After the breakup of Fingerprints in 1979, founding members Michael Owens and Kevin Glynn along with bassist Gary Menne formed The Idle Strand. The first two albums “Cut and Run” & “Blackberry Way” placed several tracks in the national college radio charts in the 1980's along with rave reviews internationally including Nineteen Flights Rock

After the breakup of Fingerprints in 1979, founding members Michael Owens and Kevin Glynn along with bassist Gary Menne formed The Idle Strand. The first two albums “Cut and Run” & “Blackberry Way” placed several tracks in the national college radio charts in the 1980's along with rave reviews internationally including Nineteen Flights Rock Paris, Berlin City Magazine, Album Network, CMJ and The Mpls Star Tribune to name a few.

Right outta the gate, The Idle Strand comes in rockin, "Not Today" goes like the proverbial bat outta hell, one hell of an opener! What a bag of tricks, one great song after another. Peter Jesperson

“Good combination of X’s harmonies and the Smith’s guitar work…not to be missed.”- Rockpool Magazine

“Pop guitar band in the true sense of the word, merging the 60’s and the 80’s into one modern sound!” -Boston Rock Magazine

“Flirtations with Everly Brothers tributes and a range of styles from Fingerprints like takes to blues, surf licks and rockabilly-touched originals all from the endless corners of pop musicdom show they’ve got the chops to make the rock work on their own terms”-Martin Keller

The third album “I’ll Love You Today” sadly never saw the light of day, although three tracks were included on the compilation “Mini hits of MPLS Vol 2. Two of those three tracks have garnered placements in two TV shows. “She’s Got Everything” finds itself in ABC TV’s “Wicked City” starring Jeremy Sisto. The track “Follow That Girl” was placed in Steven Soderbergh’s “Red Oaks” starring Paul Reiser on Amazon TV along with “Tonight” from the album “Blackberry Way.”

“Wicked City” has a killer '80s soundtrack” -Rotten Tomato’s

“A reason to watch Wicked City, is the cool '80s soundtrack”- Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The music really gives it a thing," Reiser says. "I thought it informed it so much."-Rolling Stone

Michael Owens: Vocals, Guitar & Mandolin Gary Menne: Vocals, Bass Kevin Glynn: Drums & Percussion

Special Guests: Glenn Manske: Keyboards Terri Owens: Backing Vocals, Mandolin Walter Chancellor: Saxaphone

All songs composed by Owens, Menne & Glynn BMI 2023 all Rights Reserved

Photos: Shari Menne Drake Cover Design: Dan Prozinski @ Durable Images

Engineered by Michael Owens & Kevin Glynn @ Blackberry Way 1986-1987 Mixed by Michael Owens @ Blackberry Way 2023 Mastered by Andy Walter @ Abbey Road 2023