Description
Despite being in their 70s and 80s, the COUNTRY ROCKERS were mainstays of the 1990s Memphis rock and punk scene. In 1986, Memphis musician RON EASELY wandered into one a bar called Dennis’ Place. There, he saw SAM BAIRD, a school bus driver who spent his evenings playing guitar, on stage with a country band. Baird also gigged with drummer GAIUS FARNHAM (day job: warehouse employee for an ice cream company) and a bassist named MISS LILLIAN at a Memphis bar called the Sunflower Club, located at 2020 Lamar. Easley was a frequent customer there, where he and Alex Chilton would study the trio as they plowed through old Hank Williams-era tunes. Easley walked into Dennis’ Place looking to unwind; he left with a new band. “Miss Lillian got religion and quit playing the devil’s music, opening the way for me to slide in,” Easley says. And with that he recorded them at his brother's studio, Easley McCain Recording, where Pavement, Sonic Youth, and White Stripes have recorded. The result is some weird, rocking, homespun country.
Free Range Chicken
Artist: The Country Rockers
Format: LP, Remastered, bonus tracks
Release Date: 1/6/2017
LABEL: Big Legal Mess
UPC: 854255005385
GENRE: Rock
Tracklist
A1 Rockin' Daddy
A2 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
A3 Finally
A4 Wipe Out
A5 Pistol Packin' Mama
A6 See You Later Alligator
A7 Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
B1 Fan It And Cool It
B2 There Stands The Glass
B3 El Rancho Grande
B4 My Happiness
B5 Guitar Polka
B6 Barrooms To Bedrooms
B7 Rock Around With Ollie Vee (Live)
B8 Was Hab Ich Falsch Gemacht (Live)
