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Devonsquare is the name of a music group of three singer songwriters from Maine and New Hampshire: Alana MacDonald, Tom Dean, and Herb Ludwig (1947-2005) formed in 1976. The band have toured the US and Europe, and have released five CDs.
Devonsquare originated in the mid-1960s, with Herb Ludwig as part of the original trio, along with the late Jeff Rice and Steve Romanoff of Schooner Fare. At the time, the group was best known for songs from the folk movement of the 1960s.
In the mid-1970s several band members gradually left to establish other professional acts.
In 1990, Devonsquare performed aboard the Russian fish processing ship, the Riga, off Rockland, Maine. [1]
Ludwig (vocals), Alana MacDonald, and Tom Dean remained together as Devonsquare and continued to perform.
In 1988, Atlantic Records chairman Ahmet Ertegün heard them and signed them to his record company. Their CD Walking on Ice was released to critical acclaim[ by whom? ] in 1988. Its title track reached the Top 20 on the national AC charts.[ citation needed ] Their next CD "Bye Bye Route 66" which was released in January 1992, with the singles "If You Could See Me Now" and "Bye Bye Route 66" which received positive reviews from radio and print media.[ citation needed ] It also earned them a nomination for "Best New Act" at the 1992 Boston Music Awards.[ citation needed ]
"Industrial Twilight", the band's fifth release, employs beat-influenced lyrics and instrumentation.
Herb Ludwig died in 2005. [2]
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