Slobberbone's first album Crow Pot Pie is no doubt a classic in the Alt-Country genre. It has all the hallmarks of a great Alt-Country album, twang, crunchy guitars, rough vocals, punk rock edge, country rock sensibilities, songs about drinking and death... That album came out in 1996 on Doolittle Records, and has since been re-released on New West (who purchased Doolittle Records) in 2003.
This here is the original version of that seminal album, recorded a full 2 years prior and with a slightly different line-up (drummer Tony Harper and singer Brent Best being the only members on both versions). This version also features a slightly different cover, same picture but the Slobberbone logo and album name location are different. The music itself is slightly different as well, just a little rougher around the edges and with a differing track order. Not to mention a few songs omitted or replaced on the 1996 version.
The band recorded the album and distributed it themselves hoping to garner up support for gigs and maybe some radio airplay. The disc gained the attention of Doolittle and the rest as they say is history. Since 2 years had passed since the original recording, and the line-up had changed, the band decided to re-record the album for Doolittle, and that's the one that became the 1996 version....the now classic album
Crow Pot Pie.
1. Boy Howdy2. Whiskey Glass Eye3. No Man Among Men4. Shoot You Dead5. Song for a Crying Teenage Boy6. I'll Be Damned7. Ruin Your Day8. 16 Days9. Little Sister10. Rock Your Ass11. Haze of Drink12. Get Gone Again13. Dunk You In the River (the tracklist on the version I have differs slighty from what is listed on the Slobberbone website, I have left it as I recieved it)
Slobberbone disbanded in 2005 with most band members reforming as
The Drams. However the band is currently in the midst of a
Reunion Tour (although I think today is the last date....for now...)
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Slobberbone's first album Crow Pot Pie is no doubt a classic in the Alt-Country genre. It has all the hallmarks of a great Alt-Country album, twang, crunchy guitars, rough vocals, punk rock edge, country rock sensibilities, songs about drinking and death... That album came out in 1996 on Doolittle Records, and has since been re-released on New West (who purchased Doolittle Records) in 2003.
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gatt dayum you make me happy.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for this.. Loved Slobberbone ever since i heard the ultimate break up song `Gimmme back my Dog` ("It was mine before I met you...".)
ReplyDeleteA song i found impossible to get out of my head.
I went to the dallas reunion show fri night and loved hearing the old songs. the drams have been great, but it hasnt been the same hearing their arrangements of the gritty old slobberbone songs (they'll put 1-2 in per show generally)...
ReplyDeleteKelly - The Gobblers Knob
http://www.smithsoldebar.com/home.html
ReplyDeleteDec 5 in Smith's olde Bar in Atlanta
SLOBBERBONE!!!
This is excellent, thank you! It almost makes up for the fact I was unable to go to the reunion show in Port Washington.
ReplyDeleteWow - this is cool. Didn't know about this version. Look forward to hearing it.
ReplyDeletecrap the link is broken..
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ReplyDeleteeveryone else, thanks for the comments
Kelly/GobblersKnob - I posted this because you were talking about going to the show that night on twitter
Please fix the link to the Dunk You In The River track! Thanks for posting this. This version of Shoot You Dead absolutely makes the Doolittle version sound lame by comparison. Freakin' killer, man! LOve the unreleased tracks, too, and the early versions of the Barrel Chested songs.
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