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The Decentz were a major part of a vibrant musical landscape in Burlington and throughout Vermont in the last decades of the 20th Century. Shown outside Nectar's around 1981 they are, left to right: Jimmy Ryan (bass); Pamela Polston (vocals); Peter Torrey (drums); Brett Hughes (guitar and vocals); Jimmy Swift (sound); and Gordon Stone (pedal steel).