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back. The Ex-Husbands new album is titled "All Gussied Up,"
and contains 13 swaggering, brand new tracks, along with a cover of Bill
Monroe's "Uncle Pen," and 2 tracks featuring a drunk preacher's
sermon. What more could you ask for? Singer/guitarist/songwriter Anders
Thomsen, the object of so many ladies affections, backs up the Gussy-ness
with an unforgettable, booming country baritone and a couple of hands
which were built specifically for the Telecaster. Michael Howard Smith
bangs the drums and looks perfect, as usual. Mark Miller, in addition
to making his singing debut here ("Flat Broke in Hoboken," "All is Fair"),
is about a killer a bass player and joker that you'll find, and every
now and then he'll have a beer with you and let out a yelp.
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All
Gussied Up 1999 Record
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Commencement
:23
-- Line
Forms on the Right
-- 2:19
On Up the Road 2:49
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Whatever Happened To You?
-- 3:52
Flat Broke in Hoboken
-- 3:31
She Started Coming 'round Again 2:40
-- Gear
Jammin' Daddy 3:22
-- Memories
Ain't Allowed 2:52
-- Blues
Can't Chase Me Forever 2:58
-- Monkey
in the Middle 3:54
-- All
is Fair 2:56
-- Another
Honky Tonk Song 3:18
-- Beer
Joints 3:52
-- Uncle
Pen 1:56
-- I'm
Just A Honky 3:21
-- Closing
Prayer :26
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The
Ex-Husbands Self-Titled 1997 Record
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All the Way from Abilene 2:52 -- Ain't You Been a Cowboy
for Too Long 3:57 -- Johnny Walker Redneck 3:37 -- Run Until I Die 2:51
-- Tequila, Salt & Lime 5:00 -- Love You Always 3:20 -- I Have a Ball
3:54 -- Country Speed 3:44 -- Torrential Rains 2:44 -- Rodeo Man 3:14 --
I Was Born to Wander 2:58 -- Lovin' (Like It's the End of the World) 4:01
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been a lucky 13 years since the Lonesome Brothers formed in Northampton,
MA, they have become the region's most beloved band, hands down. Jim
Armenti, (who has written and performed with Cheri Knight, and also
plays clarinet in a Klezmer band!), Ray Mason (the godfather of
western Massachusetts rock 'n' roll!) and Bob Grant (drummer extrordinairre
and game designer) blend the elements of pop, the brashness of rock, the
quirkiness of bands like NRBQ and Commander Cody, and a little dash of
honky-tonk on their brand new album, "Diesel Therapy," which
features backing vocals by Cheri Knight. See why they're such a
well-kept secret up in our little nook of the country.
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Diesel
Therapy 1999 Record
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Going Blind 3:08 -- Remember to Forget 3:45 -- Diesel
Therapy 3:59 -- All Jacked Up 3:26 -- Every Goodbye 4:58 -- Water Off A
Duck 3:07 -- Big Shakedown 3:52 -- Don't Make Me A Memory 4:18 -- Lucinda
3:31 -- Digging Too Deep 1:57 -- Elly Mae's Party 3:38 -- Don't Hurry Me
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Lonesome Brothers Self-Titled 1997 Record
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Eyes Wide Open 3:15 -- I Need a Second Chance 2:37
-- Strictly Pavement 3:52 -- All Around You 3:44 -- Soul Thief 2:56 -- Down
by the Water 3:34 -- Three Sisters 3:44 -- Warm Vinyl '59 3:02 -- Down in
the Night 3:54 -- You Don't Have my Number 3:18 -- Catherine 2:18 -- I Cry
for You 3:11 -- Red House 3:46
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Ray Mason. Mr. Nice Guy. Mr. Ray Mason. We're extremely proud to
announce this collection of songs in tribute to the legendary godfather
of the New England music scene. The album, which is available now, features
all new tracks by heavy-hitter names such as the Ass Ponys, Cheri Knight,
Charlie Chesterman, and Eric Ambel. In addition to our very own Angry
Johnny & The Killbillies, King Radio make an appearance
also! Countless numbers of Boston/Northampton musicians who consider Ray
Mason a mentor and a special friend also make appearances: The Incredible
Casuals (features NRBQ member Joey Spampinato), The Gutterbirds (including
Ray's Lonesome Brothers bandmate Jim Armenti), Tom Shea, Jim Weeks, The
Bamboo Steamers, and Pete Weiss & The Rock Band all pay tribute. We're
truly honored to be a part of this, and we hope that you'll enjoy this
great album.
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Various
Artists Record
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It's Heartbreak That Sells: A Tribute to Ray Mason 1999
Eric Ambel: It's
Heartbreak That Sells -- King Radio: Step Back Melody -- Steve
Westfield and the Slow Band: I'm Only Human -- Cheri Knight:
Down in the Night -- Claudia Malibu: Light -- The Incredible Casuals:
Between Blue and Okay -- Charlie Chesterman and the Legendary Motorbikes:
Big Hug -- Ware River Club: Holes in Your Liver -- Ass Ponys:
Missyouville -- Angry Johnny and the Killbillies: All I Want is a
Little Revenge -- Pete Weiss and the Rock Band: Cats -- Tom Shea:
Excitement Transfusion -- Treefort: We Don't Get Along Anymore --
Dunce: From You to Me -- Bamboo Steamers: If There's Ever a Way --
Jim Armenti and Pan Morrigan: Mister Albert -- Architectural Metaphor:
Power Tools -- The Irrelevant Underground: Falling Down
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Like a blast of air to an exposed cavity comes Man, It's Cold,
the second album from Martin's Folly. With creepier creeping, it's Martin's
Folly all over again, only more so. On the frozen banks of the mighty
Hudson, as ice flows plied the midwinter current, Martin's Folly and producer
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel huddled in a barn and endeavored to isolate the essential
activating agent of this music. A live, stripped-down, Wurlitzer piano
laced sound was called for, and the breakdown into elements was, for the
most part, affirmative. It's a place and time hereby made replicable,
and the response of a natural organism. Maybe even yours.
