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On May 21, 2000, in front of nearly one dozen on-lookers, the musical trio, Delicious Fishes, performed for their first time on a small outdoor patio called Gladstones. Never before had this charming neighborhood of Soulard on the St. Louis south side been witness to such vast beauty and pagentry. That three gentlemen, cursed with rugged good looks and unbridled enthusiasm, could stir immeasurable emotion in some of music's toughest critics. It's one year later and many of us are left breathless from the musical assault these three lads have produced on the pop scene. Nearly 12 months ago, on a calm Spring day in May, Dan, Joe, and Chuck armed with nothing more than a few pine cone wreaths for center pieces and one poorly erected gingerbread mansion, decorated the patio of Gladstones before a day of music and merriment. Hello, I'm Martha Stewart, and these are the Delicious Fishes. It all began in the summer of 1982 when a shy, good looking "fella" by the name of C.B. Williams was working in his backyard. C.B. (named after the CB radio, a hobby of his parents and companion on lonely nights) was putting together a birdseed heart to hang from a spruce tree in the family's backyard. He had experimented with different frame saturations before, but it was on this one night he tried covering the twig frame with almond butter. This was a huge step in the birdseed industry. After combining the other elements, lard, peanut butter, and of course thistle seed, the tasty heart was virtually irresistable by any nearby warbler and was a lovely accent piece for the backyard. Dan April was a highschool chum and lived right up the street from C.B.. In the summer of '82, Dan was working on an unauthorized biography of Love Boat's onboard doctor, Bernie Kopell. Dan was becoming more disenchanted with the project connected with the fact that a restraining order from Kopell was placed on him. Chuck suggested the two gents team up to change music history, a bold idea but very practical. First though, they needed a leader... Joseph Greg Judd was a practical choice as a leader of men. Joe had participated in several school choir recitals and had the tallest hair in a tri-county area. |