| The Fibes Archive |
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| God Save the Queen |
| Money Can't Buy |
| Johnnie Come Back |
| Good Work |
| Early Fibes original rock 'n' roller. Lynn sings the lead with Alan providing call backs. Randy is pitch perfect with his guitarwork. The guys rented a four-track recorder from a local music store to capture this version. The song is about John Lennon. A.D. |
| A ripping live version of The Sex Pistols monster song God Save the Queen. The recording puts on display the best of Randy, Lynn, Fred and Jim. Performed in a long-since demolished State Road 7 bar called The Shalazar, a neighborhood establishment. The rummies in the bar that night were stunned and largely offended. |
| This Rodeny Crowell cover shows the country streak of The Fibes. As with many songs by the band, this tune was recorded in a living room in a house the guys rented in Sunrise. The band used one of the first relatively affordable portastudios meant for the little guy. It features the vocals of Lynn and guitar work of Randy. |
| A live version of the BoDeans' Good Work, a favorite band of The Fibes. It's a fun song that again features a strong vocal by Lynn and lead guitar by Randy. Jim's drumwork drives this song. Recorded live on a conventional stereo cassette player . Literally a bedroom recording. |
| Let's do it, let's fall in love |
| Night Birds |
| Big band Fibes, what more can you say. What's more romantic than Fort Lauderdale beach? The crashing waves, chilled champagne, a lovely lady ... and the calls of the night birds. Even though the guy dumps the girl, he gives her a memory to hold forever. Times that can heal you. |
| Who doesn't like Tom Petty? This recording is an early recording using the first eight track portastudio purchased by Randy. The role of durmmer was played by an seperate electronic box, or early programmable drum machine. We'd joke, "The drummer is like a machine in this recording." Too much of stero chorus or some other wavform phase shifter, but the recording is typical for first timers |
| Change of Heart |
| House of Ghosts |
| Trapped by family memories. Somber reminders of long dead uncles you barely knew, dusty empty rooms where you once played and other haunted thoughts. Moments you can never have back and won't let go. On July 5, 2011, House of Ghosts was played on the old Art Bell show AM Coast to Coast now hosted by George Noorey. |
| Sh#t from the Garage -- The Fibes -- By Alan Cherry Music Site built with Yahoo! SiteBuilder 2012 |
| Welcome to the archive, the one-stop collection place of the audio, video and assorted Sh#t from the Garage. In some cases, the recordings are digital conversions of 20-30 yr old cassette tapes. The songs have been captured on a variety of recording devices -- some pretty good quality and some not. As they say on tv, results vary. Don't bust my balls over it. More Sh#t from the Garage to come as we record and pull more crap out to put on display. |
| A really fine example of Randy's diversity as a guitarist in this instrumental version of a Cole Porter tune. He plays the rhythm and the melody in a 2011 recording undoubtedly executed in his Palm Beach County house. If birds do it and bees do it, one has to ask, what is the "it" Porter is talking about? A sly appeal for sex from the 1920s. |
| To the right, a rare video of an early performance of the The Fibes playing a slightly pokey, but good enough version of Johnnie Come Back, during their first gig at the notorious Shalazar. Ruben shot the video on VHS. |
| Another ear-splitting recording played in the docile and drunken environs of The Shalazar. The first time the band played in the bar they had to remove a drunk sleeping it off on stage behind a piano. The Shalazar was marked by large sign that featured a giant Aladdin-ish sword. Other joints the band performed include Sidepocket Sam's down by the Dade line and an Oakland Park Blvd bar near the beach. |
| Clampdown |
| Fortunate Son |
| Another Live at the Shalazar recording. Once again, Lynn proves his knack for singing rock, while providing a thumping bass. Randy joins with Fred in rich guitarwork, although there is a small stumble at the end -- ah, such is the life of a garage band. All in all, a pretty fine recording captured live on a plain ol' cassette recorder. Do they sell plan ol' cassette recorders these days? |
| Hot House |
| Randy, Lynn, Jim and Fred buy studio time down in Miami to record a cover of the X song Hot House. They are pretty much at their peak at this point. Soon after the band broke up. Weep. |
| All hail the BoDeans. It may be The Fibes covered more BoDeans songs than any other group. This recording is homemade featuring Randy and Lynn. Sounds tinny. Have to work on that. |
| Angels Out at Night |
| Don't Slow Up |
| One of the original songs at the start of The Fibes. Recorded at Loconto's Studio in Sunrise. The song is written by Alan and sung by Lynn. It received an honorable mention in 1981 in Billboard Magazine's national songwriting contest. |
| Nuther Bridge |
| An original song by Alan and the second of two songs played on Coast to Coast AM. Alan was naked in the pool not knowing it had been selected to be played on the national radio program that night. He damn near drowned when it come blaring over his transistor radio on July 4, 2010. |
| Every |
| An original song by Alan and homage to women. Largely written as a Valentine to Alan's wife Pat McDonough. They've been married for decades. Notice the only male face in the video? Bubba, we love ya. |
| An odd song from Alan after a long and upclose look at Alzheimer's. The video reflects the slide into darkness and the illusions that become real through the progression of the disease. Look closely during the lede break for the image of John Lennon -- a mind puzzle of sorts. |
| The Mind's A Disease aka The Alzheimer's Song |