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- The Band Plays The Santa Barbara College Circuit
- “If We Get Signed, It Will Be Because We Play in LA.” – George Pendergast
- The Carpenters’ Tribute Album
- “Counting Blue Cars”
- “…No One Really Knows Who They are.” – Mike Savage
- Dishwalla Breaks Up
They became regulars at the college bar circuit around Santa Barbara and played alongside bands like Ugly Kid Joe and Toad the Wet Sprocket. Before becoming Dishwalla, the band underwent several name and style changes. First using the moniker Life Talking, and then Dish and finally Dishwalla.
According to the LA Times, the band entered a Battle of the Bands contest in LA and ended up taking a $1,000 prize. Pendergast told the paper, “We entered an LA contest and we won. We still play down there once or twice a month. It’s important to impress them in LA. If we get signed, it will be because we play in LA.” The band would eventually land...
In a strange twist of fate, the members of Dishwalla were fans of The Carpenters and shortly after they signed to A&M records, but before they began work on their debut record, they read an LA Times article about a tribute album being assembled. JR Richards loved The Carpenters and wanted to participate in the project. The tribute album was finishe...
Dishwalla’s debut album, Pet Your Friends was released in August of 1995 and while 5 singles were put out, it was the third one, “Counting Blue Cars” that finally caught on. The single was released nearly 6 months after the album came out. “Counting Blue Cars” appeared in the movie Empire Records and it served as the band’s only hit song off the re...
While Dishwalla had a lot of success with their debut album, nobody knew who the guys in the band were or what they looked like. Billboard interviewed the Music Director for KYLL, Mike Savage, who told the magazine, “I think what they have to do is concentrate on making the singer more of a star, more of a frontman. There’s a lack of stars right no...
The album was followed up by their self-titled record 3 years later in 2005. It was their first album to not chart. The band finally took a break at this time. In 2008, 3 years after their breakup, the band reunited without JR Richards. The band’s drummer and guitarist found their going to the same school and they attended Tuesday night school meet...
Sep 15, 2014 · Recently we sat down with founding member and lead guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens for a personal look at the years past of Dishwalla, their decision to return, new music, influence, and much more.
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Interview: Rodney Browning Cravens of Dishwalla. Ace Sims. California Alternative Rock mainstays Dishwalla will release their 5th studio album, Juniper Road, through Pavement Entertainment worldwide digitally on June 16 and CD on July 14, 2017.
Rodney Browning-Cravens: Guitars, Vocals; George Pendergast: Drums, Vocals; J.R. Richards: Vocals, Guitar, Additional Keyboards; Jim Wood: Keyboards, Vocals; Uncle Jake Richards: Acoustic Guitar and Backing Vocals on "The Bridge Song" Peter Byck, Marc Waterman and David Young: Backing Vocals on "Bottom of the Floor"
