Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat

ASIN: B0000047GE

Editorial Reviews
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San Francisco-based guitarist Will Bernard favors funky, psychedelic soul and fatback, groove-laden jazz, all within a blatant rock context. Produced by the guitar-friendly Lee Townsend, Bernard has created a distinct milieu for his blinding, razor-sharp chops. Along with organist Rob Burger, bassist John Shifflett, and drummer Scott Amendola, Bernard is a relative newcomer on the jazz-funk scene. Still, his résumé posts an impressive stint alongside Charlie Hunter in T.J. Kirk. Rhythmically inclined and loaded with flash, Bernard exhibits his high-proficiency grab bag on lead and slide guitar. The compositions are stylishly diverse and hold together well. From wah-wah expositions to world-music fusion and traditionally jazzy discourse, Medicine Hat is an excellent musical workout for Will Bernard and his funky quartet. --Mitch Myers

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Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
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Old Time Music

You will feel so much better

The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun!

Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)!

Priceless anthology

Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
Pink Anderson , Gid Tanner , Gus Cannon , Emmett Miller , Charlie Poole , Dallas String Band , Grant Brothers , Uncle Dave Macon , Beans Hambone , Clarence Ashley , Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers , Gwen Foster , and Carolina Tar Heels
Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B5KRNO
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks

Tracks:

Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers
Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Album Description

Earning Their White Stripes. "But what I'm listening to most of the time at present is an album called Good For What Ails You, which is an album of songs that people used to listen to at medicine shows all over the States. It's quite an interesting album and I think that people would be well advised to pick it up." Jack White - Sunday Mail (Australia) Dec 18, 2005

Five Stars. Groundbreaking. "Fans of Nick Tosches' Where Dead Voices Gather will lap up this extraordinary snapshot of an America that is still shrouded in shadow. Good For What Ails You supplants the Harry Smith collections by surveying the people's music of the day, some of which sounds like nothing you have heard before." Jon Savage - MOJO Dec 2005

Before motion pictures, before radio, before television, the traveling Medicine Shows brought entertainment to America! Flamboyant pitch doctors roamed the land, hawking their tonics, elixirs, and miracle cures, and with them came a host of singers, dancers, comedians, banjo pickers, blues shouters, jug blowers, string ticklers, and minstrel men. The shows died out by mid-20th century, but not before a handful of seasoned veterans left their musical legacy on phonograph records. Here are classic performances by such colorful names as Pink Anderson, Daddy Stovepipe, Gid Tanner, Blind Sammie, Bogus Ben Covington, Fiddlin' John Carson, Banjo Joe, Shorty Godwin, Beans Hambone, Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers, the Three Tobacco Tags, and many more!

Two-CD Set / 48 Songs Digitally Remastered / Over 2 Hours of Music / Six-Panel Digipak with 72-page Full Color Booklet

A Profusely Illustrated History of the Medicine Shows, many Rare Photographs and Firsthand Accounts never before published, plus full discography and song descriptions.

Customer Reviews:

Old Time Music.......2007-05-13

This gave us 50 tracks of original music. Along with it you get a nice booklet that tells the history of the medicine shows and individual descriptions of each track and it's performers.

You will feel so much better.......2007-01-25

You just can't imagine what the life of a performer on the road in the 20, 30's (or earlier) must have been like. The ups of course was the freedom, and the fun at times. The downs include never knowing what was around the corner, the cold (or heat), some of the boarding houses I would imagine would have been dreadful amongst many others.

But at least we can listen to the music. I've only received this the other day and I've not taken it out of the player, it goes to work with me and takes me home again, it plays in the background when I'm busy about the house. Yes some of the sound quality is hissy, but they are old recordings and besides I would rather hear it like that, it adds to the feel. These are happy songs, even when they are talking about slashing someones throat. If you looking at this you obviously have an interest in this style of music and you would be doing yourself a favour by purchasing this wonderful collection. You get 2 CD's and a wonderful booklet that tells you a little history of the genre and pictures of some the the performers on the CD's as well as a little history on each of the songs.

