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The Rock Bottom Remainders

Stranger Than Fiction

By Mark Flanagan, About.com

The Rock Bottom Remainders are a mostly-author rock band which currently includes Dave Barry Stephen King Ridley Pearson Scott Turrow Amy Tan Matt Groening James McBride Mitch Albom, Roy Blount, Jr. Kathi Kamen Goldmark Greg Iles.

Formed in the latter 10th of the 20th century, The Rock Bottom Remainders were the brainchild of semi-professional musician and part-time book publicist, Kathi Goldmark. They hit the scene at the 1992 American Booksellers Association convention and have sporadically rocked the American literati ever since. Their most recent West Coast tour, 3 shows in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles occurred in April 2003.

The lineup:

Mitch Albom: keyboards and vocals
Dave Barry: lead guitar, vocals
Roy Blount, Jr.: Critics Chorus, master of ceremonies
Kathi Kamen Goldmark: Remainderette
Matt Groening: Critics Chorus
Greg Iles: guitar and vocals
Stephen King: rhythm guitar, vocals
James McBride: saxaphone
Ridley Pearson: bass guitar, vocals
Amy Tan: Remainderette
Scott Turow: Chorus and sometimes Remainderette

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