This may be the only football-related blog post I write for a long time, but I got an e-mail from legendary local trio Couch Flambeau this morning that I thought might be relevant at the moment.
In it, the band urges fans to check out it's "hit single," "The Pack is Back," which you can hear at the Couch Flambeau MySpace page.
According to the e-mail, frontman -- and drummer, guitarist and lyricist extraordinaire -- Jay Tiller found out about the passing of the Packers' QB torch a few years back when he overheard a conversation at a gas station. That led him to pen the Green and Gold tribute. Or so the legend has it.
Tiller and company are not about to let this exciting Packers moment pass without bringing a little rock and roll into the discussion...
"We are resolved to stay in front of the hype. That's why we are reintroducing 'The Pack is Back' in time for Sunday's NFC Championship game. So Sunday, flip on the TV, but turn down the sound and crank up 'The Pack is Back' in repeat mode."
If you prefer the fiery onstage version of Couch Flambeau, there's a video of the band playing "The Pack is Back" here.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
