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a tribute to daddy tapes

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The Daddy Tapes Story in Brief

George L. Popp, aka Daddy Tapes, was the backbone of his son's band, The Tapes.
Instead of retiring and moving to Florida, as he had dreamed, Daddy Tapes remained in New York, working as a night watchman until the day he died from a heart attack, on Nov 1st 1986, at the age of 73. He had remained in New York so his son, Bill Popp, could live inexpensively at home and rehearse his band, "The Tapes," for free in their basement.
Instead of recording and promoting the band, the young Popp would have been struggling to pay for rent or for rehearsal space.
Before the days of computer labels, Daddy Tapes would address over 200 envelopes by hand, sometimes more than twice a month, for the band's mailing list.
In the early 80's, when it was rare to see someone over the age of 45 hanging out at a rock club, there was Daddy Tapes, smoking his pipe and cheering on his son's band.
Today, Bill Popp and The Tapes enjoy a 33 year history and counting, and Daddy Tapes' legacy still lives on with each band rehearsal in the house he kept for his son, where Bill still lives to this day.

WITH SINCERE THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE PLAYED

THE DADDY TAPES BENEFIT IN THE PAST

alan lee & the whiskey bumps
alfa
alan merrill
Ann Courtney & the Late Bloomers
anne husick
asbury fever
amy allison
BELLE-SKINNER
BETSY THOMPSON
BILL POPP
AND THE TAPES
BLUE NUMBER NINE
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bobby belfry
bobbysteele
br and timebomb
breaking laces
carla lother
carmen chiles
catholic girls
chapter 3
charm school
christian apuzzo
commercial interruption
cosmounaut radio
curse
danny kalb
danny lama
dave mckeon
david foster
david poe
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deni bonet
dennis doyle
don black cat and friends

devola
dylan nirvana
emily shane
emma zale
gerry barnas
hampus svard
home to henry
jack o'hara
gem warren
jo valandingham
joe bendik and the heathens
johnny mandolin
jonathan berger
GEM WARREN
lenny kaye
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king bee and the stingers

marissa licata
marc farre
MARK HANDELMAN
mary ann farley

meredith blis
michelle fury
moonshine falls
mr. scarecrow
My world
nellie mckay
night gallery
patti rothberg
phil gammage quartet
rachel sage
reel celtic
rewbee
richard x heyman
richie stotts
ricky byrd
robins egg blue
sea monster
serena jost
shaken & Stirred burlesque
SHRIEKING VIOLETS
SNAKE MONSTERS
SORAIA
sounds of ireland
stanley rygor and friends
stark
STILLHOUSE WIDOWS
SUPERMAJOR
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SURFALICIOUS DUDES
TANYA LEAH
the bitter poet
the cucumbers
the cynz
the dwellers
the hipp pipps
the left banke
the novellas
the sick fucks
the shirts
the verge & mary
times square
tinseltown rebellion
No photos and/or links found for the following artists A BUNCH OF GIRLS, BECKY SALTER, BONUS STRIKE, CARLTON AND KEYO, CHRISTINE HAJJAR, COSMIC BOX, DEANA DEAN, EMILY SHANE, HER SISTER, JOY ZUZULOW, MARBLE, MELVIN GREENWICH, MINX, MELVIN GREENWICH, SHAMELESS, SHEILA AND THE WHITE BOYS, SHREDDS, STRANGE RAIN, TANTRIC RAIN, THE ALLIANCE, THE COOPERS, TOM CAPUDER If you have a photo or link for any of the above bands who played the benefit, please let us know
too many lauras
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ultra violet
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urban blue
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valerie vagoda
virgil avery and his evil twins
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vision thing
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