Paul Daniels was a founding Squirrel brother. From pre-history, through the end and beyond, an integral ingredient in the sound, look, and soul of the band. His reggae song Doomsday Prophets was a staple of any show. He took off for awhile in the middle to attend to other life issues, and it was a […]

I don’t think I could (or should) ever be compared to Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson, though Lynn possibly could be. I’m still a prog-rock fan to this day, but my keyboard skills were and are mediocre at best.
My personal playing style, with lots of full 3- and 4-note chords (and bass […]

I was the Squirrels’ keyboard player from Dec 82-June 83. Perhaps one day I shall twitch again! Hop aboard the memory train.
Stuff about me with the Squirrels:

Prelude to a Squirrel
Recording 101
Join together with the band

Essentially we wanted to sound like other celebrated bands we liked, and luckily there was a lot of common ground. But we didn’t have much of a roadmap, or a budget. We played cheap guitars (spent more money on effects) into cheap amps. One of the things that differentiated punk from new wave was the […]

Nothing revolutionary.
I see much of it as a post-adolescent chronicle. Navigating the fickle waters of romance. Girls on the brain, mainly. New Wave had both a romantic and artistic appeal. I was shy, recovering from some bad times, and it was a way to get stuff out, very empowering.
I always stuck rigidly to rhyme schemes, […]

Well dear Doctor,
The Squirrels were Peter and Paul, who found Danny, Matt and Lisa. Then Lisa was replaced by Russ, who was replaced by Lynn, who was not replaced. Paul left for awhile, but came back. Then the Squirrels stopped. The spirit hung around.
It’s all rather multi-faceted. Hard to get one’s head around. So […]

The Squirrels fashioned themselves in the nouveau of the early ’80’s. They didn’t come out of nowhere though. In high school they would have been digging everything from AOR (remember Album Oriented Rock?) to Reggae to Art & Progressive Rock to Jazz-Rock and Ethnic Fusion. Even KISS. They sensed the aesthetic vacuum of the […]

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