Pat Cosgrove

PAT COSGROVE

Galen Niles and Chet Himes started jamming together with drummer Gary Crapster; then Himes brought in a friend of his, Frank Coy. Much as the Beatles had done before – when each new member brought in the next – Frank added his friend Pat Cosgrove. After a while, the band dubbed themselves Homer, though Niles is not sure why.

(September 2011)

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Chet Himes and Galen Niles were the co-founders of Homer and lived at the same apartment complex when they were both in college at Texas State University. Himes recognized Niles as being in the Outcasts – which had only recently broken up – and tried to persuade him to join a band that he was putting together, but Niles said that he wasn’t interested. Himes kept at it; he recruited a lead singer, Frank Coy and a rhythm guitarist, Pat Cosgrove, so all he needed was a lead guitarist and a drummer. Finally, Galen Niles agreed to at least jam with them; he even brought in Gary Crapster, a drummer that he played in a band with while in high school.

For their next single, Homer went to Walt Andrus’ recording studio in Houston. By this time, Pat Cosgrove had exited and was replaced on second guitar by Howard Gloor. The next single was another original song (also written by Galen Niles) called “Sunrise”; this single too had little success.

(April 2014)