Approximate dates:1986?-1988?
Base of Operations:Delray
Beach, Florida
Manager: Self-managed
Agents: many
and forgotten
Personnel:
Reuben David Ferguson - Organ, Electric Piano,
Synthesizers, Vocals, Percussion
Harry James Hafferkamp - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards
Timothy Micah Meyer - Bass Guitar, Vocals
(and two computer sequencers with three drum
machines)
Later ...
Patty Pacheco - Vocals, Flute, Percussion
Brief History
T minus 1 was
actually two discrete groups that shared the same name, some of the same
songs, and, of course, me. The original lineup didn't include any
computer sequencing technology, but we did have many synthesizers.
(See T minus 1 (a)). Everyone
in the band had at least one synth on stage, and I was using around four
or five keyboards and a couple of synth modules in this, the second incarnation
of the group. I was using a Roland JX-3P, a Casio
202, a Korg BX-3 organ, a Roland Juno 106, a Korg DW 8000,
a Korg EX 800, a Yamaha FB-01 and a Yamaha TX81Z.
We had eliminated the drummer (Necessity! We couldn't find anyone
who could count to four!) and used three drum machines (a Sequential
Drumtraks 400 and two Sequential TOMs), even more synthesizers
and modules, and two computers (Commodores!). I think by this
time I had moved up from Passport MIDI 4+ software for the Commodore
64 to Sonus SuperSequencer 128 for the Commodore 128.
Most people never even noticed that we didn't
have a drummer.
Click the title to listen to Stranger In
Town by Toto
(featured on T minus 1 - The Demos and R.D.
Ferguson - The Singles)
You must have the RealPlayer G2 program installed in order to listen to the piece. If you don't already have it, you can download it from RealPlayer. You can get a copy for free, or get the deluxe version for $29.95.