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Bucktown Kickback Needs Your Help!

January 31st, 2008

After a performance at New York City’s Knitting Factory, BTKB’s van was broken into and virtually all of their instruments and equipment were stolen. The van was sitting in front of the Holiday Inn on Lafayette Street in the Manhattan-Downtown/Soho area. There is a reward for any information you may have. Please contact the band at bucktownkickback@yahoo.com if you have any information.

Here is a list of the stolen gear:

1968 Gibson J50

Deering Maple Blossom Banjo

1939 Johann Nurnberg, Plywood Double Bass

Carvin LB 75 5-String Electric Bass

LR BAGGS Para Acoustic DI and power amp

2 Ultrasound UltraDI preamp/direct boxes

Pierre Josephs String Charger Pickup w/ Bridge Charger addition

and a slew of tuners, cables and assorted personal property.

The equipment was valued at around $7,000. Hard earned money for road weary musicians
And if nothing else, go buy a copy of their new album so they can get the money to buy their gear back! It’s available at the following locations:

Amazon

eMusic

cdUniverse

City Hall Records

While you are at it, go see BTKB live! They appreciate your support.

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Bucktown Kickback On WNCW

January 30th, 2008

Here is BTKB’s performance on WNCW from January 18th, 2008. I have included individual songs for your convenience.

I have also included the entire interview from that date. But listener beware: there are a few “hiccups” during this interview (all caused by me) including some moments of complete silence and a very loud email notification. The individual songs are free from these warts.

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Bucktown Kickback Live in WNCW’s Studio B January 18th, 2008:

01. Seven Number Blues

02. Black Swamp Stomp

03. That’s Life

04. Valley

Here is a link to the entire interview, warts and all:
BTKB2008-01-18 WNCW Studio B

These links will be removed in a few days, so get ‘em while they’re hot!

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Best of 2007 Mix Tape

January 15th, 2008

I’m thinking this is more of what I had in mind for the previous post.

Here are the songs that were replayed for days, weeks, and yes even months on my mp3 player during that bygone year of 2007. Yes, I realize that all of these songs were not released in 2o07. But to dwell on that would be to miss some of the great songs that possessed my soul at some point in 2007. Enjoy!

The Hold Steady - Let’s start off the list with a surprise. The surprise being that I actually like this band. The Hold Steady is like a 21st century version of Smash Mouth that actually rocks. And this song is the one by THS that got replayed the most in 2o007:

The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy
From: Boys and Girls In America - Buy MP3 at amazon.com

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Stephen Simmons - Here’s another guy that I discovered through Tammy at Moonstruck Promotions. Stephen Simmons is one of those alt.country singer/songwriter types who has received critical acclaim, and definitely deserves to be a household name. Fortunately for us, he has stayed true to his music and hasn’t sold his soul to the Nashville types who would cram him into their cookie cutter molds. Who needs another Toby Traceatim Straitumchesney anyway?

Stephen Simmons - Betty I’m Married from the album Last Call released in 2006 which you can buy here.

Here are some more great albums from Stephen Simmons:

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Jerry Jeff Walker - I’m cheating a little bit on this one. But this song is fun to sing along to. Go ahead, try it. You’ll like it!

Jerry Jeff Walker - Navajo Rug - November 12, 1990 Minneapolis, MN

If you are good boys and girls, maybe I’ll post this whole show at a later date. Or maybe not?
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The Gougers (fka The Sidehill Gougers) - The Gougers are a hot little Texas band that needs to come to the WNC to play! When I first heard the Train song, I was blown away. You will be too. Unfortunately, the Gougers acoustic endeavors have not captured my attention as much as this tune. But their latest release showcases the group’s songwriting skills.

The Gougers - Train Song (aka Boxcar Full Of Heartache)

Support the band and buy their newest release, A Long Day For The Weathervane:

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Hundred Year Flood - I have a message for the great state of Texas that I must deliver: Quit hogging all of your musicians and let them out of the state at least once a year! People all over WNC could be boogieing to this song if you would play fair and just share! Thank you.

Hundred Year Flood - Kingdom of Cold from Blue Angel

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The Bees / A Band of Bees - How did an entire year go by without me hearing this song? How do I not remember a blasted thing about eighth grade? Will somebody get Robert Stack on the horn, we’ve got a mystery on our hands. He’s dead? Huh?

A Band Of Bees - These Are The Ghosts from the album Octopus

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Of course my favorite bands of the year were on constant replay. I’m surprised my mp3 player didn’t start singing “All the Wine” during the night on November 3rd. Here are the winners for the most played tunes of the year (scientifically tabulated of course) which have already been featured elsewhere on the Lounge:

The National - All The Wine, Ada, You’ve Done It Again Virginia
The Everybodyfields - Don’t Turn Around, Everything’s Okay
Bucktown Kickback - Valley, A Shooting Star

Shinjak’s Listening Lounge 2007 Mixtape zipfile