He started a band with some friends, playing the guitar and being the lead singer.

他和几个朋友组成一个乐队，他弹吉他并是主唱手。

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The band started out playing at Columbia University fraternity parties while he was a student there in the early '80s.

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After 20 minutes, two men on dhol (a large handheld drum with the tubby resonance of the tabla and the kinetic force of a conga) who were not with the band joined the parade and started playing along to the music.

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The band is from Cincinnati and it started out playing gritty blues influenced rock.

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