Finding a Groove

We begin our first full year and play 7 gigs. We become the house band for the PeopleSoft Quarterly meetings, a gig that showcases our ability to play for free beer and food. We also rock at one of the best parties we've ever been party to: The PeopleSoft "Tires to Tahoe" bash on the top of Squaw Valley resort. Transported all the gear to the top of the mountain via cable car. The entire party is thrown out at 3 am as 300 people congo from the dance floor to the last cable cars down to the tune of "Gimme, Gimme Some Lovin" which we play over and over about 8 times until all the people are off the mountain and we collapse!

In 1993 we lose our first band members Maire Hanley, who moves to Ireland (but not before coining the group name that would stick -- "The Raving Daves"); and Rich Julius, who makes one of the worst financial decisions in his life and joins Oracle ... even though we remain tight friends with Rich (and play at his wedding two years later), he is out of the band for such a heinous act.

 

The 1993 Lineup

Baer Tierkel, guitar & vocals
Eric Tamm, drums & vocals
Glede Vaughn, bass
Elizabeth Frazey, vocals
Robert Conroy, guitar & vocals
Mona Daggett, sound engineer
Leonard Rainow, keyboards

Number of PeopleSoft Employees, December 1993: 377

The 1993 Gigs