The Motels: Growing Up In Motels

"THERE'S SOMEONE on the Ameche for you, Mom," chimes in Maria Davis, 13-year-old daughter of Motels lead singer/songwriter/sometime rhythm guitarist Martha Davis, 29. Ameche? "The telephone," a smiling Martha explains. "She saw Ball of Fire on TV the other day – the old Gary Cooper-Barbara Stanwyck film. It's a slang term they use. I think it came from Don Ameche's role in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell."