Home Bands Musicians List Old Band Equipment B-100 Boogie Machine Links Latest Updates Contact Dean

A look back at the great bands, musicians and times of Coronado Island

 
Band Pages

  36T
  Amberband
  Artful Dodger
  Axis
  Bachs & Null Set
  Blacklabel
  Blowhole 2000
  Blind Ambition
  Brewdogs
  Centaurs
  Coachmen
  Comanche Moon
  Cubic Feet
  Cultivators
  Dogface
  Dugan Richardson Band
  Electric Sons
  Etcetera Rock Revival 
  Extortion
  Family Jewels
  Fingers
  Framework
  Golden Armor
  Granny's Jam
  Heard
  I Don't Know
  Inhibited Life
  Invaders
  Island
 
Joey Harris and the Speedsters
  Johnny Cook
  JumpStart
  Kehl and The Ratners
  London Beats
  Louisiana Fish and Poultry
  New Britains
  New Rubber Band
  Nobles
  No Counts
  Notations
  Peg Leg
  Rebel Alliance
  Rock Trio
  Rogues
  Rollo and the Red Hots
  Rubber Band
  Shovel Heads
  Silky and The Starlights
  Skim Milk
  Squires
  Summer
  Town Cryers
  Tryax
  Vibrants
  Wermz
  West Coast Iron Works

 

The Cultivators (1980)  

Original Members:

Dave Shoudy '80: guitar, vocals
Bryan Mealy '79: bass, vocals
Steve Ussery '83: drums


 
Although this band practiced quite a lot, they only played once actual gig. Strangely enough, as low-end as the band was, they actually had a full-time soundman/roadie named Lee Adams. The Cultivators practiced primarily at David Shoudy's home in a garage that had been somewhat soundproofed. They also practiced in the Coronado HS auditorium as they were getting in trouble for making too much noise at David Shoudy's home. Some practices, as well as other musical type of gatherings and such, were held at the home of Steve Ussery or garage at Lee's. The members of the band came up with the band's name at one of these gatherings. The band split up when Bryan joined "36T". Steve Ussery went onto "Axis" while David Shoudy joined a San Diego band called "Tryax".

The Cultivators on CHS Patio featuring Dave Shoudy, frontman.

The Cultivators reherse CHS Auditorium: Bryan Mealy, Steve Ussery.

The Cultivators reherse CHS Auditorium: Bryan Mealy, Steve Ussery, Dave Shoudy.

Steve rocks like Moon.

Bryan sits.

 Sound Engineer, Lee Adams, works the famous Cultivator box designed by John Kelley Brown. The box consists of a Tapco 6 channel with spring reverb, two 100 watts amps from a huge pair of powered Altecs, and a fan. Portables were scarce back then, so, they had one made; price tag $400. Shoudy and Mealy split the bill.

4th of July: Mealy,Ussery, Carolyn (a friend), Shoudy, and Dwayne (thought he could sing).

Aboard the Shoudy Torino Bandwagon: Shoudy, Ussery, Mealy with Dave Shoudy's sister Sue.

You can't take the same picture of Bryan more than once or this might happen.