http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2011/04/13/poachin-a-break-and-stealing-dave-segals-thunder-from-the-shaggs Comments On: Poachin' A Break (and Stealing Dave Segal's Thunder) From the Shaggs by Mike Nipper en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 26 May 2013 00:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
I remember reading, and have swiped from wikipedia, this little fun fact about the MYSTICAL element that spawned the band:

"The conceptual beginning of The Shaggs came from Austin Wiggin, Jr.'s mother. During Austin's youth she had predicted during a palmreading that he would marry a strawberry blonde woman, that he would have two sons after she had died, and that his daughters would form a popular music group. The first two predictions came true, so Austin set about making the third come true.[3] Austin withdrew his daughters from school, bought them instruments, and arranged for them to receive music and vocal lessons. The Wiggin sisters themselves never planned to become a music group...."
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