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Boston Globe
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Boston rock group the Remains, ‘America's Lost Band,' subject of new short film
Their son, Daniel Tashian, is a respected songwriter and producer in his own right. He recently served as a co-producer on Ringo Starr's latest album, a country record called 'Look Up.' According to Holly, when Daniel asked Ringo if he remembered the three weeks the Remains opened for the Beatles, the droll drummer replied, 'Nope. I don't remember anything.' Advertisement 'And that was that,' Holly said with a laugh in a recent phone interview with the Globe. Almost 60 years since their brush with mega-stardom, the Remains are back in the spotlight. 'America's Lost Band,' a tidy half-hour documentary based on one of the band's periodic reunions (this one around 2006), begins streaming April 8 through The short film is a reworked version of a feature documentary of the same name, which debuted at the Boston Film Festival in 2008. Licensing issues around the use of Beatles material and a guest spot by the Remains on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' prevented the film from distribution beyond its handful of festival appearances. Advertisement Producer Fred Cantor grew up in Connecticut enamored with the Remains. In 1998, a friend invited him to catch the group during one of its reunion tours. 'That was mind-blowing,' Cantor recalled recently by phone. 'I was immediately transported back to the age of 13, sitting in my bedroom listening to my portable record player.' Cantor quickly resolved to try to ensure that the band's legacy would last. First he wrote a stage musical about the group. Then he enlisted his friend Michael Stich, longtime director of the daytime soap opera 'The Bold and The Beautiful,' to make the documentary. Barry Tashian and Vern Miller of the Remains head out to the stage at Dodger Stadium. Ed Freeman Now, years later, Cantor and Stich have repurposed the reunion footage from their original film to make the new version. The band members — Tashian, keyboardist Bill Briggs, bassist Vern Miller, and drummer Chip Damiani — came together at Boston University in 1963. They honed their considerable chops playing the school's fraternity parties and at the Rat in Kenmore Square. In the documentary, one fan enthuses about how good the band still sounded: 'If you close your eyes and throw some beer on the floor, you're at the Rathskeller.' The Remains broke up after Damiani quit the band over the frustrations of touring. By then, Tashian was eager to explore other kinds of music. Miller went on to form other Boston bands (including Advertisement Jon Landau, the rock critic who went on to become Bruce Springsteen's longtime manager, helped immortalize the Remains when he 'People think there's some mystery around why the band broke up,' said Holly Tashian, who now lives in Nashville. Her husband was disappointed that Damiani chose to leave the group: 'Without him, it just wasn't the same. Barry also saw what it was like to be so famous, like the Beatles, and he just said, 'This is not a way to live.' It's totally understandable.' A few years ago, Holly noticed that Barry's memory was slipping. Tashian, who is 79, has since been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Holly recently made the difficult decision to put him in a memory care facility near their home in Nashville. 'It progressed to the point where I could not handle it at home anymore safely,' she said. 'He seems to be happy. I think we look at Alzheimer's and we're kind of afraid of it. Yet I also see that people all have their own paths. And this is part of Barry's path. 'And it's part of my path to go on without him and see what that's about.' They met while attending high school together in Westport, Conn. Tashian was actually dating Holly's best friend at the time. Several years later, after the Remains broke up, they bumped into each other on a Connecticut beach. 'I loved his music, always had,' she said. 'I decided I would learn guitar and play with him, and he was patient enough to let me do that.' Advertisement Other than Tashian, Miller is the only surviving member of the Remains. Damiani, who ran a home improvement company, Rewatching the footage of the new Remains documentary has been 'delightful,' said Holly Tashian. 'It's really evident what a great friendship they had together,' she said. 'That to me is part of the magic of that group.' James Sullivan can be reached at .
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Yahoo
New search warrants reveal texts, possible admission of guilt in Asha Degree case
CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Newly released search warrants have revealed fearful text messages and a possible admission of guilt in connection to the Asha Degree case. Authorities said on Feb. 14, 2000, 9-year-old Asha Jaquilla Degree went missing from her home in Shelby. She was last seen by drivers walking along NC Hwy 18. The young girl was observed being pulled into a 1970s green Lincoln Thunderbird, or a similar vehicle, before she disappeared. Degree has officially been missing for 25 years. Following the initial missing persons report in 2000, a search for Degree was conducted for about two weeks which included searches that utilized tracking and Human Remains Detection K-9s, horses, ATVs, drive teams, aerial searches, neighborhood canvasses, and interviews. At that time, all efforts during the two-week search concluded with negative results. Authorities said on Aug. 2, 2022, evidence belonging to Degree was found in Burke County on the side of Hwy 18, about 21 miles north of where she was last seen. A construction crew working in the area found the evidence double-bagged in black garbage bags and turned it over to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office. Court documents confirm numerous items of evidence were collected from the area; some having been identified as belonging to Degree, and other items not belonging to her. The items were sent to a lab for analysis. Court documents state that genealogical data narrowed the samples down to two people. Investigators said one sample belonged to Russell Bradley Underhill and the other sample belonged to a blood family member of identified suspects Roy Lee Dedmon and Connie Elliot Dedmon. Records state that investigators determined Underhill had lived in at least two properties operated by Roy Lee Dedmon and Connie Elliott