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Thu September 9 2004
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BIG ED
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| Jon Cooper , Editor |
09/08/2004 |
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As a band, Big ED has been
playing local venues for about a year, but its members have known
each other since the Nintendo days.
The guys from North Branford
- Cliff Cronan, Phil 'Master P' Jacobs, Matt Getzewich and Mike
Deloughery - and the one from East Haven - Randy Massey - are
greater New Haven's newest party band. We're not talking weddings
and covers, we're talking high-energy shows, fun, rock and
beer.
"We just love to play out," says Cronan, who became the
band's frontman by default after they formed and found they had an
overstock of guitarists. "I said I'd sing until we got a singer and,
well, I'm still doin' it."
With Cronan on vocals, Jacobs handles
drums and Getzewich the bass. Deloughery - whose father is the
band's namesake - plays guitar with Massey, who plays lead guitar
and handles the bulk of the band's writing duties.
Big ED's shows
continue to grow, including their ever-popular Babe of the Month
shows at Side Street Grille, 15 Dickerman St., Hamden, 203-407-1539
... the winner gets $100 and their photo on www.gotbiged.com. They
aren't "really a studio band," says Cronan, though they're heading
in to record their demo this month.
But for these "five good
guys," it isn't about getting a deal to go play stadium shows that
drives them, "though we'd be on the bus tomorrow" if the offer came,
says Cronan.
For these guys, it's about putting on a performance
and about being with friends.
Deloughery and Jacobs have known
each other for years and own a flooring company together.
Cronan
and Massey have known each other since the parks and recreation
days, when "he kicked my ass," says the band's frontman. "I'm still
planning my revenge."
Those who haven't seen Big ED perform
should check them out simply for their renditions of some popular
tunes like The Beatles' Dear Prudence and Neil Young's Rockin' in
the Free World.
The guys took their "Big Ed-isizing" to a new
level when the retooled the Beastie's No Sleep 'til Brooklyn and
swapped it for No Sleep 'til East Haven.
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New Haven's Arts & Entertainment Weekly. 2004
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