272: Dot Wiggin (The Shaggs)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Dot Wiggin co-founded The Shaggs, along with her sisters Betty and Helen, in 1968. As the band's primary songwriter, she is the author of some of the most astonishingly unique, life-affirming music ever recorded. Dot discusses: forming the band at the behest of her father; her songwriting process; weekly performances at the town hall in Fremont, NH; the surprising legacy of the band; working in a school cafeteria; teaching Sunday school; and Foot Foot.

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:17.7	During the age of social distancing, we're recording remotely and releasing episodes every day.
0:23.6	Oh, the rich people want what the poor people's got.
0:43.3	And the poor people want what the rich people's got.
0:48.3	And the skinny people want what the fat people got.
0:52.3	And the fat people want what the city people got. today's Today's guest Today's guest
0:55.0	Today's guest
0:56.0	And today's
0:58.0	She co-founded in
1:00.0	In this world
1:04.0	Today's guest is Dot Wigan
1:07.0	Vocalist, Guitarist, and Songwriter
1:10.0	of The Shags, a band she co-founded in
1:12.8	1968 with her sisters Betty and Helen.
1:16.9	The band's 1969 album, Philosophy of the World, is an astoundingly unique, life-affirming
1:24.4	masterpiece that has influenced countless artists including Kurt Cobain,
1:30.0	Bonnie Rate, Frank Zappa, and Deerhoof.
1:34.2	Dot spoke to me from her home in New Hampshire.
1:36.9	And the girls with long hair, one sharp hair.
1:42.2	Oh, the boys with cars from old as I hope. And the boys with cars One motorcycle
1:46.0	And the boys with
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