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The Dits

The Dits is a Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, USA-based improvisational rock music collective conceived in 1981 by Scott C. Lucas (b. 1960) and Brian Keys (1961-1994). Primarily a recording concern, The Dits were part of the do-it-yourself home-taping network of the 80s and 90s, releasing music on cassette tapes. Circa 2000, The Dits, Lucas and various collaborators began releasing music on-line in the mp3 format and began a series of performances courtesy of one sympathetic club owner. As of 2010, The Dits are still actively recording.

The Dits collaborators have included:

Joe Adducci, Cindy Bemis, R. "Fish" Carpenter, Eugene Chadbourne, Chris Cory, John Dickison, Mark Egan, John Ganser, Mel Gubser, Stan Guill, Jim Huebottom, Julie Kloss, Steve Kruse, Brian Kunkle, George Ludwig, Mike Manna, James McManus, Jim McPherson, Dan Meyer, Jeff Michel, Tommy O'Donnell, Pink Bob, Ed Pierce, Nancy Retterer, Steve Rubin, Lars Rudolph, Matt Seniff, Rick Shattnick, Brian Smith, Tom Sparrow, Mark Stairwalt, Michael Taylor, Clay Thompson, Ken Thornton, Charlie Weeks, Jack Wright.