Clamtones
OriginPortland, Oregon, United States
Past membersJeffrey Frederick
Jill Gross
Robin Remaily
Richard Tyler
Dave Reisch
Ted Deane
Roger North

Clamtones was an American folk rock group, and Jeffrey Frederick's most notable band. Most of the band's lineup also performed with The Holy Modal Rounders at one point.

History

In the late 1960s, Jeffrey Frederick formed the first Clamtones with Jill Gross, Morgan Huber, John Raskin, and Robert Nickson.[1] However, the best-known incarnation was formed in 1975 when Frederick moved to Portland, Oregon.[1] The Holy Modal Rounders, who at this time consisted of Steve Weber (guitar and vocals), Robin Remaily (guitar and mandolin), Richard Tyler (piano), Dave Reisch (bass), Ted Deane (saxophone), and Roger North (drums), had also recently moved to Portland. Without Weber, the Rounders began backing up Frederick and Jill Gross as the Clamtones.[2] Thus, the Clamtones would perform with Frederick and Gross as the Clamtones and with Weber as the Holy Modal Rounders.[3]

Not long after they formed, Frederick, Gross, and the Clamtones recorded the collaborative 1976 studio album Have Moicy! with Michael Hurley and Peter Stampfel's the Unholy Modal Rounders. In 1977, they released their only studio album Spiders In The Moonlight.[1] Some of the tracks from that album and from Have Moicy! were included in the 2003 Rounder compilation album, I Make A Wish For A Potato. In 2007, the original album was digitally remastered, and three studio tracks from the later Jeffrey Frederick Band were added, and the work republished on CD as Resurrection of Spiders In The Moonlight. In 1977, when they returned to the East Coast for a funeral, Weber and the Clamtones (without Frederick and Gross) reunited with Peter Stampfel and recorded the 1978 studio album Last Round as the Holy Modal Rounders.[3]

The members of the Clamtones continued to play with Weber as the Rounders until 1995 when Weber moved back to the East Coast[4] and Frederick died in 1997.[2] The members of the Clamtones participated in some of the reunions between Weber and Stampfel until the Holy Modal Rounders broke up for the last time in 2003.[5]

Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones were inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on October 8, 2011.[2]

Discography

  • Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones, Spiders In The Moonlight (Rounder, 1977). An expanded version is available on CD, billed as Resurrection of Spiders In The Moonlight (Frederick Productions, 2007)
  • Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones, Clamtones B.C. (Frederick Productions, 2005)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lankford, Jr, Ronnie D. "Jeffery Frederick Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "2011 Inductees". Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Peter Stampfel". richieunterberger.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Sisario, Ben (2020-03-07). "Steve Weber, 76, a Founder of an Influential Folk Band, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  5. ↑ Stampfel, Peter (August 2020). "Steve Weber". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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