Here's an old out of print album for you, and a rare one at that. Bubbapalooza was an annual concert held in Atlanta, GA and was organized by Gregory Dean Smalley. Now you may be wondering who Gregory Dean Smalley is, and some of you big DBT fans may even know. I'll get to who he is in a minute, but first more about this album. Now back in the early to mid 90's there was a scene around the Atlanta and Athens areas of Georgia that was dubbed (by Deacon Lunchbox) the "Redneck Underground". See this was back before anyone knew what to call this type of music, so there were all kinds of names floating around....."no depression", "insurgent country", "redneck underground", "cow punk", etc... Anyway, the Redneck Underground specifically included bands from Athens, Atlanta, and Chapel Hill, NC (which had it's own killer scene back then). So in 1995 Gregory Dean Smalley decided they needed a festival.....and what better name than Bubbapalooza.....a play on the then new and still credible Lollapalooza. This is the recording of that first festival.Now you'll see a couple familiar names here.....mostly Scott Miller (pre V-Roys) and Southern Culture On The Skids. But there are others here like Kelly Hogan who was in Deacon Lunchbox's band. Oh, and Gregory Dean Smalley....who I promised I would get to. I'm sure alot of you have heard of him, he is the subject of DBT's song "The Living Bubba" and this album is one of his few recorded moments with his band "The Diggers". Here is a link to an article written by Patterson Hood about Smalley and his song "The Living Bubba", check it out.
Standout tracks are "Loweena", "Mama Was A Dancer At The Clermont Lounge", Scott Miller's sublime "Napoleon", "George Jones (Has Never Sung About My Girl" and of course the highlight of the whole album.....The Diggers' "She's Breakin' My Heart (While I'm Drinkin' Her Beer)"
1. Loweena, the Urban Redneck Queen - Deacon Lunchbox
2. Fakin' It - The Vidalias
3. Mama Was a Dancer at the Clermont Lounge - Redneck Greece Deluxe
4. George Jones (Has Never Sung About My Girl) - Slim Chance and The Convicts
5. Can't Find a Place to Stay - Steam Donkeys
6. Outta Town - Jennie B and the Speedbillies
7. Rockabilly Show - Blacktop Rockets
8. 2 Pigs in a Blanket/She's My Little Biscuit Eater - Southern Culture on the Skids
9. Cabbagetown - Delta Angels
10. Napoleon - Scott Miller
11. Candy Kisses - Greasetrap
12. She's Breakin' My Heart (While I'm Drinkin' Her Beer) - The Diggers
One other thing to mention is that Bubbapalooza stills goes one every year at the Star City Bar in Atlanta GA.
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