Bryan and The Haggards featuring Dr. Eugene Chadbourne - Merles Just Wanna Have Fun vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
05-FTR 135LP
IF you think you want this, you better grab it, because only 300 were made. File under: from the same wonderous, crazed universe that gave us Eugene's brilliantly unhinged "There'll Be No Tears Tonite" and JC and The Microtones "Cowpeople."
"It's hard to know exactly what was going through saxophonist Bryan Murray's head when he first conceived of Bryan And The Haggards, an avant-garde jazz ensemble dedicated to playing instrumental covers of tunes by Merle Haggard. Haggard is, of course, the author of such C&W classics as "Okie from Muskogee," "Fightin' Side of Me," "Mama Tried," and other blasts of Bakersfield baroque. Regardless, the Haggards' first two albums were well-received, making Wire's Top Ten list and being lauded in places like the Village Voice. Now, for their third effort, Murray has enlisted the genius of Dr. Eugene Chadbourne -- singer, banjo player, diehard C&W fan (see such previous efforts as LSD C&W for evidence). So this album has vocals, weird plucking and a great variety of the special madness Eugene brings to any project. The basic arrangements remain jazzoid, in our opinion the presence of vocals lifts the music to a whole new level. It's a disarming combination, but the more you listen to it, the more you start to understand that this isn't some odd novelty record, but is actually an ecstatic celebration of the proletarian at its most lyrically feverish. Whether or not you give a shit about C&W, this album is guaranteed to paste a big grin on your mug. Enjoy yourself, pard."
- LabelFeeding Tube
- UPC794504028713