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Martin's
Folly Man, It's Cold 1999 Record
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Two Times A Day 2:25 -- Throwing Stone 3:19 -- She
Comes Around 2:40 -- Man, It's Cold 4:03 -- Track 5 Blues 3:08 -- New Friend
4:20 -- Giant on the Beach 2:46 -- The Specter 3:23 -- Here Lies a Fool
3:52 -- I'm Hardly Pleased 4:31 -- High Out on the Asphalt 3:45
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King
Radio Mr. K is Dead, Go Home 1998 Record
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Into the Wild 1:53 -- Mother's House 2:24 -- Tract
House Queen 2:53 -- Karen's Intro (A Nice Day for a Funeral) :36 -- Karen
4:27 -- Probate 2:40 -- Flagrante Delicto 4:25 -- DC-10 1:59 -- King of
the Food Court (from the musical Mall! ) 2:37 -- Cadillacs in
Heaven 4:00 -- Mark Richard's Sister 3:03 -- Every Dog Has Its Day 3:05
-- I-95 2:02
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 Truly
one of the world's most demented bands. Their new album, "What's So Funny?"
has already been written about in a Billboard column and has been reviewed
in Entertainment Weekly. Country, punk rock and dixieland all collide as
screaming guitars, lap steel, banjo, trombone, tuba, accordion and sax come
together to make this album one heckuva listen. Throw in Angry Johnny's
proflific, warped, disturbing songwriting, electric guitar by Eric "Roscoe"
Ambel (Bottle Rockets, Blue Mountain) and the horn section of Steve Westfield's
Slow Band, and you've got a band and an album that's poised to break all
barriers and astonish both the most jaded critics and music fans.
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What's
So Funny? 1998 Record
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All American Girl 2:54 -- High Noon in Killville 6:45
-- Disposable Boy 4:32 -- The Joneses 3:03 -- Henry 3:00 -- Shitty Day 2:39
-- 49 2:12 -- Sent Him Home 6:32 -- My Ghoul Maggie 3:35 -- Devil's Run
3:28 -- Won't Get Me out of Your Mind 4:32 -- Jezebel 2:09 -- Walking Alone
4:48 -- Kill Again 2:55 -- Daisies 3:02 -- Davie & Jeannie 2:11 -- Old
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Hankenstein
1996 Record
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Life,
Love, Death and the Meter Man 3:14 -- Mr. Undertaker 2:12 -- 202 3:38 --
Jesus, Please Come on Down 5:58 -- Prison Walls 4:55 -- Chainsaw Charlie
3:07 -- Poor Little Raccoon 2:40 -- Brand New Girl 5:05 -- Whiskey 2:30
-- Jawbone 2:25 -- Meet My Maker 1:49 -- Racing the Train 3:57 -- The Creep
3:39 -- Big Bang 5:57 -- Drag Racing the Devil 9:43
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Friends
of Tar Hut... (available
via mail order from Tar Hut Records)
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Wayne Keeling
Rockin' and Ballin' the Jack (Wix) 1997
How's
My Ex Treating You 2:21 -- Through The Eyes Of Love 2:17 -- Bony Moronie
3:23 -- I'll Take My Things And Go 2:02 -- Rock Me (Jammin' Around) 2:34
-- Forget Me (The Next Time Around) 2:47 -- Match Box 3:35 -- I'm Sorry,
I'm Not Sorry 1:57 -- You Tore My Heaven All To Hell 2:14 -- Ballin' The
Jack 2:39 --Weary Blues 2:46 -- Fools Like Me 2:56 -- I Hear You Knockin'
2:14 -- Till You Get Home 2:28
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Wayne Keeling
Run Fool Run (Wix) 1998
Come
On, Let's Go 2:04 -- In Your World 2:12 -- Neon Paradise 2:18 -- Run Fool
Run 2:25 -- Shackles And Chains 2:36 -- You're Sixteen 2:02 -- Knockin'
On My Door 2:37 -- I'll Pour The Wine 2:43 -- Knee Deep In The Blues 2:29
-- I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today 2:38 -- Born For Being Blue
2:04 -- Please Don't Play Any More Hurtin' Songs 2:51 -- Baby Come Home
2:48 -- I Don't Know Why I Still Love You But I Do 2:13 -- So Long I'm
Gone 2:32 -- You're So Cold I'm Turning Blue 2:47 -- Light That Candle
2:53 -- Living A Lie 2:55
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J. Mike
Perkins Pop Rock From Texas (Whoopy Cat) 1999
What I Feel For You 2:31 -- Can't You See It Over There? 2:36 --She Talks
A Lot (But Says Nothing) 2:58 -- I Wish I Knew 3:16 -- Death Of A Porn
Queen 2:36 --Nothing In Return 3:34 -- You'll Come Back To Me 2:16 --
I Just Can't Let Go 2:00 -- Change In The Color Of The Sky 2:52 -- Never
Made For The Morning 2:13 --What Was Love Is Nor Only Pain 2:42 -- Where
You Gonna Go? 2:54 -- The Red Eye 2:55 -- Too Beautiful 2:05 -- Don't
Expect Love To Make Sense 2:26 -- My Illusion 2:29 -- Buy All That You
See 2:19 -- My Best Face 2:20 -- The Sun Will Rise In The Morning 2:35
-- Sometimes 3:05
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