Episode 2: The Dearly Departed
Spokane’s beloved Dearly Departed – singer/guitarist Hidde Hanenburg, bassist Jonathan Hawkins and drummer Jake McBurns – plays an odd mix of Gothic blues that has established a cult following around town. Songs about hermaphrodites, jailhouse sex, and space pornography stem from "years of sexual repression," Hanenburg said. The Satan stuff is just part of the blues tradition.
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Isamu Jordan - The Spokesman-Review
Spokane’s beloved Dearly Departed – singer/guitarist Hidde Hanenburg, bassist Jonathan Hawkins and drummer Jake McBurns – plays an odd mix of Gothic blues that has established a cult following around town. Songs about hermaphrodites, jailhouse sex, and space pornography stem from “years of sexual repression,” Hanenburg said. The Satan stuff is just part of the blues tradition.