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Electric Waco Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2000 Blodshot<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>

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Tracklist:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/td><\/td>It’s Not Enough<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Make Things Happen<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Where The Mighty Fall<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Jamaican Radio Obituary<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Walking On Hell’s Roof Looking At The Flowers<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Cornered<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Where In The World<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>When I Get My Rewards<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Circle Tour<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Nothing To Say<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Fox River<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Dragging My Own Tombstone<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Never Real<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"AlanAlan Doughty<\/a> Bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lil'Lil‘ Willy Goulding<\/a> Drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"MarkMark Durante<\/a> Steel Guitar, Baritone Guita<\/p>\n\n\n\n

r\"DeanDean Schlabowske<\/a> Vocals, Guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"JonJon Langford (2)<\/a>Vocals, Guitar Tracey Dear<\/a>Vocals, Mandolin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Waco Brothers<\/a> Written-By<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviews:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(From Daryl Walsh who posted it to a bloodshot mailing list) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waco Brothers new disc, Electric Waco Chair, is exceptional. The band left out the horns and, for the most part, keys on this one and created a collection of distinct songs only occasionally reminiscent of anything they\u2019ve done in the past. There are no \u2018See Willy Fly By\u2019 or \u2018Cowboy in Flames\u2019 punk-country songs on this one\u2013a mellower feel over all. Produced by Ken Sluiter (producer for many Chicago bands, including the Mekons) the songs all sound polished without sounding over-produced. Heard the Waco\u2019s perform several of these songs live at goose fest (and even more during the waco\u2019s 2nd set saturday inside the pub) andwhile they struck me as different from the rest of the waco\u2019s songs, they make the live show that much more interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. It\u2019s Not Enough (Langford vocals)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 a festive song, straight from the islands. Would fit well on the Mekons\u2019 last release. The band played this one during the early set at goose fest and again at night inside the pub. \u201cI\u2019ll be trying to change the channel\/As my life goes flashing by\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Make Things Happen (Deano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 bouncy, upbeat song (yeah, odd words to describe a waco\u2019s song);for some reason, evokes images of BJ and the Bear. great tune. also performed during goose fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Mighty Fall (Langford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 slow, deliberate tennessee waltz pace to this song. sounds like a Sally song (maybe similar to something off of John and Sally\u2019s summer release?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Jamaican Radio Obituary (Deano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 john rice\u2019s fiddle all over this mid-tempo song gives it a loozyanna flavor. one of the best on the disc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Walking on Hell\u2019s Roof Looking At the Flowers (Langford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 this one starts with just John singing Billy-Bragg-like over a guitar and then the band kicks in and the song takes off into a Sovines-meet-the- Clash lorry-stop special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Cornered (Tracy Dear)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Breezy, latin flavored song with desperado lyrics, makes you wanna dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Where in the World (Deano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 crunchy,driving verses juxtaposed against a soaring, sing-along chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. When I Get My Rewards (Langford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

wacos version of an oft-covered Paul Kennerly tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Circle Tour \u2014 (Deano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

second song on this disc to reference Grand Rapids (not sure if the reference to Grand Rapids in Jamaican Radio Obit is in reference to Minn or Mich) this song\u2019s explictily about Michigan\u2026 a train like backbeat behind the most interesting, sparse music on the disc ( with Kelly Hogan on backing vocals).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Nothing to Say (Langford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Plenty Tuff Union Made, Pt II (and yet it sounds a little like a john mellencamp song).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Fox River (Deano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Jagger vocals over Keith Richards guitar and an organ in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Dragging My Own Tombstone (Langford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Mekons flavored song about working too much for too little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Never Real (Deano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 laconic song about drinking and moving on\u2026perfect closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i\u2019ve included some of the above tracks in the following myplay mix:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/myplay.winamp.com\/mp\/playlist\/now_playing.jsp<\/a>? plid=277632&start=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to listen, cut and paste the entire url into your browser\u2019s address field. it ends with a \u20181\u2032<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DMCA rules restrict how these mixes are made (e.g, no more than 3 songs from an album per 3 hours, mix has to be at least 5 hours, no consecutive songs by the same artist, yadda, yadda, yadda) so the waco\u2019s songs are at the following points in the mix:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mix-track 4 \u2018It\u2019s Not Enough\u2019 (track 1 on the cd)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

