Rat Race Choir

[drj602]

Believe it or not that's Mark. I'm pretty sure that this in his early days with Dave and Co.

[Pruitt62]

I spent my late teens and early 20's going to see RRC in Fairfield and Westchester Counties numerous times. What a great band!

Just to clear anything up, that is obviously Dave Chemela singing and just killin' on the bass, Mark Hitt making his guitar do whatever the hell he wants it to do, and then some more, Larry stroking away at the keys, and Bill Mathews smokin' behind the drums. What a Great band! It'd be nice to see another reunion sometime again, guys! :)

[drumz1959]

Thats not Mark Hitt

[stiehlreddog]

I know mark when i hear him and that is mark!It even says it in the top right of vid.

Not to many people make a guitar sound like mark and he does it with out a tremelo bar

[stiehlreddog]

As a guitar player the best part of watching mark play is the sounds he chokes out of a guitar!And no tremelo bar.Blows me away!Nice guy.AMAZEING musician.

[jamesnorthernva]

awesome!

[SonOfSkeletron]

The instrumental that follows Skeletron in the tail end of this video is a song called "Curse Of Dr. Zoloft" ... Very Cool !

[xlr8ter4]

Wow that's pretty cool. I've heard a lot of 'good' bands but usually they aren't as clean and tight as these guys. Rock on!

[VIDEOHEREBOB]

How I wished thay had made it big. They were unbelievable (and still are).

[skullfoot]

one of the best bands in the world,I used to see them when I grew up in Long Island. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!

[drj602]

I'm not a RR historian or anything but, It's my guess that..is this pre-Luongo? 98?? That looks like Larry on Keyboards. I met Mark when he was not heavy like that (not heavy?..Mark?..what?) in those days at the mad hatter east. Dunno.

[stiehlreddog]

hey,what was the name of this song??They USED TO HAVE SO MANY GREAT SONGS!!THE MOST UNDERATED BAND OF ALL TIME

[Gongarinaman]

Skeletron

[NazarethChair]

My old band (Lotus) used to play the NY tri-state bar circuit with this great band. I remember going to the Fore-n-Aft in White Plains just to see RRC play Tull (wow!). My old bass player (John Harmon) is good friends with Dave and they went to High School together. I remember playing with RRC at Glen Island Casino in between 1978-1983.

[inyonimama]

alright!!! This is GREAT! Where was this shot? thanks and please add more!

[drj602]

Thats not Longo

[ratcity10]

Please add more!!!!

[Diana2493]

Rat Race Choir just isn't the same without Steve Luongo on drums, to bad,was the best tri-state area band.

[willminster]

Twas a Show in CT.(Tuxedo Junction) I think you got the year right , around there anyway.

[FishingDudeGA]

I'm taking a guess cuz I wasn't at the show, but is this from "RAT RACE CHOIR at THE CHANCE May 8, 1998" ???

[FishingDudeGA]

I see Dave Chmela(bass) with Bill Mathews(drums) and Larry McGowan(I think... keys), but is that Mark Hitt on Guitar?

What show was this?

Thanks for posting!

[tripleeff]

that's mark!

[stiehlreddog]

all you have to do is here that guitar and you know thats mark!!!!!!!!!!

[petenoon]

Thanks for posting this one! I'm glad to see there's more videos of RRC out there.