Blake Street Gut Band on "Preservation Sound" with guests Bobo Lavorgna & DeArmond Mourgen hosts Chris Ruggiero & Brendan Toller

Blake Street Gut Band on "Preservation Sound" with guests Bobo Lavorgna & DeArmond Mourgen hosts Chris Ruggiero & Brendan Toller

Author: Brendan Toller, WPKN January 28, 2025 Duration: 1:20:20

The latest installment of Chris Ruggiero's monthly Preservation Sound Radio show brought forth members of Hamden/New Haven's Blake Street Gut Band including Bobo Lavorgna and DeArmond Mourgen, with Brendan Toller along for the interview ride. 

 

Ruggiero featured the band's newly released 1969 demo The Kaleidescope Sessions recorded locally at Kaleidescope Studio, Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, CT the week of December 22, 1969. The show also dove into rare Connecticut music from the 60s and 70s. A must-listen for anyone curious about the Connecticut rock 'n' roll scene of the 60s and 70s. Available for your listening pleasure through...

Archived here on the Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast due to the historic nature of the content at hand!


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