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The Home Town Heroes were based out of Nashville,
TN from May-December of 1988. The group was the joining of
forces of two poplar top forty groups from Nashville called
Philip Paul & Patrol
a five piece male group and the Colby Twins two beautiful
blondes also known for their popular group Hot Tomato. The
idea for the merger of these two groups into The Home Town
Heroes was Bobby Smiths’ of the booking agency Let Us
Entertain You. Bobby new the girls and Philip were good entertainers
and Philip was also a good bandleader and manager. It was
an instant success and the dates started to roll in. They
started to be in great demand and were starting to demand
very good money for a local group. They played one of the
big parties at the Democratic convention in 1988. They were
in demand for various corporate sponsored parties. Philip
had already put in his notice to Bobby Smith and his other
agents telling them this would be his last year. He held to
that commitment and left the group after their New Years Eve
engagement in 1988. The group continued to play for about
four to six more months. Due to other members expressing interest
in other opportunities the group disbanded in spring of 1989.
(You can download as MP3’s and view videos of this group
on this web site)
Band Members from the whole era
Ann Colby-Lead Vocals
Linda Colby-Lead Vocals
Philip Paul-Lead Vocals
Michael Saint Leon-Guitar
John Snelling-Keyboards
C. J. Kowall-Bass
Bill Brewer- Drummer
Kip Ranes- Drummer
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