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2-track “EP” demo - Fall 1982
Don’t Let The Beat  
As the band’s idea of being an entity, their identity, started to emerge, so did the need to document it. They needed a tape to promote themselves with prospective venues, and also to release something publicly, to spread the word. The vinyl “EP” format was in […]

Aborted 1987 demo
The Squirrels had broken off their relationship with Lynn Watts. They re-invested in their sonic infrastructure, a self-designed PA - new guitars, and effects. They breifly rented the basement of St. Thomas Chuch as an office/studio, but sadly lost it before getting to use it much. A new demo was tantamount to breaking […]

The Community Arts Center - 1986
Flash forward a couple years - the band comes on like a prizefighter.
Peter had a history at the Arts Center going back to ‘74, so it was like coming home. This show came about as the band tried to push into new venues, with the help of Weston Clemmons. […]

Be warned: these are embryonic in nature both in performance and recording, offering a glimpse into the sweaty creative process.
Strains of XTC’s “English Settlement” and U2’s “October” albums began to filter into the arrangements.

I Could Break Your Heart  
Dark romantic doubts.
Russ on keyboards. Paul was absent. Portentious?
Our House  
The Band of Bachelors. All dressed up […]

Cape Fear Foundation - Downtown Wilmington
Late spring afternoons after work, Peter, Paul, and Danny met up in the 2nd floor loft of 9 S. Front St. (later to become Front St. News, and the Caffe Phoenix). It had an urban-ness that fit their intent perfectly. It was a step up from the bedroom jams, as […]

Ocean Plaza Ballroom - Carolina Beach - 1982 (er…3)
Not a quality tape by any measure, but damn glad to have it nonetheless. It was apparently recorded off a shared echo feed which shifts the mix entirely. Aparently the soundman didn’t have posterity on his mind, but what can you say about the band? They sound […]

White Bikes
Larry Long - Bass, Vocals
Randy Turner - Guitar, Vocals
Ned - Drums
Years Late 80’s
I drew a poster for them for a FSN gig, at it’s second location. I managed to see them more than a few times, they were a great band.
I always found it great that when I first met Larry and Randy years […]

Although reel-to-reel tape recorders were nothing special in 1982, the unit my family owned had the ability to record each track individually, so overdubbing was possible. Granted, it was only 2 tracks, but we could get most of the instruments on the first track and put the vocals and some incidental parts on the […]

April’s Disco-Lounge - S. Front St.
By the late ’70’s, downtown Wilmington was an interzone. Higher commerce had pulled anchor, and what remained were the less economically mobile, the ever hopefuls, and those just out for a good time.
Keith DeLancey recalls:
April’s Disco-Lounge was an amazing supernova that quickly imploded on Front Street. My brother and I […]

To commemorate the Squirrels 25th Anniversary, Sq2 has embarked on a phased series of ventures.

Website
Early 2007 - To document the Squirrels, and also host a dynamic community with ties to the ’80’s Wilmington “scene”.
Recordings
Yearlong project - Bring the classics back to life, and explore what might have been.
Reunion concert
Late 2007 - Bring it all together […]