[USML Announce] Thanks, Brad

[Brad Jansen]

I think both the Angries and Nukes should dedicate their sesons to the
Knack...can't wait to see who Nukes reserve to activate Davis....

On 8/4/06, springkerb at aol.com <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I had always suspected that hearing "My Sharona" too many times could
> cause brain tumors.  Did you know they used to play it both to open and
> close their shows--no doubt because they had so few other things to play?
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: doug at burnsent.com
> To: announce at usml.net
> Sent: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:30 AM
> Subject: [USML Announce] Thanks, Brad
>
>  Rip on the Angries, rip on Fausto, but please don't involve The Knack
> again?
> The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger, perhaps best known for the 1979 hit,
> "My Sharona," underwent successful brain surgery Thursday, his doctor
> reported.
> Fieger, 53, had two brain tumors removed during the operation at
> Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, publicist Guy McCain said.
> Dr. John Yu said the surgery was successful and Fieger was expected to
> have a full recovery, McCain said in a statement.
> The Knack's upcoming concert tour has been postponed, McCain said. The
> tour had included stops August 11 at the Corbin Music Festival in Corbin,
> Kentucky, and September 2 at the Oregon State Fair in Salem, Oregon.
> The Knack were formed in 1978. Their albums include "Get the Knack" and
> "... But the Little Girls Understand."
> Singer-songwriter Fieger has said that "My Sharona" was inspired by a
> girlfriend of four years.
> "I had never met a girl like her -- ever," he told The Associated Press in
> a 1994 interview. "She induced madness. She was a very powerful presence.
> She had an insouciance that wouldn't quit. She was very self-assured. ...
> She also had an overpowering scent, and it drove me crazy."
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