It's a Girl!

We've just birthed the newest member of the Fatherfolk Collective! Would you like to cut the cord? We're calling her Gretchen Harwell. She lives in Asheville and looks better in a sweater than you do.

Gretchen was born the late 1980s in New York City, originally as a band called Trucking Company, which included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman, John Popper, and later Chris Barron, who was John Popper's Princeton, NJ high school friend.  Gretchen was signed to Epic Records/Sony Music by A&R executive Frankie LaRocka in 1991. Gretchen's Epic debut EP Up for Grabs...Live was recorded live at The Wetlands Preserve in Lower Manhattan, and released in January 1991.

Actually, those are just facts about the band Spin Doctors. Gretchen was born in Vermont. In high school, which was the last time I saw her, she played the oboe. For those of you who don't know what the oboe is, lets just say it's something sexual and leave it at that. Gretchen works as a vet tech and has gin instead of blood. We are super excited that she will be writing a "Things I Found in Your Dog" column, and a Retro Review Column. Please join us in welcoming Gretchen to the Fatherfolk family.