The Town Criers: Unearthed relics!

(Tell-Tale Heart/Town Crier Ray Brandes brings new Town Criers artifacts to light.)

Detail: Town Criers at Joshua Tree, 1989 (collection Ray Brandes)The first of these gems is from early 1989, a performance at the wedding of Joe Hughes at Joshua Tree National Park.

The band at the time consisted of Ray Brandes on acoustic guitar and vocals, Peter Miesner on lead guitar, Mark Zadarnowski on electric bass guitar, and Dan Tarte on drums. Among the attendees captured on film at the event are Che Undergrounders Matt Johnson and Sean McMullen.

The toddler at the end of the clip is Sean Zadarnowski, Mark and Lydia’s son, who has graduated from UCSD.

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