The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun!.......2006-10-23

Step right up..ladies and gentlemen...Are you feeling blah listening to those same old CD's you've had for the last several years? Does today's music leave you cold? Well, you've come to the right place. Restore your enthusiasm...bring back the fun, with 50 recordings from the golden age of medicine shows. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Many of these fine artists are obscure names to most people of this generation...but alas...like an old ancient Indian cure...this box set will bring you back to life. Yes friends and neighbors...it also comes with a beautiful full-color booklet with all the songs, dates and stories of old. Uh..excuse me son, don't crowd the stage. IT'S A PANACEA FOR ALL BORING AILMENTS! Yes and considering how old these gems are (1925-36) they are all in remarkable shape...and your sense of humor will be too. So pick one up today. It;s more fun than a brand new Victrola!

Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)!.......2006-08-28

'Good For What Ails You' is a great set of cd's with old songs that were sung at old medicine shows. I remember some of those songs from records and radio programs from my childhood - songs that I had totally forgotten!

I lent the cd's to my father, and they brought back fond memories of his childhood in western OK when the medicine shows would come to town and set up on the square. Everyone would attend the "show" and listen to the music, sales pitches, and go home with something! He truly enjoyed the cd's, also.

Even if medicine shows are new to you, the music is worth the time to listen. Lot's of fun, interesting lyrics, and you might even hear something that has come back again!?

Priceless anthology.......2006-07-05

This element of American history should never be forgotten, and this anthology ensures that it won't. The accompanying booklet is a textbook of fascinating anecdotes and photographs, and it even includes a small, helpful insert of "spelling errata" to guide the reader through the language of the time. The music itself transports the listener to a time that seems like ancient history, populated by snake oil salesmen who employed fast-picking, fast-talking one-man bands to make their product more appealing to the desperately poor. But this collection also reminds us that times haven't changed all that much since those days of the Great Depression. After all, when was the last time you heard a trendy, catchy song in a commercial trying to sell you something as basic as toothpaste?

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GREAT LIVE SHOW-GREAT CD
Best original blues rock band today!
Don't miss this Band!
I've been following Sunset Heights for 7 years!
Best band in Texas that isn't on a major label!

Medicine Hat
Sunset Heights
Manufacturer: Radio Ready
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000009E8F
Release Date: 1999-02-02

Tracks:

Meet Your Maker
Memory Lane
Freedom
Would It Be Too Much
Drift Away
Lucy Come Home
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Body In Motion
Workin' Man Pt.3
A Better Way
All Alone
What Went Wrong

Customer Reviews:

GREAT LIVE SHOW-GREAT CD.......1999-03-23

I went to a ST.PATTYS festival in Houston that had several stages.The one stage that had the crowd going really wild was where Sunset heights was playing.The show was one of the best rocking blues shows I've seen in a long time.I immediatly bought the cd and have not taken it off the cd player yet.I hope they come to Kansas City soon or I'll have to make a trip back to houston.they are worth it.KEEP IT UP BOYS

Best original blues rock band today!.......1998-12-24

If you haven't seen them or heard them, seek a live performance SOON! This is the best Texas has to offer -- soulfoul, effortless, singing and guitar playing. They rock! I saw them at Lucy's in Austin and at the Satellite Lounge in Houston. Great song writing, rock ballads that deliver, and awesome slide playing! These guys will make you dance and shout. Look for this band, or check out their CD. I know you'll agree that they rock your socks off!

Don't miss this Band!.......1998-07-30

If you haven't seen Sunset Heights you owe it to yourself to go see them, make a road trip you won't be sorry. Sunset Heights has to be one the best acts in Texas! Their vocals and guitar playing is out of this world. If you like original blues rock music you will be very satisfied with this band. Buy this CD Medicine Hat, you'll be glad you did.

I've been following Sunset Heights for 7 years!.......1998-07-30

I've been following these guys for a long time, and I think that are absolutely fabulous, the labels are missing out on this band. They've got incredible abilities and songwriters and musicians. I think they will be around a long time.

