Knight Ridder Has A Story on Harry and the Potters, “the alternative to alternative.”
Two brothers from Boston — Paul DeGeorge, 26, and Joe De-George, 18 — make up the bizarre band, which attracts hundreds of Harry Potter fans with songs about the teenage wizard.Fans of the books often become fans of the music. Harry and the Potters’ catchy tunes, including Wizard Chess and The Wrath of Hermione, wouldn’t sound out of place at a Dead Milkmen or Ween concert — although Ween probably wouldn’t be caught dead playing at a doughnut shop.
The brothers have played in even stranger places on tour, including a bicycle-repair shop, a bridge, a hot-dog stand and a pirate-supply store. They usually entertain in libraries.
“It’s easier to play in a library than to come to a new place and have to find a cool all-ages space to play,” Paul DeGeorge says.
Funny, I could have sworn that was a perfect description of a public library. But then, I never was very cool.
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