Please Yourself

Artist: Thee Shams
Label: Fat Possum [Old]
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 767981101224
EAN: 0767981101224
ASIN: B00023GFYA

Release Date: 2004-05-25

Please Yourself

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Tracks:

On My Mind
If You Gotta Go
Come Down Again
Love Me All the Time
Want You So Bad
Never Did Nothing
In the City
Can't Fight It
You Want It
She's Been Around
You're So Cold
Please Yourself

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Customer Reviews:

Living up to the Thee.......2005-04-30

My immediate assumption when I saw this cd was a connection with Billy Childish and his series of Thee bands (Thee Headcoats, Thee Mighty Caesars, Thee Headcoatees, etc) While I don't know of any overt connection, the spiritual and musical tie is clear when you hear this messy bluesy Ohio rock band grind through some sincerely awesome tunes.

Thee Shams merge rock, blues, and Iggy Pop's lust for life.......2004-12-24

May 27, 2004
Artist: Thee Shams
Title: Please Yourself
Label: Fat Possum

This is the perfect "rock" record for a blues fan. If you're like me, as you got older your lack of interest in popular rock music grew with each birthday: there are still plenty of rock records you throw on but most of them were recorded before 1980. Thee Shams present THAT kind of blues fan with the perfect rock record.

Thee Shams, hailing from the Ohio Valley, have successfully captured the `sound' of Sixties garage rock bands like, ? & the Mysterians (who performed 96 Tears). This album lives in a sonic cross between the Rolling Stones and the New York Dolls; or between Aerosmith and another fabulous Fat Possum label band The Black Keys. It's all that and a whole lot more.

The fact is this album has little to do with the blues other than copping the sound as so many great rock bands have before them. The second track, "If You Gotta Go" was written by Bob Dylan and later covered by Canadian Sue Foley. Like many rock bands (The Kinks, Oasis, BTO, Indigenous, Everly Brothers, The Black Crowes) Thee Shams are a four piece band centered around brothers - in this case Zachery and Andrew Gabbard. There must be something in the genes but this is an excellent record that I cannot quit playing. The fourth track, "Love Me All the Time" is a ballad consisting of a simplistic arrangement that so the words & tune are not cluttered by over production: BRILLIANT!

Well if the music does the talking this album speaks volumes about how cool rock could be if only commercial radio would let it!

Passionate Rock and Roll.......2004-10-31

First off, I'm not going to play "spot the influence" with this band. I will say that listening to this CD conjurs up memories of those great "Back From the Grave" compilation LP's of very obscure sixties garage bands. This is a good thing because Thee Shams have soul and crank it out with some really cool guitar breaks and head-turning melodies. Much like those obscure garage bands, Thee Shams are all about spirit and the love of making rock and roll. Sure, there are some off-key vocals here and there, but that is part of the package and it adds to the energy and enthusiasm of this group. I remember a quote from the liner notes of an early DMZ album, and I feel it applies to Thee Shams "The manic intensity of the truly commited..."

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