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Bluegrass version of Mongoloid

by: Russell A. Potter - original producer and copyright holder

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

Topics: DEVO Mongoloid Bluegrass Cleveland Ohio

A bluegrass cover of DEVO's Mongoloid, recorded in 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio by the Hotfoot Quartet. Bob Frank, guitar and lead vocal; Jim Blum, upright bass and vocals; Paul Kovac, banjo and vocals; Bob Smakula, mandolin and vocal.s.

Addeddate: 2009-03-18 03:10:13

External_metadata_update: 2019-04-17T13:51:48Z

Identifier: BluegrassVersionOfmongoloid

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Reviewer: Profrap22 - - September 30, 2021
Subject: Responding to above review

Responding to the review -- yes, Bob Smakula was a guest, and yes Johnny Dromette designed the outer sleeve, and it was recorded at Boddie. But it appeared on my own label, Black Snake Records, and was distributed in the USA by Roundup Records, the distribution branch of Rounder Records; we sold around 700 units. -- Russell Potter

Reviewer: kovacbanjo - - September 29, 2021
Subject: Clarifications

Firstly, let me clarify the personal. Bobby Smacklua was a guest (on mandolin) for the session, not a band member. The fourth member of the quartet was Bob Yocum on fiddle & vocals. I believe it was recorded (live) in 1978, at legendary Cleveland studio, Boddie Recording. Mr. Boddie engineered the session and Russel Potter produced. It was done for Johnny Dromette, owner of the punk shop, The Drome. He distributed it mainly in Germany. Possibly the first Bluegrass/Punk crossover.

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