Shivery Timbers

[bryant]

Quick note, because I know some of you like Squirrel Nut Zippers a whole bunch: if you liked Squirrel Nut Zippers a whole bunch, you ought to check out White Ghost Shivers. immlass turned me onto these guys, and we took some time to see ‘em playing this last weekend, and they were awesome: seven piece band doing 20s jazz, with a fairly punky modern attitude. The sound is way rooted in the 20s, but they aren’t afraid to sing about mullets and white trash. They’ve been playing together for more or less a decade, and are as sharp as you’d hope given that much experience together. Also the piano player played with Squirrel Nut Zippers some.

Everyone’s Got ‘Em is the first album after Cella Blue joined, and having a female vocalist available helped the music a bunch. Nobody Loves You Like We Do just came out this week and is also good. Audio follows.

Mirrored from Population: One.

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[gentlyepigrams]

They also overlap in personnel with the late, lamented Asylum Street Spankers.

[editswlonghair.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the head's up. SNZ is one of my all time faves, so I will def. check these guys out.

In order to return the favor: check out Larry and His Flask. They are a punk/bluegrass outfit, and they put on what may be the greatest live performances I have ever seen. Screw those pikers the Rolling Stones, these guys are the hard working band in the world.

[bryant]

I was thinking of you, in fact. btw, we got Dropkick Murphy tickets for the show down here this spring. Booyah.

Hey, unrelated question -- have you read any Ross Thomas?

[editswlonghair.livejournal.com]

Nope, can't say that I have heard of that author...

I just realized I fell asleep at the switch and that the Dropkicks' shows here on St. Patty's are already sold out. Oh well. I've seen them more times than I can count at this point. And sadly, it looks like Black 47 isn't opening for them this time, so no crew passes for us this year. :(

[bryant]

Send me your address; there's a hole in your con game literary knowledge and it's my obligation to fix it. ;)