{"id":12454,"date":"2019-04-30T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=12454"},"modified":"2025-10-23T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:25:35","slug":"evan-dando-of-the-lemonheads-on-mrs-robinson-shame-about-ray-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/evan-dando-of-the-lemonheads-on-mrs-robinson-shame-about-ray-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Dando (Lemonheads) on Songwriting, Guitars, and Mrs. Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-transform: none;\">Evan Dando on the Longevity of the Lemonheads, <em>It\u2019s a Shame About Ray<\/em>, <em>Varshons 2<\/em>, and the Simon and Garfunkel Cover He No Longer Hates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9533582\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Evan Dando has been releasing music for more than 30 years, reaching a commercial high point in the early and mid 1990s with the Lemonheads albums <em>It\u2019s a Shame about Ray<\/em> and <em>Come on Feel the Lemonheads<\/em>. 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