Film Overview

This is the first taping of a Skip Mahoney and The Casuals in concert. The show includes some of the fan favorite songs. The Casuals were born accidently one spring evening in 1965. The original Casuals included George Norris (from the original a cappella group on the street corner), Roger Chapman and Billy Jones (Skip's cousin). What followed was many years of toil, triumph, sweat and tears. Casuals keyboardist, James Purdie began constructing chords to match lyrics written by Skip. In 1973, finally recording for D.C. International Records, a local indie in search of the Next Big Thing, "Your Funny Moods" b/w "I Need Your Love" was released. Local radio programmers familiar with the group, provided air play for both sides of the 45. It was the B-side "I Need Your Love" which lit up the radio request lines and gave the group a Washington/Baltimore hit. An album, also titled Your Funny Moods, sold over 100,000 copies in it's hometown but did not find a substantial national audience. a CD and in 1997 was released as "Skip Mahoney and The Casusals Then and Now". The CD was retracked and was re-released June, 1999 as "Then, Now and Forever. The group has just released working a live CD and DVD.