Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians--What I Am (1988)

     Edie Brickell was a student Southern Methodist University in the mid-80's, one night she went to hear a band with some guys who had gone to the same high school. Guitarist Kenny Withrow, drummer Brandon Aly, and percussionist John Bush from the group, "The New Bohemians" had all attended The Booker T. Washington Magnet School in Dallas TX with Brickell, although she was in the art department and never actually knew any of the guys while they attended.
     The group had been playing together since the early 80's as a 3 piece ska band with drummer Aly, Brad Houser on bass, and Eric Presswood on guitar. The other three joined in 1985. That night that Brickell she had been invited on stage to sing a song with the band. Am not sure of the circumstances surrounding that, but the band was impressed enough that they asked Edie if she wanted to join the band. She did that, and after releasing a debut album, they leaped up the charts in 1988 with their album, "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars" and the first single, "What I Am".
     Brickell stayed with the band until marrying Paul Simon in 1992. They had met on the set of "Saturday Night Live" back in 1988. She took some time off to start a family, then returned with various groups including a regrouping of The New Bohemians.