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Telephone Booth\/MFH<\/h1>\n

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It was 1999. The end of a decade, or the beginning of a new one. It was the year that Giancarlo Rendina stumbled into Red Onions in Ybor City to apply for a job. He heard the music playing in this amazing print shop and thought it would be a good fit for him. No one imagined that he and Bob Dorsey, Valrico’s first experimental art gallerist, would together, single-handedly, side by side alter the course of music in the days to come.<\/h3>\n

At their first meeting at Bob\u2019s Alafia River recording studio, known as the\u00a0Telephone Booth<\/strong>, Giancarlo came armed with a book of lyrics and rhythmic ideas to start the process. He knew exactly what he wanted the drums to do, and we started there, working on a Boss Dr Rhythm 220 A drum machine and programming the beat for our first tune. \u201cBoom bap bap! Boom bap bap!\u201d he commanded as Bob programmed each measure and played it back, awaiting his response. \u201cNo. Boom bap bap! Boom bap bap!\u201d he reiterated. One measure after another, the two manufactured the drums they sought, stringing them together like neither had done before.<\/h4>\n

With the drum track to his satisfaction, Giancarlo began singing to the beat. We recorded both tracks very quickly, between a couple of smoke breaks, and it was pretty unusual and fantastic because normally one would record vocals much later, using a guitar or a bass as a reference.<\/h4>\n

The pressure was on for Bob, because he had to create a bassline that would not only fit with the vocals, but make girls dance. Using both notes, this simple bassline had accomplished its mission. Now it was Giancarlo\u2019s turn again.<\/h4>\n

He had his gorgeous black Epiphone tuned in and turned up. Still singing as he hammered purposefully on his guitar with swagger and ferocity as he came up with his inspired guitar riff.<\/h4>\n

Four tracks on a Tascam cassette 4 track and we were almost done. I think we bounced the bass and drums to one track so we could add some walkie talkie vocals and some back up vox. 100% satisfied with our day\u2019s work, we agreed that the most logical thing to do would be fly out to Ybor and let Erik Donaldson hear the track. His critical ear was a make or break moment for the band. Arriving to New World Brewery as he was loading his vehicle, Giancarlo didn\u2019t plead with Erik as much as he convinced him of the importance of why we drove 25 minutes to see him. Being a man of great judgment and an uncanny ability to know if someone if BSing him or not, Erik ordered us to help drag his gear back out to the patio so he could audition the track. To the delight of the curious, lingering audience and ourselves, Erik\u2019s smile revealed that the last 1:50 was not wasted time. There\u2019s conflicting reports as to how many times he actually played it that night, but my version of the story is 27 times.<\/h4>\n

Fast forward to August 2020 and Erik asks on the Facebook, \u201cDo you happen to have a copy of MFH doing Radio Kosovo?\u201d hence the reason for this long overdue acknowledgment of one of the last wonderful and meaningful musical moments of the 20th century.<\/h4>\n

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Bobby D chats with his future father-in-law Hondo Hernandez between sets.<\/h4>\n

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Bobby D chats with his future wife Katyraven Hernandez after the show.<\/h4>\n

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The story continues…<\/h4>\n

In 2007, both G. Rendina and Bobby D were using GarageBand. Gutter Poet G. Rendina reimagined a few tracks and wrote some new songs using and the collaborations were done sharing files in DropBox. These are the fruits of those labors.<\/h4>\n

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Telephone Booth is G. Rendina & Bobby D<\/h5>\n
Lyrics and Guitar Noises \u2013 G. Rendina<\/h5>\n
Bass, Synthesizers and Drums \u2013 Bobby D<\/h5>\n
Telephone Booth \u2013 all songs \u00a91999<\/h5>\n
Photos by Katyraven Hernandez<\/h5>\n
Special Guests for the Barriers performance \u2013 Monkey Finn Hypocrasy vocalist Finn Bolam and Sound Technician Manfred Hohenegger.<\/h5>\n

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