Light In The Attic Presents: The Shaggs Philosophy Of The World ( Music Video)

This track is from The Shaggs album Philosophy Of The World reissued by Light In The Attic. Available here: VIDEO, ANIMATION: Joanna Neborsky PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Corey Fogel SOUND: Ryder McNair In 1968, three sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire strapped on their instruments and declared themselves The Shaggs. At that moment begun a peculiar tale that would last far beyond the groups fiveyear run. Dot, Betty and Helen (and occasionally Rachel, the fourth sister) played in the group on the insistence of their father, Austin Wiggin Jr. , who was convinced they were going to be big. Years earlier, Austins mother gave him a palm reading, predicting that her son would marry a strawberry blonde woman, that he would have two sons after his mother died, and that his daughters would form a popular music outfit. The first two became reality, so Austin was certain the third would follo