Manassas - Live in Amsterdam 1972

I'm pulling this from another blog, I found it in the archives a while back.....and man this is just a phenomenal bootleg. Manassas was a vastly under-rated country rock band consisting of most notably, the mighty Stephen Stills and Chris Hillman (ex-byrd, founding member of the burrito brothers) . This is their inaugural concert as the band Manassas according to the insert (which is not in the download, but can be found here). They run through some of the Manassas songs, some Stills songs, some CSNY songs and even a Byrds song, aBurritos song, and a Buffalo Springfield song. Download this if you like vintage country rock sounds, you will not be dissapointed. (and a thanks to Zen Archer @ The Clock That Went Backwards for this one)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manassas_(band)

Manassas - Live In Amsterdam 1972

Mofro - Live at Jake's Roadhouse (2002)

This one's for willy99 @ Wild Safari & Music Master @ Canine Brigade. If your unfamiliar with J.J. Grey and Mofro, this is a good sampler. They're from Jacksonville, Florida and they are funky, soul, country, swamp, blues rock....if that makes sense. One thing's for sure is they groove like hell....check it out. I'm not sure the exact date of this one, but the tags say it's from 2002.

1. Frog Giggin'
2. Gal Youngin'
3. Home Sweet Home
4. Blackwater
5. Free
6. Nare Sugar
7. Air
8. Lochloosa
9. Florida
10. How Jr. Got His Head Put Out
11. Lozy Fo' Acre
12. Ho' Cake
13. Band Intro
14. Ho' Cake
15. Dirt Floor Cracka
16. Take It Back To The Bridge (Asie Payton cover)
17. Harp and Drums
18. Homework (John Lee Hooker cover)
19. Jookhouse
    
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Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch (Leaked Album, Low Quality)

Here's a special treat for you hearin' ears, Jason Isbell's long overdue solo album "Sirens of the Ditch". Now I've upped this at a low quality intentionaly cause it helps to ease my mind about putting up the man's album a whole month before it comes out.....but I know alot of people are curious like me and want to know what it sounds like. And what does it sound like...well it sounds like Jason Isbell.....so don't be expecting a Drive-By Truckers album. One thing I do know is the studio version of "Dress Blues" is phenomenal! (man that steel guitar adds so much depth to the song). This song should be getting national radio airplay right now to drum up interest in this album.....why it's not, God only knows. I also really like the songs "Try", "Down In A Hole" (not an Alice Chains cover :P , though the guitar is slightly reminiscent of "Heaven Beside You"), the soulful "Hurricanes & Hand Grenades", the folky "In A Razor Town", the breezy country-rock of"The Magician", and the killer closing track "The Devil is My Running Mate". So I guess you could say I really like this album.

Anyway, here it is....in low quality, but still listenable....we'll call it radio/streaming audio quality. If you like it buy it when it comes out sometime in july.....you'll get a case, artwork, liner notes, and a shiny little disc to call your own.

1. Brand New Kind of Actress
2. Down in a Hole
3. Try
4. Chicago Promenade
5. Dress Blues
6. Grown
7. Hurricanes and Hand Grenades
8. In A Razor Town
9. Shotgun Wedding
10. The Magician
11. The Devil Is My Running Mate

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Sleazefest '94

Ok, this one is for RYP @ Twighlightzone. If you haven't checked his sight out, and you like trashy, surfy, twangy, garage rock sounds.....then you really need to check it out. Anyway, this is the official CD recording of the inaugural Sleazefest in Chapel Hill, North Carolina which took place late August 1994. Organized by Rick Miller of Southern Culture on The Skids as an answer to all the "lollapalooza" and "woodstock '94" type festivals happening that year, he assembled a who's who of trash rock, rockabilly, and garage rock, called it Sleazefest, and held it at a local BBQ joint. Just listening to this you can tell this must have been one hell of a party, and I guarantee you there was more than one guitar neck covered in BBQ sauce fingerprints before this was over. Here is a link to more info, pics and the liner notes.

1. Hang Up - The Strychnines
2. Hitch - Chrome Daddy Discos
3. I Got Your Number - The Woggles
4. My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - The Woggles
5. Boo Boo The Cat - Hasil Adkins
6. Head On The Wall - Hasil Adkins
7. Class With A Capital K - Hillbilly Frankenstein
8. High Class To Trailer Trash - Hillbilly Frankenstein
9. Intermission
10. Red Roses - The Subsonics
11. Shady Side Of The Street - The Subsonics
12. I Made You A Clown - The Subsonics
13. Pneumonia - The Bassholes
14. You're Never Gonna Be Alone - Dexter Romweber
15. Hurricanes A-Comin' - Dexter Romweber
16. Vamp Camp-Patina In Em - Family Dollar Pharoahs
17. Shake It Some More - Santo's Helpers
18. Mudbuggy - Southern Culture On The Skids
19. Hubcap Hunch - Southern Culture On The Skids & Hasil Adkins
20. Leaves In Autumn - Hasil Adkins

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Old 97's/Funland - Stoned/Garage Sale

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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REQ: Centro-Matic - Line Connection Aim

As promised, Centro-Matic's out of print 1997 cassette "Line Connection Aim". Now I don't like this one near as good as the other one, but there are some cool songs on it like the beatlesesque "Most Everyone Will Find", "The Little Guitars", and "Nothing Could Be Better". I love how you can hear the phone ringing in a few spots too.
Oh, and a correction from the other post....I said they were one of Patterson Hood's Favorite bands.....well apparently they are his favorite band. You can read all about it on their myspace page (linked below).

