Q101 Local Music Showcase - (WKQX) - Chicago, Illinois
On the first Sunday of June 1994 Dolly Varden made their first major radio appearance on Q101’s Local Music Showcase broadcast on WKQX 101.1 FM in Chicago. The show includes a handful of slightly stripped down, but still full band, renditions of songs that were staples of their live shows. During the interview segments we also get to hear a little about the band’s beginnings from the band members themselves.
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02. You’ll Make a Great Worm - A great spare arrangement of the track that appears on the “Pet Me” cassette sung by Diane.
03. Here to Help - this is a song that has not appeared on the Varden Vault until now. It is a mid-tempo rocker with an infectious vocal introduction. This sparser arrangement only hints at the song’s great potential. We’ll find a fuller arrangement in a live show on a future entry in the vault that will do justice to this great tune. The band did lay down a studio version of this song engineered by Doug McBride @ Gravity Studios, but unfortunately we have not been able to track down a flawless copy of that yet.
Steve Dawson - Vocals, Guitar
Diane Christiansen - Vocals, Guitar
Lisa Wertman - Bass, Vocals
Matt Thobe - Drums, Vocals
Mark Balletto - Guitar
Notes: Show was broadcast at 9pm on Sunday June 5, 1994, but had been recorded earlier in the week.
Sunday, June 5, 1994