Wednesday, September 09, 2020

Meet Peaches, lead singer of the folk duo, Chuckles’n’Peaches. Today is a sad day in the history of folk music, because after 70 years of playing together, Chuckles and Peaches have decided to call it quits. Perhaps best known for their 1960’s top 10 hits, “Who Grabbed My Nuts?” and “Can’t Stand the Rain,” Chuckles’n’Peaches have been a constant presence on the folk scene, participating in music festivals as far away as across the street from my house and across the alley out back. Their tumultuous relationship is well-documented, with Chuckles being responsible for inviting a field mouse to take Peaches’ place on stage at the last minute to point out how completely replaceable the little squirrel is, while Peaches once took a screwdriver to Chuckles’ joints right before a show, rendering him immobile, leaving Peaches to perform their entire set a capella. But it’s over for real now, mostly because, with so little time left in their lives, thoughts of settling down and having a family seem more important than traveling all over the yard to play for whatever crowds are still interested in live music. It’s sad, but no band can go on forever.

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