Author Archives: Baron Lane

The Meat Purveyors Disband

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From the band’s MySpace page – “dear friends–it is with a heavy heart that i tell you this:  the shows we have listed are the last we will ever play.  our fetching charismatic mercurial bass player, Cherilyn Dimond, is moving to Maine and getting married in the very near future.  in fact, by the time we play the Bloodshot CMJ party in Brooklyn in November, she will already live there.  Jo, Peter, and Bill may play together again by sometime next year, but without Cherilyn it is doubtful whether we will ever again call ourselves the Meat Purveyors.
considering that we already broke up once and did not play a show for two years after New Year’s Eve 1999/2000, then re-formed and recorded three more albums, it would seem that we are in bonus time anyway.  it has been so much fun, and we have met so many cool  people and/or hilarious characters.  we have had a great run and seen a lot of places that we never would have seen.
so try and come see us one more time if you can.  here again are our last 10 shows.  it is appropriate that our last Austin show be at the Hole in the Wall.  it was the first club to give us shows, the place we played New Year’s Eve 1999,  and the first club we played when we came back, in January 2002.
by the way, as a favor to the people putting on North vs. South, we have switched our show from Saturday late at the Jackpot to Friday early at the Replay…

fri  aug 18   Replay Lounge  9:00 (pre-Split Lip)  Lawrence, KS ($3 cover)
sun aug 20  Record Bar   midnightish?  KC, MO   (partly electric)
thu aug 24  Make Out Room  S.F.   middle slot  (earlyish)
fri aug 25   Forestville Club   Forestville, CA   middle slot
sat aug 26  Starry Plough   Berkeley, CA   middle slot
sun aug 27  Stork Club   Oakland, CA     8ish  (all-day multiband festival)
sat sept 9    Hole in the Wall   midnight  (last Austin show)
we sept 13  Doug Fir Lounge  Portland, OR
thr sept 14  live on KEXP  Seattle, WA   8ish
fri sept 15   Tractor Tavern    Seattle, WA
sat nov 4     Union Pool  Brooklyn, NY     (multiband Bloodshot party)

thanks everyone for all the support, the laughs, the free shots of whiskey to the stage, the drunken confusing directions to the afterparty….
xox, TMP

all I have to say is…..SHIT, SONOFABITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bloodshot to release a DVD – Bloodied But Unbowed

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Alt.country stalwart Bloodshot records will release a DVD (Bloodied But Unbowed – Bloodshot Records’ Life In The Trenches)  with 32 video, live performances and documentaries from greats like Ryan Adams (a “Heartbreaker” tour diary), the Detroit Cobras, Alejandro Escovedo, The Old 97s (live), Robbie Fulks, Graham Parker, The Deadstring Brothers and more –  out October 10, 2006!

Alt.Country is Dead part 2

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More bullshit on how alt.country (or as I like to call it GOOD country) is dead. Basically cribbed from the New York Times article. I say good riddance. It was always a marketing and branding disaster. I say we dig in our spurs and claim the banner of Country back from the Big & Rich pop-idiot sideshows and milquetoast ballods of Kenny Chesney. There are planty of people not officially sanctioned by Music City or whatever their playing off the list at corporate 102FM. Fuck the alt.country moniker and fuck the crappy musical culture that caused the balkanisation in the fist place. It’s time to name pop country what it is…shit.

Drive By Truckers and Bobby Bare Jr. tour together – Oh hillbilly joy!

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The exquisite Bobby Bare Jr. will be opening for the Drive By Truckers on select dates. Bare Jr. is supporting his new CD “The Longest Meow” and the Truckers are touring in support of their newest CD “a Blessing and a Curse.”

 

09/14/06 Macon, GA – Capitol Theatre
09/15/06 Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre
09/17/06 Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
09/19/06 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street
09/20/06 Boston, MA – Avalon
09/21/06 New York, NY – Webster Hall
09/22/06 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
09/26/06 State College, PA – TBA
09/27/06 Norfolk, VA – Norva
09/29/06 Raleigh, NC – Carolina Theatre
09/30/06 Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

New York Times – Recalling the Twang That Was Alt-Country

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The New York Time has an article featuring interviews with ex-Jayhawks and Golden Smog member Gary Louris and Tift Merritt about the demise, or the actual existence ever, of the “alt.country” genre. I think the article leans far too heavily of the Jayhawks as symbols of the genre rather than looking at the whole environment as an alternative to pop country, but it’s still a good read.