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your seat belts and travel back through the gigs of time
as Joe DeGise II shares the first and only "TRUE" account
of how
it all happened... The
tale continues on Pages 2,
3, 4 & 5.
The
Hillary Step: A Brief History in Time
by
Joe DeGise II
"What
the hell is The Hillary Step?" "Who the hell is The Hillary
Step?"
"Why the hell are you called The Hillary Step?" "Will
someone pass the
damn salt?" As members of the acoustic pop/rock band, The Hillary
Step,we find ourselves confronted with these questions from well-meaning
fans all the time. The answer, in a word, is that Rob and Jon had
been writing songs together since they were six and six, respectively.
Sometimes they would perform their songs and other times they wouldn't.They
met at a haberdashery in New Mexico where they lived off the land
and the immigrants. It was love/hate at first sight. Armed with
two voices and a guitar, they sought artistic expression under the
name "Identical Triplets" and hit the New Mexican road.
Nothing
was panning out and Rob began to fear no one was getting his
musical pun on the word "triplets" so, armed with two
voices and a guitar,they started playing pubs, bingo parlours, and
churches in the Bible Beltand changed their name to "Abortion
Clinic." After several incidents of spontaneous violence breaking
out at shows, including one where Jon got the "h" knocked
right out of his first name, they decided
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"Biography"
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Hell
with Van Morrison
What is The Hillary Step? |
