Treat Her Right was an American rock group, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in 1985.
Critic Ira Robbins described Treat Her Right as "[n]ot quite a blues band, not exactly swamp trash and too stylized for basic rock'n'roll.
"[4] The band derived its name from the 1965 international smash hit by Roy Head and the Traits, "Treat Her Right."
Soon after forming, the band got a gig at The Plough and Stars, a small bar in Cambridge whose owner wouldn't let them bring in drums, so Conway played a railing and stamped a trap door to the kitchen.
[6] They intentionally wanted not to have a big kick-snare drum, which at the time was pervasive in rock music production.
Their first recording attempt was a modest success – Champagne's "I Got a Gun" and Sandman's cover of James Blood Ulmer's "Where Did All the Girls Come From?"
Although more blues-based than Morphine, Treat Her Right sowed the seeds of Sandman's later sound with its unusual instrumentation (Sandman's guitar with Treat Her Right was a three string custom model, making it sound more like a bass guitar) and slightly dark focus, most evident on the Sandman-penned songs.
It included several Treat Her Right songs, although for some unknown reason, Jim Fitting's name did not appear in the credits.
A live date was announced for January 19, 2020 at Club Passim in Cambridge -- their first appearance together on stage since all were members of Treat Her Right.
[10] Conway was unable to participate due to health issues, with Larry Dersch and Jerome Deupree filling in on drums.