RARE VIDEO OF THE FIRST EVER CINCINNATI PUNK BAND PLAYING THE TITLE TRACK TO THEIR 7” “KEITH RICHARD’S DEAD”

The ED DAVIS BAND at their last gig, playing KEITH RICHARDS’ DEAD, the first single on what was to become Jess Hirbe’s SHAKE IT RECORDS. Recorded at a party at the WE’RE JUST LIKE YOU loft in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 2, 1979, on PortaPak video, an early Sony reel-to-reel format. THE CUSTOMS, later a SHAKE IT RECORDS primo rockablilly act, filled out the bill.

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— 2 years ago