Best band in Texas that isn't on a major label!.......1998-07-30

I think this is the best band in Texas that isn't on a major label! These guys have it all, great singers, great guitar playing, and a great rhythmn section. I hope they come to South Texas pretty soon so we can all enjoy there great live show, I saw them in Houston, TX, at the Satellite Lounge and they rocked! They have the most perfect chemistry. You have to see these guys to believe it and buy this CD, you won't regret it. You'll probably thank me.

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Excellent
You need this album...
Skip this CD, unless you're into depression.
This is some jazzy funky stuff!
Edgy, bluesy jazz fusion -- off center and wonderful

Medicine Hat
Will Bernard
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music

Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music

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T.J. Kirk

ASIN: B0000047GE
Release Date: 1998-01-13

Tracks:

Close Shave (Part 1)
Boomtown
Medicine Hat
Prankster
3-Ply
Koko A Poko
Trap Door Spider
Nobody's Looking
Tank Top
Pollyanna
Do Not Bend

Amazon.com

San Francisco-based guitarist Will Bernard favors funky, psychedelic soul and fatback, groove-laden jazz, all within a blatant rock context. Produced by the guitar-friendly Lee Townsend, Bernard has created a distinct milieu for his blinding, razor-sharp chops. Along with organist Rob Burger, bassist John Shifflett, and drummer Scott Amendola, Bernard is a relative newcomer on the jazz-funk scene. Still, his résumé posts an impressive stint alongside Charlie Hunter in T.J. Kirk. Rhythmically inclined and loaded with flash, Bernard exhibits his high-proficiency grab bag on lead and slide guitar. The compositions are stylishly diverse and hold together well. From wah-wah expositions to world-music fusion and traditionally jazzy discourse, Medicine Hat is an excellent musical workout for Will Bernard and his funky quartet. --Mitch Myers

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2004-09-22

In addition to being a fine guitarist, Will Bernard is an excellent composer, and this CD is a wonderful showcase for his talent. There are some really bad-ass tunes here. "Prankster" is one of my favorite tunes, period. Some may say the sound is somewhat derivative of MMW, but still, the tunes are original and many of the compositional ideas are superb. I think you can even feel some Ellington influence. I always thought that if only he'd been able to capitalize on this record by touring as an opener for MMW, Will Bernard would've gotten a hell of a lot more famous, and this major label would be providing us with more great Will Bernard albums.

You need this album..........2000-05-02

This is an absolutely brilliant, thrilling debut. Bernard's guitar playing is fluid and harmonically rich and his masterful compositions manage to push all the right soul-jazz buttons while still being jam-packed with complex musical detail and joyous, surprising angles. Drummer Scott Amendola is perfection: energetic, unfailingly musical and astonishingly dynamic. Rob Burger is a monster on the B-3 (& accordion on one Nobody's Looking) and John Shifflett supplies deep, interesting grooves and some pleasantly, subtly jarring counterpoint. BUY THIS ALBUM! This is original modern jazz, AND soul jazz that doesn't go for the easier, more rote gestures of that genre. This album has it all, and I honestly can't imagine anyone not digging it.

Skip this CD, unless you're into depression........1999-03-29

First let me state I had never heard of Mr. Bernard until I saw his cd in the rack. I purchased the cd based on the music description on the cover of the cd itself. It sounded promising as I am a fan of blues/funk/jazz guitar music (j.golub, r. cray, etc.). No doubt about Mr Bernard's virtuosity is there, but this cd is overshadowed by a darkness of sound that is cast over the entire the cd. There are not any light moments here. The hammond organ sound completely wipes out the lead instrument of Mr Bernard. I was beginning wonder whose album this was any way. The organ dominates instead of accompanying the guitar. Looking forward to the next cd by Mr Bernard though, as there is something about his playing (as little as was heard) that is appealing. Wait til then unless you're into the darkness of the hammond organ as presented here. Later.

