T-Shirt they put out for a while that said “Don’t Fuck With God” on the front in huge white letters on a black shirt. Has to be in my top 5 favorite shirts of all time. I still have one shirt that is about to fall apart that I treat like treasure.

Luckily for me, the whole band and me got to be good friends over time and I even used to watch them practice(they practiced every day)after work. I even remember walking in one time a little bit late and Wade, Paul, and Brian were just sitting there. I asked what was going on and Wade said, we were waiting on you. Damn I love those guys for making me a part of a bad ass rock band. I would always get to hear the new songs before they played them live or put them out on a cassette. I’ve always loved music, but now I was immersed in it. Sometimes they would let me run the lights at practice when they were rehearsing a show. Once or twice I even ran the lights at a real show. Not only were these guys cool as hell to me but they were great friends as well. I even got to scream words into the microphone at a show once while they hammered out “Love & Demonic Psych” if I remember right. Wade and me became really good friends and hung out together quite a bit and a lot of good times and good memories were had to say the least.

Faith Healers were pre-internet. They promoted themselves relentlessly with hand bills, posters on every corner and word of mouth. At that time they were the best and most well known band in the area. I always thought they should of hit it big, they were original with original songs and all the members were very talented musicians. Wade was kinda like a white Hendrix but had a style all his own. He spoiled me with his playing cause ever since, no other guitar player can match his playing in my mind. Many times I expressed that to Wade that I thought they should be huge and I wished they could make it big, and he looked at me and said “As far as I’m concerned I have made it big, I’m doing exactly what I want to be doing.” He was like a promotion machine. Always making copies of some flyer for the next show, walking down Dickson Street with staple gun in hand hanging flyers all over town. Their shows were always sold out and always a spectacle for the eyes and an intense mind fuck for the ears. Wade used to make huge balls of fire with a little known stage trick that I won’t divulge right now, thats for another post. He eventually retired the cheerleading skirt in the live show. The band went through a couple line up changes, different drummers, all who were kick ass, and eventually Faith Healers were no more. Wade went on to form Dali Automatic with Brian and Dave if I remember right, and then did some other projects I can’t remember the name of right now( but will investigate). I am also curious where and what the other members went off to do after the band. I once heard that Dave was some bigwig at some computer firm or something in Little Rock. The net is a small world sometimes so hopefully this will reach them by some miracle and we can find out.

I have found out that Wade now works as a manager at a club in Fayetteville called JR’s Lightbulb Club and is in charge of booking all the bands that play there. I have emailed him and begged him for some Faith Healers “stuff” and if he sends me anything, with his permission , you can count on a few of their songs on the Song Filter here at MusicFilter.

I hope to find some links out there that have ANY info on Faith Healers. So if you know of any post em‘ here on MusicFilter so everyone can share a piece of this awesome band that influenced my entire musical outlook.

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