Dedmon during the time Degree was reported missing. Underhill was discovered dead in Lincoln County in 2004, authorities confirmed. The Dedmons share three children, all daughters. Records state one lives in Texas, while the other two live in Shelby and Charlotte, North Carolina. Records state laboratory analysis of collected DNA samples indicated the likelihood that the hair stem sample from Degree's undershirt is a person genetically identical to 'the DNA standard' collected from the daughter who lives in Charlotte. Court documents state the Dedmons currently live in separate homes from one another. Records show the couple owned and resided at the property on Cherryville Road when Degree was reported as missing. Their three daughters would have been 16, 15, and 13 years old at the time. Investigators believe the Dedmons are 'the two common links between the profiles of Russell Bradley Underhill' and their daughter, which was collected and identified from Degree's shirt and the trash bag, which contained Degree's bookbag. Authorities said due to the ages of the Dedmon's three daughters in 2000, they believe adult assistance from the Dedmons would have been 'necessary in the execution and/or concealment of the crime.' Based on these findings, investigators believe Degree is a victim of homicide, with her body concealed. On Sept. 10, 2024, one of Dedmon's daughters, who lives in Shelby, and would have been around 16 at the time Degree went missing, was interviewed at her home regarding the case. Court documents state that she admitted to driving a 1964 AMC Rambler in 2000, which has very similar features to a 1970s model Lincoln Thunderbird. She claimed the vehicle was given to her by her father in 1999. This vehicle was seized on Sept. 11, 2024, authorities confirmed. Investigators said on Sept. 10, 2024, one of the other daughters 'spent a significant amount of time on her cell phone communicating with her family' throughout the day. Court documents state on Sept. 18, 2024, a man came to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office for an interview regarding the Degree case. He stated that around the mid-2000s he was in his 20s and occasionally frequented bars and house parties with the Dedmon girls. He recalled to authorities a time when he was at a house party with two of the daughters when he saw one of them 'sobbing and balling' while reportedly extremely intoxicated. The man told authorities that she then made several statements admitting to killing Asha Degree. Specifically, he stated that one of the daughters said, 'I killed Asha Degree.' Following the possible admission of guilt, court documents state the man claimed the other sister came up to her, became stern and angry, and told her to 'shut the f*** up,' while she grabbed her head. The man said the behavior was not normal for them and he was confident in his memory and how he was '100% positive in those moments' of what he remembers. Authorities said this man later passed a polygraph test to verify the information he gave. According to the newly released Cleveland County court documents, investigators submitted a request to seize and search an Apple iPhone 14 Pro and obtained iMessages from the cloud. Cell phone records from 9/10/2024: Text from daughter A: 'I am so sorry I just said all that.' Text from daughter A: 'I am just in complete shock.' Text from daughter L: 'It's okay. I'm leaving school.' According to investigators, over the next day there are several messages between the daughters and another woman in reference to being approached by law enforcement regarding this case. Text from daughter S: 'They think it's our shirt. It's not her shirt.' Text from daughter S: 'Her mom said it wasn't hers.' Text from daughter S: 'I don't remember that shirt. I'm scared though. Dad is probably going to be a huge suspect.' Text from daughter S: '[Daughter L], can you talk?' Text from daughter S: 'This is a nightmare. I'm like shaking and can't walk now either.' Text from daughter A: [Daughter L], Lizzie, you don't need to be talking to anyone. I'm at the lawyers office this.' Text from daughter A: 'Now. They advise we should all not talk to them 'without representation.'' Text from daughter L: 'This is going to get nothing but worse. I'm talking to my Dr. at 5 to get something for my nerves.' Text from daughter L: 'I'm just so worried. So so worried.' Text from daughter L: 'I mean, it's a nightmare that's going to keep getting worse. I can see nothing good happening anytime soon. And I'm an optimist.' Text from daughter L: 'There is no way this is going to be okay.' In court records, the text messages continue with the three women expressing feelings of anxiety and not initially speaking with authorities. Text from daughter L: 'What's gonna happen to me since I wouldn't talk to them?' Text from daughter L: 'I'm afraid it's going to get worse. Well, he told me it's going to.' Text from daughter S: 'I know girl I am a disaster.' Text from daughter S: 'I think if they come at you again you just go and be compliant.' Text from daughter S: 'That's what I'm planning on doing.' Text from daughter L: 'I think so too. Honestly. I mean, I wanna do what dad says.' According to court documents, authorities approached 'daughter L' several times in an attempt for her to take a polygraph test, which she refused. Records state she also spoke on the phone with her ex-husband for more than 45 minutes, who also refused to cooperate with police. 'Daughter S' also reportedly declined to be interviewed until a later date, documents said. Documents state that investigators believe further evidence may be stored on the Apple iPhone 14 Pro that belongs to 'Daughter L,' and believe it could show the crime(s) of felony obstruction of justice. Records state the date of search as Feb. 13, 2025. The search of the seized electronic device will include: text messages, phone call logs, notes, internet history, social media applications, pictures and/or videos, email, and more. Search warrant records were officially signed off on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Search warrants were also obtained for an Apple iPhone 11 Pro that belongs to Roy Lee Dedmon and an Apple iPhone 11 that is owned by 'Daughter S,' according to court documents. Queen City News reached out to the Charlotte FBI and the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office who stated they have no further information to provide at this time. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