This is some jazzy funky stuff!.......1998-07-04

I love the way Bernard layers funk rhythms onto the complicated guitar. The music cascades and builds, creating a compelling montage of sound. This is music that grooves and moves!

Edgy, bluesy jazz fusion -- off center and wonderful.......1998-05-05

I wanted to take this one back to the store after I got it home, but I kept hearing stretches in some of the cuts that caught my ear as wonderfully off-center, a slightly dizzy combination of guitar licks and hammond organ riffs, somewhere in that dreamland between jazz and rock -- the darn thing grew on me, and here I am a hopeless fan. I'm gonna listen to this one a LOT.

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Sundown Road
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Manufacturer: Medicine Hat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAKUSK
Release Date: 2004-05-18

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Medicine Hat
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Manufacturer: Collective Fruit
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ASIN: B0000021CW
Release Date: 1999-03-10

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Manufacturer: Halo Records
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ASIN: B0001ZXMQI
Release Date: 2003-03-18

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From Nowhere to Here
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ProductGroup: Music
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General | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000F9SZIK
Release Date: 2006-05-23

Album Description

New studio album from one of Amercia's top Southern rock acts. Follow up to the recent live album the band spend most of 2005 recording this project.

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State Of The Union
Medicine Hat
Manufacturer: Dfc Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000KP6IWE
Release Date: 2006-10-20

Tracks:

Bible Belt
Ticket To Mexico
Downtown Vampires
Chimborazo
State Of The Union
Untitled - Intelligent Design
Prayer For The Riverbed
Big River
Let The Sun In
Traitors and Patriots

Product Description

Medicine Hat's "State Of The Union" is a loose concept album based around aspects of American in the 21st century. The band rocks like the Stones of old while creating intelligent, thought provoking root-rock music. An album not to be missed...

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I'm not convinced the band could play a bad tune if the pope commanded it.

Hymns and Curses from the Heartland
Medicine Hat
Manufacturer: Medicine Hat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAKUZS
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Customer Reviews:

I'm not convinced the band could play a bad tune if the pope commanded it........2005-12-03

More authentic, more rockin', and definitely more deserving of a Rolling Stone cover than Britney Spears, Medicine Hat reaches back to snatch some seriously solid instrumental inspiration from multiple sources to produce an album as eye-opening as caffeine kickers on a 2am highway. Surprisingly, these Chicago boys are just as capable of Southern booty rock as slow cooked country-blues, and I don't mind saying they put Steve Earle to shame (especially after Earle's sorry last release The Revolution Starts ... Now). Certainly, Medicine Hat has rendered an environment so comfortable on their release, Hymns and Curses From the Heartland, you won't even lock your doors at night.

Unquestionably, Medicine Hat slings sounds as different from song to song as the Florida weather shifts. Hell, guitars as lulling as Mazzy Star instrumentals ("Seven Sundays") are followed by Charlie Daniels-style blues rock. Soulful vocals leave no need to fake a twang, and with back-up harmonies like those, who needs angels? With a sublimely hashed assortment of instruments - Demi Buckley, guitars, mandolin, vocals, banjo, lap steel; Ben Walker, vocals, washboard, percussion; Ryan Marzano, guitar; John DiNunzio, bass; Tara Rich, drums, percussion; and Glen Kelly, keys - Medicine Hat channels the funky side of Georgia to arrive at a heavy-hyper Black Crowes meets North Mississippi Allstars twist that they manage to keep all their own.

As a writer whose skills have been honed on telling tales Clapton-fashion, Buckley swivels from heartbroken to righteous in two teardrops time and still succeeds in penning lines like "swallow silver dollars" - simple, yet hefty with image as well as a weird detached emotion I can't place. After hearing "Saint in Tattered Clothes," I'm not convinced the band could play a bad tune if the pope commanded it. The mildly bluegrass-inclined track has lyrics more sure of themselves than Nancy Grace, in addition to instrumentation that seemingly emulates the love-child of Tom Petty and Blind Boys of Alabama - nice banjo. Check out these whiskey-swigging Northerners for a real good time.
-- Genevieve Will, Indie-Music.com

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