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3 Bands to Watch

March 1, 1997 by: OffBeat Staff

The Boondoggles

The Boondoggles were, bigger than the Beatles, for a week at least.

In 1995, both the Zephyr and B-97 added the Boondoggles to their playlists, an unprecedented phenomenon for an unsigned local bands "It was when the Beatles' new old song "Free as a Bird" was out," says guitarist and vocalist Robert Johnston, laughing, "We have the B-97 playlist they sent in to the Gavin Report, and we were ahead of both the Beatles and Hooti...

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