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here we are, shout 'em out which ones are your faves?
I'll start with:
Poison Love by Blood On the Saddle
here we are, shout 'em out which ones are your faves?
I'll start with:
Poison Love by Blood On the Saddle
Did anyone ever see Ragin ' Fire ? Did'nt like the name , but , I sure liked the group. They kicked out thE Country / Punk / Rock'n'Roll jams like nobody's biz , in a manner comparable to X , but , as I told their singer , Melora Zaner , THEY SOUNDED LIKE PATSY CLINE GONE TO HELL AND COME BACK.
John Battles said:
When this album came out , I saw The Gibson Bros. for the second time , with Jon Spencer in tow ( I liked him fine , with The Gibsons.), and The Gories opening.
Joey Fuckup said:
When this album came out , I saw The Gibson Bros. for the second time , with Jon Spencer in tow ( I liked him fine , with The Gibsons.), and The Gories opening.
Joey Fuckup said:
Then there's T.Tex Edwards with On Parole (Different group.) , Tex and The Saddletramps , Loafin' Hyaenas , Swingin' Cornflake Killers , and Punked UP COVERS OF "The Race is On" , "NOTHING eVER hURT mE hALF AS bAD AS lOSING yOU"(Also by The Possum.)"North To Alaska", and others I'm forgetting (It's 2:00 am), done by The NERVEBREAKERS.
BUT , If we're to talk About Tex, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HIS bIG cITY cOUSIN , Iggy Yoakum , and his Famous Pogo Ponies. Starting in the early 90'S (?) , Iggy Yoakum originally ONLY played the remaining redneck bars in Chicago , playing Country versions of Punk songs. It' sbeen done , but not so well. They gradually wrote enough REAL Honky Tonk originals to fill two sets , and only liberally dabbled in covers. Sadly , there's no product , though a great CD "On The Bar" , produced by Jon Langford , was scouted around , but, no takers. The band got some sense and split up , but , reformed last summer , proving again they are Chicago's greatest Country band. They don't even agree with me , much less the other 99 1/2% , but , it's true.
swt said:
Here's another: FRONTIER TRUST
These guys played in St. Louis a couple of times back in the '90s and were fan-fucking-tastic. It was more than just "cowpunk"... more like TRACTOR PUNK. I can't find any videos on YouBoob (a shame), but if I were you, I'd hunt down their "Speed Nebraska" LP... click the link below:
http://www.speednebraska.com/independent_bands/frontier_trust.php
Supposedly you can get a free download here, but I can't get the page to come up:
http://www.thebandbrokeup.com/2011/02/05/frontier-trust-speed-nebra...
Amazon has it, though:
http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Nebraska/dp/B003DZEK2S/ref=tmm_msc_title_0
I have a 45 or two by them but that's been about it. I don't know that anything else ever got released.. I like what I have and would like to have heard more from them.
You should also check out Pat Todd (former lead man of the Lazy Cowgirls) and the Rank Outsiders. Good stuff there, as well.
And not necessarily "cowpunk," but the Reigning Sound and the Compulsive Gamblers both have some cool countrified garage tracks.
"Go read a book and flunk a test." -Iggy
Here's another: FRONTIER TRUST
These guys played in St. Louis a couple of times back in the '90s and were fan-fucking-tastic. It was more than just "cowpunk"... more like TRACTOR PUNK. I can't find any videos on YouBoob (a shame), but if I were you, I'd hunt down their "Speed Nebraska" LP... click the link below:
http://www.speednebraska.com/independent_bands/frontier_trust.php
Supposedly you can get a free download here, but I can't get the page to come up:
http://www.thebandbrokeup.com/2011/02/05/frontier-trust-speed-nebraska/
Amazon has it, though:
http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Nebraska/dp/B003DZEK2S/ref=tmm_msc_title_0
"Go read a book and flunk a test." -Iggy
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
Not the purest cow punk, but whatever...