{"id":67,"date":"2022-03-05T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2023-03-10T20:14:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:14:51","slug":"to-the-last-dead-cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"To The Last Dead Cowboy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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… To The Last Dead Cowboy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Tracklist:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/td><\/td>Geronimo<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Plenty Tough – Union Made<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Harm’s Way<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Bully<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>If You Don’t Change Your Mind<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Lake Of Vinegar<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Too Sweet To Die<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Sometimes I Wonder<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>To The Last Dead Cowboy<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>K.T. Tennessee<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Whisperin‘ In My Ear<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Bad Times (Are Comin‘ Round Again)<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Red Door<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>$ Bill The Cowboy<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Reviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Waco Brothers are an alternative-country side-project led by Jon Langford of indie-rock band the Mekons and also including Steve Goulding of the Mekons, Dan Schlabowske of Wreck and Tom Ray of the Bottle Rockets. Langford especially is no stranger to country – his love for the music led him to steer the Mekons in that direction. The album is punchier than the Mekons albums, but the fusion of indie-rock toughness and country melancholy is the same, as are- biting political lyrics. The album begins with a fine galloping instrumental called \u201cGeronimo\u201d before careening into the militant, working-class anthem, \u201cPlenty Tough – Union Made.\u201d Other highlights include the title song, a symbolic portrait of the country\u2019s virtues perverted through capitalist excess, Langford\u2019s take on the Republican \u201cRevolution,\u201d \u201cBad Times (Are Comin\u2019 Round Again)\u201d and the rollicking sing-a-long, \u201c$ Bill the Cowboy.\u201dNot everything works – love and heartbreak aren\u2019t the Waco Brothers strong suits, as songs such as \u201cSometimes I Wonder\u201d and \u201cK.T. Tennessee\u201d prove. But there\u2019s plenty more country kick and lyrical bite here than Music Row churns out in an average month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Don Yates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the release of this album, the line in the sand has been drawn; it is time to round up the ignorant and the ignoble. Hard Country\u2019s fiercest line-up (Jon Langford {Mekons}, Dean Schlabowske {Wreck}, Tom Ray {Bottle Rockets}, Steve Goulding {Mekons, Poi Dog Pondering, Graham Parker}, and Tracy Dear {The World\u2019s Greatest Living Englishman}) has forged 14 songs designed to make any last stand one helluva party. A perfect excuse to raise your glass and curse your boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do a bunch of old, limey punks have to do with country music? Let\u2019s let Herr Langford answer: \u201cIt\u2019s so direct and honest, it\u2019s almost painful\u2026All the songs are about sex and death and drinking. If you listen to early George Jones, it\u2019s simple, three-chord stuff where the subject is everyday life\u2026It could be the Buzzcocks.\u201d LP includes an 11\u00d717 poster insert with Langford artwork and lyrics. Features such now famous manifestos as \u201cPlenty Tough, Union Made,\u201d and \u201cToo Sweet To Die.\u201d Pick it up and yell along, because, like us, you\u2019re made as hell and you\u2019re not gonna take it anymore!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny true Mekons fan will recognize Jon Langford\u2019s bloke bluster and speed-twang guitar runs poking out of this outfit\u2026Redneck roots for rootsy old reds.\u201d Eric Weisbard, SPIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMutant country-rock that\u2019s somewhere between a lark and a lost cause. The Wacos are capable of music more sincere and moving than they\u2019ll ever get credit for\u2026A heart-breaker like \u2018If You Don\u2019t Change Your Mind\u2019 has the makings of a honky-tonk classic.\u201d Dusty Miller, Option<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Waco Brothers play \u2018hard country,\u2019 which seems to mean country rock without the slightest influence from the Eagles\u2026.They do particularly well describing how alcohol can help with crushed aspirations.\u201d Go to the top Charles M Young, Playboy (yep, that\u2019s right, the Wacos graced the same pages as a scantily clad Pamela Lee\u2013chilling, isn\u2019t it??).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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