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bers familiar with the band’s repertoire of 50-60 songs.
Mr. Day said the band “has some ambition, more than most. We want to play on a steady basis.. .”
“And play well,” added Mr. Hostetter.
Venus Jones played a party in Woodville two weeks ago and has a show at Airlie in Warrenton the day of the Fire Hall dance.
If you miss them this weekend, Venus Jones will be playing at Zippers in Charlottesville at 10 p.m. April 24.
Mr. Day said the band “plays around” with a fourtrack tape recorder, taping shows and band practices with the long-range goal of putting some of their original songs on vinyl (or laser disc) one day. Modesty, however, keeps them from making too many grand pronouncements about their future. “We really haven’t put that much energy into it,” said Mr. Day.
Band members say they enjoy playing in their home county because the crowd gives them positive feedback and because “there are an awful lot of great musicians out here,” said Mr. Day.
For example, at the Woodville party some members of the OKs joined them for some songs, and Mr. Day’s wife, Dinah Pehrson-Day, plays with them occasionally.
The Hostetters are former members of the Lost Beatniks and Mrs. Coon and Mr. Day played in the past with the Big Bristols. “We’re getting into the distant history of rock ’n’ roll in Rappahannock now,” said Mr. Hostetter, who called it “a form of musical miscegenation.”
All six members of Venus Jones have day jobs, and all six are parents. Mr. Day is a geologist, Mrs. Coon sells clothes and “mothers,” Mr. Hostetter is a cabinetmaker, Mrs. Hostetter is with the Fauquier Social Services and Mr. Austin is in graphics.
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