♪ Potter Tunes ♫

        Today I will be spotlighting three "wizard rock" bands. The first is Harry and the Potters. The group Harry and the Potters started in Norwood Massachusetts,  2002. Paul DeGeorge (6/10/79) and little brother Joe DeGeorge (7/4/87) were the ones who started this unusual band. On fateful day there was a barbecue at the DeGeorge's house, there was to be several indie bands playing. These bands did not show up, but an audience did. Paul had thought of a Potter themed band years before (Harry as the front man, Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass and Hagrid on drums) with that idea in mind the boys got to work. They wrote seven songs (six of made it on to their first album) in an hour and performed them to the six remaining audience members.

     
         Another band is Draco and the Malfoys. Draco and the Malfoys are a musical project of two brothers from Rhode Island, Brian Ross and Bradley Mehlenbache. Their mission is to work (often with their friends Harry & The Potters) to celebrate reading and using the power of rock & roll music. They usually perform at clubs, educational institutions, and libraries. They have three albums relaesed. The Malfoys' long-awaited third full-length album, It's A Slytherin World has been released. Also, they have just released An Anthology of Slytherin, featuring songs by great Slytherin musicians of times past.



        This third band, The Whomping Willows, started up in 2004. Matt Maggiacomo ran a series of shows in his apartment in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The shows were mainly a showcase for Matt and his friends who made music, but a few local and regional indie rock bands regularly performed. One such band was Soltero, who were be friendly Harry and the Potters. He suggested to Matt that the Potters might be a good band to consider for a house party show, and Matt invited them. Inspired by this wizard rock band he decided to start his own, The Whomping Willows. That is a little bit of information on three bands, look them up on Youtube and listen.