In 1986, I graduated. I remember the music very vividly! One of the songs that I recall was called "Keep Your Hands to Yourself". It was from the second album released by Georgia Satellites. Their first album was not stellar, nothing really made motion. In fact it was called an EP, just a few trial songs.
The 'hand' song went to number two, but the number one song that kept it from going to the top was Bon Jovi, "Livin' on a Prayer". Not like we have heard that song before, or after 1986! Well the Satellites struggled until 1991 when they released there Greatest Hit CD. Which included one more notable song "Hippy Hippy Shake". This Best of package did not sell well either, though I am not sure why since they had two hits in seven years! Shut up Shania and five top songs in one year!
The group released one more album in 1996 but broke up. But guess what!?! They are going to reunite in Fort Wayne. NO shit!?! Yes, they are coming to Fort Wayne's Three Rivers Festival as the headline act July 21, 2007. No advance tickets available, the ticket price is $5.00. Save up the pennies, look under seat cushions, because we all got to see history in the making. After eleven years of being broken up, they will come together for the night.
Lifted from their web page, I found this as the last paragraph on the Georgia Satellite page, you can just tell they are rip-raring-ready! Since the late 1990s, band members Richards and Price still play together as The Hellhounds, with Pitts on drums. Dan Baird continues his solo career in Nashville, and Mauro Magellan has left the music business altogether, working a regular job in Wisconsin. Besides his commitments to The Hellhounds, Richards also plays with former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin in his band, The Ju Ju Hounds. It is not known whether or not there will ever be another Georgia Satellites album, or a reunion of the original band.
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