Continuing on with the old Centro stuff, here is a split 10" single from 1995 of Old 97's and Funland. Now most of you guys who come to this blog probably know who the Old 97's are, but who the hell are Funland? Well Funland were Peter Schmidt(vocals/guitar/bass), ClarkVogeler (guitar), Mike Hosty (slide guitar) & Will Johnson (drums/background vocals). That's right, Funland was Will Johnson's band prior to Centro-Matic. Also worth mentioning is that guitarist Chuck Vogeler went on to join the band Toadies (after Possum Kingdom), and Peter Schmidt is a thriving solo artist in Texas.So this is supposedly Old 97's first split 10" single (released after Hitchhike To Rhome) and they teamed up with their good friends Funland and they decided to cover each other's songs. So what you end up with is Old 97's doing their song "Stoned" and Funland's "Garage Sale", and Funland doing their song "Garage Sale" and Old 97's "Stoned". Their take on "Stoned" is pretty good too, so fans of Old 97's, Centro-Matic, & Will Johnson will want to check this out.
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Thank you for this great blog! I'm actually better "known" (if you want to call it that) for my love of instrumental surf music, but I have a huge collection of Bob Wills' music, which I would be more than happy to make available to you, if you would like. Let me know here, and we'll go from there.
ReplyDeleteIf you're not really a fan of Bob Wills, I understand. He's not really considered Country - more Western Swing than anything.
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Eek, yeh I dig bob wills. I have a few albums (and 2 kick ass tribute albums...one by the Hag, and the other by asleep at the wheel)
ReplyDeleteIf you want to share 'em be my guest. Stick em in the comments and I will make a post for them.
and I am a big surf rock fan myself, Man or Astroman are one of my fave bands.
Maybe you can help me with something...I heard this song along time ago...kick ass surf song, think it was called church key....you know who did it?
I'm not sure who did it first, but I have copies of Dave Myers And The Surftones, Gonzos, The Revels, The Centurions, The Impacts, The Biscaynes, The Neanderthals & Thee Phantom 5ive, Dave Meade, and The Original Surfaris doing it.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think it was Dave Myers And The Surftones who did it first, but I could be wrong! I'm too lazy to Google it right now! :>}
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Thanks for this. i have this on vinyl, but have not ripped it to digital. Thanks for your effort.
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