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The following year, Osterhout put together his first-ever band, Purple Geezus, and enlisted the Workdogs as his rhythm section. Williams joined up soon after. Not long after the group's debut, Osterhout, along with writer/scenester Carlo McCormick, conceived their own religious sect, which they named the Church of the Little Green Man. With Osterhout at the pulpit, the Dogs became his musical henchmen and Williams the church organist. "Choir rehearsal is something the public will never know about," says Williams. "It was an event that only the inner circle of the church and the Workdogs will ever know about -- the creation of the rhythm and the state of mind that had to be archived by the participants before the rites could take place."as much of an american flag enthusiast as i am, i also withhold the right to use it for artistic purpose. the above post describes the admittance ritual of burning a dollar bill to get into the church of the little green man services. i recall one occasion that small fabric american flags were substituted. i believe that was during the bush 1 administrations first attempt at getting a constitutional amendment which would have made such practice illegal.
The Weekly Sunday night services quickly drew a large congregation, who burned a buck for admission. Fervent worshipers also turned out for Purple Geezus and Workdogs shows on other nights of the week. Their reputations grew, and though Purple Geezus eventually fizzled, Osterhout remained a Workdogs admirer. "I really like their whole concept of the rhythm section being the front people, having the traditional 'front people' being expendable, that the Workdogs are a rhythm section for hire, approaching it as a conceptual art piece, rather than a typical band with 'Let's get a record out, go on tour and get famous, those kind of things, they don't have any of that. They continue to play and stay at the same conceptual level -- it's amazing to me that those guys still do it with such consistency."
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