The Basement Wall

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Teenybopper 00:00 Tools
Never Existed 00:00 Tools
You 00:00 Tools
We Ain't Got Nothing Yet 00:00 Tools
Louie Louie 00:00 Tools
Everything 00:00 Tools
The basement exit 00:00 Tools
Orange 00:00 Tools
Here Comes The Queen 00:00 Tools
Leave You Girl 00:00 Tools
Never Existed (Version #2 Reprise) 00:00 Tools
Picture On Page 10 00:00 Tools
Hungry 00:00 Tools
Like A Rolling Stone 00:00 Tools
Double Shot Of My Baby's Love 00:00 Tools
You Know That I Love You, Baby 00:00 Tools
Taste Of A Kiss 00:00 Tools
I'm Not That Slow 00:00 Tools
See My Reason 00:00 Tools
Never Existed (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
I'm Not That Slow (Alt. Outtake) 00:00 Tools
Like This 00:00 Tools
You (60s US Punk) 00:00 Tools
Never Existed [#] 00:00 Tools
The Basement Wall - You 00:00 Tools
The Basement Wall - Never Existed (Version #2 Reprise) 00:00 Tools
No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In 00:00 Tools
Tennybopper 00:00 Tools
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Baton Rouge, LA-based garage band the Basement Wall were formed in 1963 by singer/bassist Terry Bourdier, guitarist Richard Lipscomb, and drummer Barrie Edgar. Drawing inspiration from the British Invasion, the group started its career playing Beatles and Rolling Stones covers. With the subsequent addition of lead vocalist and guitarist George Ratzlaff, the Basement Wall graduated from local frat gigs to nightclub dates as far away as Los Angeles, along the way becoming the highest-paid cover band in the southern U.S., according to the Louisiana Entertainment Association. In due time, the Basement Wall also began writing original material, in 1968 signing to the Senate label to issue their lone official single, "Never Existed," a keyboard-driven regional smash similar in spirit to Texas punk, no doubt an outgrowth of the band's myriad Lone Star State gigs. Additional recordings were made but remained unreleased until the Cicadelic label compiled The Incredible Sound of the Basement Wall in 1985. In 1968 Bourdier got married and retired from the road. Despite adding bassist Duke Bardwell, who later toured with Elvis Presley, the Basement Wall soon dissolved. Ratzlaff later resurfaced in the blues-rock outfit Potliquor, recording three LPs for Janus and scoring a Hot 100 hit with the single "Cheer." In mid-June of 2005, the original Basement Wall lineup reunited for the first time in close to four decades, gigging in honor of the band's induction into the Louisiana Entertainment Hall of Fame. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.