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  1. The Injury Specialist (2:15)
  2. Nothing Could Be Better (3:57)
  3. Huge In Every City (4:10)
  4. Sure Grip Maximum (1:52)
  5. The Massacre Went Well (1:29)
  6. Most Everyone Will Find (2:00)
  7. If We Had Our Say (3:09)
  8. They Tell Us That They're Loaded Out (2:15)
  9. The Little Guitars (1:39)
  10. Line.Connection.Aim (2:57)
  11. Say Something (95 Frowns) (3:28)

http://www.centro-matic.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro-matic
http://www.myspace.com/centromatic (There's a nice write up about them by Patterson Hood on there)

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REQ: Centro-Matic - Non Directional Jetpack Race

Okay, this is Centro's first right here. From a cassette released in 1995, it has been long out of print.....but luckily for us has been floating around the internet for a while. Centro-Matic is led by the prolific Will Johnson (who has a thriving solo career) and the entire band is in the side band South San Gabriel (for the quieter stuff). Actually Centro-Matic itself could be considered by some a side project for Will Johnson but I guess that depends on who you ask. Now I don't know much about Centro, just that they are one of Patterson Hood's favorite bands and that they lean more towards the "alt" side of alt country. But these two out-of-print early albums (the other one will be next) are pretty decent, and hint at a band on their way to something good.

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  1. Scoreless Tie #2 (4:02)
  2. Fall Of The Scenester Girl (3:28)
  3. Quart Date (2:17)
  4. Slip Away (2:31)
  5. My Supermodel Girlfriend Gone AWOL (2:12)
  6. Caught Between Us (2:33)
  7. Misunderstanding Surplus In The Getaway Car (3:16)
  8. Hit The Sky, Hit This Guy (2:56)
  9. My Test (4:16)
  10. Livingston (3:38)
  11. Unnamed (0:55)
  12. Ride It Out (1:16)
  13. The Execution Of Some Sixty-Odd Drummers (2:05)
  14. Fan In My Car [Baboon] (4:46)
  15. Sack Of The Gorgon Empire (3:44)
  16. Vincent Goes Important (2:46)
  17. Pretty Wholesome Is The Eggplant II (3:24)
  18. We Are Wrecking This Show (3:27)
  19. Keep The Phoenix In Slow Motion (2:50)
  20. A Common Display (3:58)
  21. Calling Up The Bastards (2:22)
  22. Call The Legion In Tonight (3:04)
  23. The Day Of The Rock Show (Curb Your Turbulence) (2:27)
  

Goodbye Nashville, this is for you.....if you would post the new one I would greatly appreciate it.

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REQ: Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse

Ok, here is The Be Good Tanyas first album, from 2001, Blue Horse. It's a pretty good mix of folk, bluegrass, and something else that I can't quite pin down. The 2 girls singing have these really hypnotic voices that really get to me though.

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Anonymous said...
Could you post again the early Wilco, Uncle Tupelo?Thanks,
from Guatemala
May 19, 2007 10:44 PM

look over at Hear Rock City he has lots of good stuff over there (that's where I got it)

Anonymous said...
Been trying to find some Coffee Creek and this seems like
the perfect blog to have it.
May 20, 2007 2:33 PM

Sorry, but I don't have any of that :(

bob
said...
paul westerberg?
May 20, 2007 3:07 PM

or that.....but Ear Bleeding Country might

Anonymous said...
Do you have anything by Rank & File?

as a matter of fact I do....expect it sometime soon

goodbye
nashville said...
hello htere am after patterson hood album . or ryan
adams new one , pedro the lion , ealy south san gabriel , centromatic i could go
on and on

well, I had Patterson Hood, but that got filled by Wild Safari. The other stuff I don't have except some old centro that is out of print. If you are interested in that, let me know (Non Directional Jet Pack Race, and Line Connection Aim). Also, you asked Willy99 @ Wild Safari for Be Good Tanyas......I'll make that my next post for you.

Requests?: OK

Ed Burleson
Renegade Rail
Wayne Hubbard

ciao
willy

Sorry Willy, I don't have any of that :(

Wrinkle Neck Mules - Mason and Andy Acoustic (Alley Katz Richmond, VA 12-06-06)

Here's a nice little acoustic set from my latest musical obsession. It's a damned good recording....really intimate, like acoustic shows are supposed to be. Recorded at Alley Katz in Richmond as the opening act for DBT frontman Patterson Hood. Fans of Uncle Tupelo's "March 16-20" album will surely dig this, it's got the same vibe as that. Some of my favorite cuts off this are "Push The Pedal", "Pale Colored Hue", and "Okeechobee". Definitely check this out guys if you are into Uncle Tupelo's acoustic side.

They have a new album that just came out. It's called "Wicks Have Met" and you can buy it here (I haven't heard it yet....but that's just becuase I haven't bought it yet).

http://www.wrinkleneckmules.com/ (That's where I got these live shows BTW, gotta love a band that puts there music out there for you......and thanks to willy99 @ wild safari for pointing them out to me.)

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