Songs About Cowgirls

Songs About Cowgirls Artist: Protein
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 074646817827
EAN: 0074646817827
ASIN: B00000JKPI


Release Date: 1999-07-13

Songs About Cowgirls


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Tracks:

  1. From Mercury To Texas
  2. Lemonade
  3. Over My Dead Body
  4. Passing By
  5. Sleeping On The Roof Of A Mexican Restaurant
  6. 40 Days And Nights
  7. Intermission
  8. I Waited In Glue
  9. Drinking Song
  10. Going To L.A.
  11. Everything Good
  12. Maybe The World Isn't Round
  13. Transition

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Trashy road house rock done right........2003-08-08

I went to a Kings X concert in 1999. As usual I expected to sit through a couple of sub-par opening acts before the headliner finally took the stage. The first band was forgettable. The second band was Protein. Not only was I floored by their flawless musicianship, I ran to the record store the next day and bought Songs About Cowgirls, a mostly meat and potatoes rock offering that combines elements of classic rock, country, punk, and comedy.

Protein knows how to get the party started with their clever brand of trashy road house rock, especially in a live setting. All of the tracks on this CD are unique in their own way. It probably wouldn't take much more than a third cousin of the Budweiser family overhearing the punkish "Drinking Song" to get it used in said company's next beer commercial. Another stand out track is "Going to L.A.," which is an ode to, you guessed it, playing in Los Angeles. Protein uses jangly country styled arrangements in the verses before ripping into an onslaught of power chords in the chorus. Some of the tracks on this disc are borderlining on "Ween" territory given the smartass, juvenile, and often satirical nature of the lyrics. Not to mention, the band alternates shamelessly and effortlessly between musical genres that are not often associated (punk and country??).

Guitarist and vocalist, Josh Zee has amazing guitar chops, as he so eloquently demonstrates on the instrumental breather in the middle of the album called "Intermission." However, the band overall is air tight as a unit. Unfortunately, Protein seems to have taken an extended sabbatical. In the meantime, Josh Zee is playing in a country type band called The Mother Truckers. But should they decide to reunite, it will be a joyous day for me indeed.

5 out of 5 stars Off the wall!.......2001-09-30

I saw these guys open for Mike Keneally's Beer for Dolphins in Seattle. We get used to crappy opening acts, so this was doubly unusual. They combine tight arrangements of goofy song concepts with an outstanding guitar player wringing magic from his strat. The virtuosity is not blatant, there is not much noodling going on. About the fifth time you listen to this disk, you're going to get slammed upside the head with how cool and fluid these guys are. Honestly, this record is quite brilliant in its own silly and powerful way.

5 out of 5 stars Innovative Guitar Rock lives on!.......1999-09-11

I saw these guys open up for King's X in Columbus, Ohio and was totally blown away. Thinking they were another local band, we didn't really care until Josh Zee (singer/guitarist) let loose. Amazing player! I agree that their stage show lacked a little, but I think that is because of 'opening-band syndrome'; the soundman sucked. Get this disk now!

5 out of 5 stars the best rock album in a long time.......1999-09-08

I would give it 10 stars if i could. This Cd is full of catchy songs. ThenMinn. knows nothing about music, may be he should check out the Backstreet boys. Cool lyrics, killer riffs. Rock lives on.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. This Grave Is My Poem ~ Imperial
  3. Life Doesn't Rhyme ~ 20 Miles
  4. Classic ~ Steve Winwood
  5. Boa vs. Python ~ Test Icicles
  6. Devil with a Blue Dress On ~ Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
  7. Hanky Panky & Other Hits ~ Tommy James & the Shondells
  8. Whatevershebringswesing
  9. Cat Music ~ Various Artists
  10. Live ~ Happy the Man

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Hue and Cry ~ Track Fast Bobby Previte's Weather Clear

Siren's Song ~ Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, John Taylor

Passing Thoughts ~ Tana, Reid

Waltz for Diana ~ Sonny Stitt

Gingerbread ~ Clark Terry & Brookmeyer Quintet

Kiri Sings Legrand ~ Michel Legrand, Kiri Te Kanawa

A Cosmic Odyssey

Die Schonsten Walzer ~ Various Artists

Ottantavoglia Di Cantare ~ Roberto Murolo

Focus ~ Leandro Y Leonardo