Smoking Country

Smoking Country

ASIN: B000067O1P

Track Listings

1. Sugar Daddy Man

2. I Miss the Music of My Band

3. Love Can Hurt

4. Yes I Love You (Charlotte Bradford)

5. Keep Loving

6. America the Land of Liberty

7. Let the Music Play

8. Mama

9. Oklahoma Cowboy

10. The Things I Remember

11. I've Got All Your Love

12. Rodeo Bound Cowboy

13. Something Lost

14. Daddys Little Girl

15. I Can't Fool My Heart

16. That Picture On the Wall

17. The Mystery of Rocky Cove

18. Everywhere Is No Where

19. The Locket

20. You Left Me Lonely

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
All songs are by Tom Grant except no. 4 is by Charlotte Bradford.Tom Grant can be seen on the Nashville Network with Ralph Emory.He was with Ralph for many years.Tom has been appproached by many major labels and don'be surprised at his appearance on a major label very soon.

Product Description
One of the best compilation Cds that was produced in Nashville, Tenn.Produced & Directed by Keith Bradford,The former bass player for Miss Kitty Wells of Nashvile Fame Als has the title of "QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC"

Tracks:

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette - Tex Williams
Smoke Rings The Mills Brothers
Greenback Dollar The Kingston Trio
Little Organ Fugue The Swingle Singers
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters
Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray - Patsy Cline
Cigarettes & Whiskey Ramblin Jack Elliott
Cigarettes and Coffee - Otis Redding
Another Puff Jerry Reed
Intro & Tobacco One Rolfe Kent
Donate It & Sex Back In Cigarettes Rolfe Kent
Joey & Drums of Doom Rolfe Kent
Spanish Epilogue Revisited Rolfe Kent

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Based on Christopher Buckley's eponymous novel, Thank You for Smoking cynically and gleefully sends up the more PC aspects of our times. The first nine tracks are all golden oldies culled from a time--mostly the 1940s and 1950s--when smoke getting in your eyes was considered romantic, not second-hand poisoning, such as the Platters' version of Jerome Kern's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"). Those familiar with kd lang's version of "Smoke Rings" will love the Mills Brothers' earlier version from 1932. The track is actual typical of the album, which not only offers those-were-the-days takes on smoking, but almost as many lessons on vocal styling. Group harmonies by the aforementioned Mills Brothers and the Swingle Singers' take on Bach's "Little Organ Fugue," for instance, are dazzling, while Patsy Cline ("Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray") and Otis Redding ("Cigarettes and Coffee") shine solo. In a completely different register, Jerry Reed's 1972 ode to addiction, "Another Puff," is punctuated by unappetizing coughs; Reed rasping lines "Give it to me! Give it to me! I love it! I love it! I love it!" and "You quit smoking, that'll leave more for me!" are followed by a maniacal laugh. The last four instrumental tracks consist of Rolfe Kent's original score; they maintain an appropriate lounge-lizardy mood but pale in comparison to the nuggets that precede them. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Very Chilled
Subtle but really incredible when you get it
cool country?
Burt Bacarach meets Pere Ubu
Let the music speak for itself

How I Quit Smoking
Lambchop
Manufacturer: Merge Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000019O8
Release Date: 1996-01-30

Tracks:

For Which We Are Truly Thankful
The Man Who Loved Beer
The Militant
We Never Argue
Life's Little Tragedy
Suzieju
All Smiles And Mariachi
The Scary Caroler
Smuckers
The Militant
Garf
Your Life As A Sequel
Theone
Again

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This post-punk jug band not only remembers when country wasn't cool, but revels in the era when folks like Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry ruled the pop charts. Mastermind Kurt Wagner uses pop-country as a jumping-off point for the skewed, sardonic observations about life in these post-postmodern times, delivered in his wry, half-spoken baritone. Wagner's characters have a decidedly pulp fiction feel about them- -particularly the ones sketched in "The Man Who Loved Beer" and "The Scary Caroler"--and his bandmates provide suitably sepia-toned landscapes for said eccentrics to play out their stories. The seamless manner in which the players make offbeat instrumentation-- heavy on the trombone, lap steel, and banjo--sound so natural and kitsch-free is the icing on the cake, and a guarantee that you needn't be a hipster to appreciate Lambchop. --David Sprague

Customer Reviews:

Very Chilled.......2006-06-19

It's taken me 10 years after hearing 'the man who loved beer' to finally pick up this album. I've always loved the comtemporary music with an earthy american feel or 'alt-country' as its sometimes pigeonholed this includes great bands such as Uncle Tupelo, Calexico, Drive by Truckers, Jayhawks, Whiskeytown. Lambchop belong in this company, on the more laid back side, but no less essential for this.

