A Mouse Named Mickey From Out Of Town

In eight years of DC flea market and junk store hopping I’ve encountered all sorts of strangeness from jars of urine to bongs made from the skulls of monkeys (I am not even making this up) but as far as local muscial ephemera goes nothing can really top this this confusing pen drawing of Rare Essence’s Go-Go Mickey. Clipped from the “thank you’s” page of a 1993 Bishop Mcnamara yearbook young Damon Lowry depicts the heralded conga drummer as some sort of freakishly muscular and slightly sweaty Polo clad Mickey Mouse. I have no idea why this was at all relevant to a high school yearbook but it’s pretty incredible none the less. After the jump is some footage of the actual Go-Go Mickey backing up Backyard.

Tags: Backyard Band, Go-Go Mickey, Rare Essence