Locating Rollie is a project, a collection of songs that come from the eclectic musical minds of Bob Gifford and Mark Sutton.

Gifford and Sutton were integral parts of 3 bands that achieved various levels of notoriety in the Boston music scene back in the 80's - the Rings, Bamboo Gang, and the Wickermen - writing literally dozens of songs together during that time.

Some of those songs were recorded professionally, some of them were recorded in studio settings as demos, but most of them made their way out of the rehearsal room only as live recordings on audio cassette tapes.

Writing together came to an end in 1986.

In 2010 Mark reached out to Bob, suggesting that the two of them re-record some of the music they had recorded together in the past, but Bob had a better idea.  He proposed recording the songs that were never finished.

They are now doing both, and this renewed musical collaboration is called…

…Locating Rollie.

Closing the circle.

For the most part the songs that get posted here began their life as arrangement demos for the Freakin' Bravados, a cover band comprised of some long time R&R compatriots that was, sadly, never quite able to get it together, but some of this is collaboration with other artists or re-recordings of songs that I recorded professionally years ago, to correct "the sins of the past", so to speak.  I leave up the recordings that I think captured something special, specifically for my "target audience", which is friends and family.

I was happily diverted a while back with the now complete 'Locating Rollie' project, which is me and Bob Gifford - a long time songwriting partner.  Give it a search and a listen.  If you liked the Rings, BamBoo Gang, and the Wickermen, you'll like Locating Rollie.

That said, there's more to come right here.

Thanks for listening.

Mark Sutton

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