By Scott Dadson
Ranger Rick and the Lost Guides started
from the remnants of a talent show
band in 1986. Jerry (drummer of Urban Edge), Lawrence Winn on
Guitar (who
would go on to form Fear and Loathing), Scott Dadson (vocals and
guitar),
and Dave Etheridge on Bass (substituting at the last minute) played
a talent
night at the Pub. Scotts original tune "Biting my nails
over nothing" was
played with a searing (and might I add very, very original and
cool) guitar
lead by Lawrence that night and then it was over.
Next semester, Dave Etheridge and Will
Begg (drummer, who played in Right of
Way with Lawrence Winn and Jeff Umbarger) worked on this and other
originals
as well as other cover material (most of it from old rockabilly
and 60's
garage band files); Ranger Rick began to play the local circuit.
The band
played off the mountain in north and South Carolina in the "bar"
circuit
opening for acts such as Terrence Simien and the Mallet Playboys
(zydeco).
The Band had two lead guitar players in its history, Mark Giltner
and Steve
King (the Othermothers and Outer Limits).
Ranger Rick Disbanded in the summer of
1988. Dave and Will went on to form
Alistar Tale" with Eric Bachman prior to his transfer to
UNC Chapel Hill and
"Archers of Loaf" fame. Scott Dadson and Jamie Mclendon
(Dom Casual) formed
the Dead Wives of Jerry Lee Lewis in 1988. In 1989, Scott sold
his guitars
(a 1967 Rickenbacher and a 1962 Gretsch) to Jamie and went down
the
mountain. Scott, Dave, and Will reunited in 1995 to the pure
chagrin of
their spouses who encouraged them to "record that stuff so
that they
wouldn't have to hear them playing it live again." So they
did."