Ahhh, sookie, sookie: Let’s throw this sweet ride into reverse and Flashion Backward through UI’s archives to see what the boys and girls were saying, playing and wearing in yesteryear. It’s like stumbling onto a time capsule! Today, we’ve discovered reruns from the Lonely H, and they flash further back than I ever expected. Get ready for a groovy ride through the 1960s.
The Washington state-based Lonely H got together in high school, and they’ve managed to play more than 250 shows in 47 states–not bad for a bunch of Port Angeles teens who shamelessly “hoist the geek-flag” and blithely cite musical influences as classic rock as The Eagles without batting an eyelash.
And they definitely look the part, sporting ’60s- and’ 70s-era side-parted, behind-the-ear long hairdos that have clearly never encountered the wonders of Frizz Ease. Plus, they top it off with well-worn bell-bottoms, mustaches and vests–and no palpable irony detected! They are so gloriously, unabashedly unconcerned with the sun-glassed, slicked-back, sad-faced boo-hoo urban hipster movement currently sweeping the nation, you can’t help but love them despite their wildly upbeat, innocently grinning selves!
Below, see their slightly less peaches ‘n’ cream take on getting busy with fans, groupies and other sundry forms of admirers. Oh, boys.
TOPICS: Flashion Backward, Kathleen Willcox