On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Tom Parker wrote:
 
> How about Dillon Fence?  I just picked up a CD of theirs, "Living Room
> Scene", and it's really good so far... I've only heard half of it, since
> I've got too many law cases to read  :-(   But the songs are very catchy,
> and the guitarist is very good (and *tasteful*, for those who run screaming
> from long guitar solos).
 
Dillon Fence is a band from Chapel Hill, NC. They formed around 1988 as a
the Beta Theta Pi house band, as 3/4 were Betas (Chris went to Wake
Forest). The band went through some personell changes, but here is the
basic lineup:
 
GREG HUMPHREYS (vocals, guitar): The heart and soul of the band. He sings on
about 90% of the songs and has a major role in the songwriting.
 
KENT ALPHIN (guitar, vocals): Plays a lot of the solos, but trades off
with Greg. Kent sings the other 10% of the songs. Kent left the band
about a year ago and plays in a new band now (can't remember the name).
 
CHRIS GOODE (bass): Chris left the band about the same time Kent did. I
think he wanted to go to graduate school, but I'm not sure.
 
SCOTT CARLE (drums): Still with the band. Scott joined before the
Rosemary CD.
 
 
DISCOGRAPHY
 
DILLON FENCE - a great 6-song EP put out by themselves in 1989. Mammoth
re-released it after releasing Rosemary. It is currently out of print,
but CAN be found in used bins around Chapel Hill.
 
CHRISTMAS (Mammoth) - A 3-song EP with a song called Christmas, which is
just OK.
 
ROSEMARY (Mammoth) - Their first full-length CD. Great songs are Daylight
and Something for You.
 
DAYLIGHT (Mammoth) - EP with (I think) 4 songs. It's not bad, but boy
that's a lot of EP's!
 
OUTSIDE IN (Mammoth) - The first 4 songs are outstanding. Too bad Mammoth
couldn't pull more weight for them then.
 
LIVING ROOM SCENE (Mammoth) - This was released in Oct 1994 and with the
exception of the the first 4 songs (which still have to grow on you), was
a huge disappointment. The title song is great, and is regularly covered
by Letters to Cleo.
 
 
   Dillon Fence has gone though as many changes as I've ever heard of a
band doing. They were a very light, happy, pop band in the beginning, and
now they are much more of a pop, sugar-sounding band. I have actually
heard Thin Lizzy in some of their newest stuff. It's kind of
disappointing, but who knows?!
   I spoke to Greg recently and he feels worn out by the DF thing. He is
the only original member, and ponders the question, "Why am I still trying
got carry this torch?" He is clearly marketable as a solo artist, and is
starting a new funk/soul band which I've heard is great. We'll see. As
for now, though, Dillon Fence is on hold. We'll see if we ever hear from
them again.
 
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Dana McCall - Chapel Hill                       http://www.unc.edu/~umccall/
 
                 "Free the bound periodicals!" - anonymous
 
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