It doesnt work immediatly, but then the best music never does. Once you are drawn into the atmospheric and laid back mood it takes you over. There is some fine songwriting and musicanship in there, and tracks like 'The scary Caroler' and 'The Man Who Loved Beer' are the real standouts.

4 stars - Don't want to bring the average down, but you can't give everything five stars.

Subtle but really incredible when you get it.......2004-03-13

After the dramatic and (comparatively) upfront debut "I Hope You're Sitting Down" showed a remarkable combination of satirical lyrics and oddly beautiful folk music, Kurt Wagner and company moved much further down on the follow-up "How I Quit Smoking".

At first, "How I Quit Smoking" might appear to be merely badly played orchestral music that has no emotional effect on a listener whatsoever. The instruments that back the sparse folk-rock band that Kurt Wagner and company assembled appear indeed to float in and out of the mix at random from Kurt Wagner's first soft and hard-to-hear vocal on "For Which We Are Truly Thankful". Whilst the sparse beauty of this is undeniable and its emotion unique, it is only on the fifth track "Life's Little Tragedy", that we see the ammner in which Kurt Wagner's eccentric chamber-folk has become a vehicle for what is not beautiful romance. Rather, the music serves as a perfect concealment to biting social commentary. Yet, unlike political punk bands, Lambchop's music has all the intimacy and folk group should: Kurt Wagner always is singing to the everyday person rather than just his fans.

The psychedelic, horn-laden "The Militant" is where "How I Quit Smoking" really takes off. The electric guitar is so soft and dense as to be a lurking complement to Wagner's lyric "he's directing his misinterpretation" and "any order, KKK". Even when one does not understand Kurt, it is clear to whom he is speaking. The discordant "All Smiles And Mariachi" showed Kurt to be actually capable of singing with real emotion behind a lurking drumbeat and guitar, whilst "The Scary Caroler" and "Smuckers" showed Wagner able to (like Shame MacGowan before him) use the most appropriate instrumentation to convey the truth behind the lives and wishes of the working class.

The second version of "The Militant" (track #10) is true druggy psychedelia that shows Kurt Wagner to be able to get angry seriously. The electric guitar on this version is remarkbly tuneful and the horns honk like few other albums, but still Lambchop managed to play as a unit like no other band. Deanna Varagona's plaintive voice here is an amazing contrast to the electric guitar, and this combination is seen again in a chilling manner on the chorus of "Garf". The closer "Again" strips "How I Quit Smoking" to its essence with a short instrumental consisting purely of strings.

Though this beautiful yet chilling album defies all notions of accessibility, it should prove, like Lambchop's unique 1994 debut "I Hope You're Sitting Down" to be one of the most rewarding purcheses among 1990s music.

cool country?.......2001-09-29

I like chilled music and they don't come much more mellow than Lambchop! I first heard "the man who loved beer" about 4/5 years ago onthe radio and had to buy the album. It took me a while but I found it and was not disappointed by the rest of the tracks. Music to smoke to, and you don't have to like or listen to country to appreciate it as its much, much more than that. Just listen to it, see for yourself.(apparently in top 100 country albums of all time?)

Burt Bacarach meets Pere Ubu.......2001-06-15

Many bands require several albums to hone a distinctive sound. This fringe-country troupe, led by guitarist/singer Kurt Wagner, came out of the box fully developed--quiet back-porch melodies punctuated with jarring explosions of percussion, subtle steel guitar and trumpet, and soft-spoken vocals. On How I Quit Smoking (the bands second release) Wagner pumps the volume down even further. Musically, for the most part, quite normal sounding but the lyrics paint a different picture--demented character sketches dealing with all sort of obsessions. This is the band's most fully realized release--my biggest complaint about Lambchop is that some of the songs start to sound alike. Here there is a lot of variety. Compared to their entire catalog, this CD could be known as Lambchop's "psychedelic album." Great songs abound from start to finish, especially We Never Argue, All Smiles and Mariachi, Suzieju, Smuckers, and the stunning The Scarey Caroler. Absolutely essential.

Let the music speak for itself.......2000-01-19

It doesn't make much sense to review this record, because it's something to appreciate when you have the time to really get into the atmosphere of it. I think all songs are superb miniature musical stories, with great instruments. Just check it out, who needs my opinion?

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Bluegrass for all ages

Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap
Manufacturer: Wildstone Audio
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006BHBB
Release Date: 2002-07-01

Tracks:

212 Degrees
Hello Trouble
Luxury Liner
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Steam Powered Aereo-Plane
Sweet Lovin' Mama
Fishin'
Is It True
Wallflower
Freight Train Blues
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Album Description

BAck-to-the-roots bluegrass and folk.

