Peter Case’s original group was way before my time.
So was his second group.
Even early Peter Case is before I was old enough to catch him live – but the Nerves existed when I was maybe five years old,
so pretty doubtful I was gonna sneak out
to the West Coast to catch any of their shows.

Their recorded output at the time
was a single EP
but it featured the pure pop
“Hanging on the Telephone.”
Heard of it?
Maybe you heard Blondie’s Top Ten version?
Thought so.
That was written by Jack Lee,
but his name didn’t rise as high as the other members,
Paul Collins and Peter Case,
both of whom I eventually saw.

I’ve seen Peter Case a couple of times:
both solo and with his second band the Plimsouls.
All versions are good.
If you find him out, give him a chance.