BAD HABITS
Shreveport, LA
There were two almost completely unrelated groups that released records on the Paula label as the Bad Habits. The first group were originally known as Debbie and the Lads, and members included Debbie Folse on vocals, Pershing Wells on guitar and Ronnie Plaisance on keyboards. They had one 45 that I know of under this name, "Dear Lord Above" / The Man Who Comes Around" on the Ladd label out of Raceland, though the label spells her name Debbie Falls.
Noel Odom was no longer in the band by the time they became the Bad Habits, but their first 45 included one of his compositions, Thank You for the Love. Vocals were now handled by Ron DiIulio, who also took over as principal songwriter and producer for the band. Ron wrote Images: The City, the b-side to their second record and co-wrote Touch the Sun with Jack Russell.
The Bad Habits were anchored by members of the old Group: Bob Fell on guitar, Ron DiIulio on keyboard, I on drums, and Sonny Williams on bass. Later Sonny left the band and was replaced by Nick Pratt on bass. We added horns; sax, trombone, and two trumpets and later went to trombone and two trumpets. The sax player was Rick Folse (I don't know if there is a relation). Rick was actually a member of the original Bad Habits. He stayed with the group for maybe a year and then moved back to Cutoff, La. and became a disk jockey.
Touch the Sun was the b-side of their last record “Louie Louie”.
(courtesy GARAGEHANGOVER)