Customer Reviews:

Bluegrass for all ages.......2004-04-15

I was introduced to Cumberland Gap at the Oyster Bar in St. Louis. By the time they took their first break, I had to buy the CD...I didn't want to wait until the end of the show and have them run out. Their album does a great job of capturing the energy they display on stage. Cecil Tinnon plays an incredible mandolin. How his hands don't catch fire I'll never know, he plays blindingly fast and is accurate in his fret work. Kevin Liley shows his prowess on banjo, mandolin, and fiddle, playing them all very, very well. Aaron Muskopf keeps the beat with his beautiful stand-up bass work. Aaron and Kevin also sing in voices that perfectly blend with and compliment that of lead vocalist Greg Silsby. Greg plays guitar for the band and sings in voice that rivals the greats of bluegrass. Greg's voice conveys the maturity you would expect to hear from a seasoned veteran. Listening to Cumberland Gap it's easy to think that they are a band that's been together for 30 years. They play tight together whether they're doing a cover of a bluegrass classic or one of their original songs. And you'd never know which songs are classics and which are originals without reading the liner notes of this album. If you don't believe me, buy the album and check out my favorite of all the songs they perform, "Count the Years". Hopefully you'll get to see them live someday, but for now just buy this album on the advice of me, their number 1 fan.

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The Smoking Bluegrass
Harold Morrison
Manufacturer: Bill Monore-Hill and Range Songs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000M0YYUU

Product Description

Harold Morrison-The Smoking Bluegrass. American Country Music Records. PMB 178 9 Music Square S. Nashville Tn 37203.(Bill Monroe-Hill and Range Songs) Prouduced by Harvey Cooper.1 Disc 11 Songs.

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New band - new beginning

Ribbed For Your Pleasure

Manufacturer: Dangerous Grooves
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ASIN: B00006DAKA
Release Date: 2002-07-24

Tracks:

Brand New World
World Of Make Believe
Special Ways
Judgment Day
Rumpalicious Booty Shaker
Whale Blubber
Two Of Me
Chasing The Sun
Underground
Hillbilly Love

Album Description

Roadside Attraction's new smoking hot platter of aural gratification, Ribbed For Your Pleasure, picks up where 1998's critically acclaimed Rock Formations left off. Dripping with humor, sex appeal, and insightful lyrics, this ten song roller coaster ride is as much fun as jumping into a vat of hundred dollar bills (but without the paper cuts). The band's current single, "Brand New World", described as "neanderthal disco with some whooshy stuff", takes the band to a new level of ass-kicking grandeur with its universal message. "The song is about taking life's surprising changes and making them your bitch.", says Phil Johnson.

Customer Reviews:

New band - new beginning.......2002-11-11

A popular local band from the South Bay Area, Roadside Attraction's new album is finally out after a long two years of reformation. The line-up had changed drastically, leaving only founding guitarist Phil Johnson the sole remaining member from the last CD Rock Formations.
Brand New World- the first single, starts with an eerie X-files style beginning, then plows ahead into a solid beat. World of Make Believe- a hard rock tune with a Caribbean twist. Whale Blubber- a 'love song?' inspired by the movie Me, Myself & Irene.
Two of Me- another love song, this one a split-personality good/evil sort of thing; even a country tune of sorts : Hillbilly Love is included.
The rest of the songs are good as well, so pick this one up. Check 'em out if you can.

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Thief

Manufacturer: Swollen
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ASIN: B000CAH7AO
Release Date: 2004-08-17

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Sex Drugs & Rodeos

Manufacturer: Rivers Entertainment Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAKAM6
Release Date: 2004-05-11

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Alive & Picking

Manufacturer: Brian Gladstone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA43LA
Release Date: 2003-11-18

Tracks:

Asphault Cowboy
Jamie Lynn
I Like Me
Who Killed Betty Two Shoes
Somebody Stole My Gal
Caren42
Flashing Before My Eyes
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No More Smoking!
Shasta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GBEGXK
Release Date: 2006-04-11

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Smoking Country

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000067O1P
Release Date: 1997-07-07

Tracks:

Sugar Daddy Man
I Miss the Music of My Band
Love Can Hurt
Yes I Love You (Charlotte Bradford)
Keep Loving
America the Land of Liberty
Let the Music Play
Mama
Oklahoma Cowboy
The Things I Remember
I've Got All Your Love
Rodeo Bound Cowboy
Something Lost
Daddys Little Girl
I Can't Fool My Heart
That Picture On the Wall
The Mystery of Rocky Cove
Everywhere Is No Where
The Locket
You Left Me Lonely

Album Description

One of the best compilation Cds that was produced in Nashville, Tenn.Produced & Directed by Keith Bradford,The former bass player for Miss Kitty Wells of Nashvile Fame Als has the title of "QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC"

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