Difficult as it is to believe, Facebook had an ad that was relevant to my interests. Erie’s own The Oneders had that brief residency at Villapiano’s, the pizza joint out by the airport in the early ’60s. From there, they went on to appear in a rock and roll show in Pittsburgh, then were signedContinue reading “From Erie, PA!”
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On Tom Hanks Goodness
Mark your calendars. 27 March 2007. The That Thing You Do! Director’s Cut. One hundred, fifty-five minutes. A full hour longer than the theatrical release. Score! That Thing You Do! is the story of the Erie, Pennsylvania band, the Wonders (sometimes spelled “Oneders”) and their meteoric rise and very sudden fall from the pop chartsContinue reading “On Tom Hanks Goodness”
That Thing You Do!
I was arranging my CD collection recently and came across the soundtrack album for Tom Hanks’ 1996 film, That Thing You Do! TTYD! tells the story of the Wonders, sometimes spelling Oneders, pronounced o-Need-ers, an Erie, Pennsylvania garage band of 1964 who write a hit song, hit the big time, and then break up. TheContinue reading “That Thing You Do!”