GECKØS featuring Howe Gelb, Matt Ward & Mark McKowski 
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what does Omagh, Ireland..  Portland, Oregon..  & Tucson, AZ have in common ?

common ground !

back story:
.. several billion years ago, before the Appalachian range, which had roots in the geo graph now known as the West Coast, scooted over a smidge and got stuck up on the Eastern Seaboard, which then resulted in a broke off chunk to clunk across the Atlantic 

these were and still are in essence common grounds from the get go, or more conveniently slanged into what’s become :

the GECKØS