track 6: \u2018Make Things Happen\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

track 9: \u2018Walking on Hell\u2019s Roof Looking at the Flowers\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

there\u2019s a couple more Electric Waco Chair songs near the end of the mix (when the myplay filter was satisfied that they were far enough away from the above 3 songs.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assorted selections from others artists buffer the waco\u2019s tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greil Marcus: On the \u201cSalon\u201d website:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems certain now that on record the self-proclaimed Last Dead Cowboys will never get close to their live sound, where a vehemence that seems to come out of the ground is summoned to overwhelm any mere songs, and so burns the songs into your heart. On record they\u2019re closer to the \u201970s English country band Brinsley Schwarz, which is nothing to be sorry about, unless you want to judge all those you find wanting, which dead cowboys tend to do. Here the vocals alternating between Jon Langford and Dean Schlabowske produce the sense of a conversation between friends who see the world in the same way and feel everything differently. Defeat is the primary condition of their lives, but while for Langford defeat is the only condition of life he trusts, and so in a way he loves it, can trust himself only when he\u2019s looking up from the bottom, Schlabowske will never be at home in his misery, even if he\u2019s never lived anywhere else. He\u2019s Hank Williams, still singing about hope long after he should have learned it\u2019ll never knock; Langford is Williams\u2019 biographer, saying all those things Williams could never say out loud. <\/strong>CDNOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take six Chicago-based British and American punk\/industrial veterans and force-feed them Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, and you get the Waco Brothers. Known for their rabble-rousing live shows, until now the Wacos, fueled by who knows how many cases of beer, appeared to record their albums in a single day. Electric Waco Chair their fifth release, sounds like the band finally decided to make an album that stands up to repeated listening, and they\u2019ve more than succeeded. The 13 tracks range from classic rants by Waco\/Mekons frontman Jon Langford to Dean Schlabowske\u2019s laconic alt-country offerings. \u201cHistory\u2019s written by the winner \/ This is a loser\u2019s song,\u201d Langford sings on \u201cWalking on Hell\u2019s Roof Looking at the Flowers,\u201d whose title pretty much sums up the Wacos scorched-earth lyrical attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the faint of heart should fear not: Jangly, radio-friendly tunes, such as \u201cMake Things Happen\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s Not Enough,\u201d add balance to the bluster, making for a truly satisfying listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Kening<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CDNOW Contributing Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call it electric waco slippers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Checkout.com: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As The Waco Brothers mature into a real band rather than just another of Jon Langford\u2019s many side projects, Dean Schlabowske and Tracy Dear have tried to carry a greater amount of the songwriting weight, and their sound has taken on a more individual personality, rather than the \u201cMekons-with-a-twang-and-faster-tempos\u201d sound of their debut. This didn\u2019t work out so well on 1999\u2019s Waco World, a somewhat muddled set that lacked the fire and focus of the group\u2019s best work, but Electric Waco Chair finds the Wacos firmly back on track; Schlabowske and Dear are learning to deliver material just as strong as Langford\u2019s always top-shelf work (especially \u201cJamaican Radio Obituary\u201d and \u201cFox River\u201d), and the band sounds tighter, stronger, and more expressive than ever before (the three live cuts also testify to the Wacos undeniable strength on stage). If Electric Waco Chair offers a bit less pure fury than the Waco Brothers\u2019 high-water mark, Cowboy in Flames, from a musical standpoint it finds this band sounding better than ever before, and their rabble-rousing anger is still very much in evidence if you\u2019re looking for it; the Waco Brothers are one of the very best bands to emerge from the alt-country scene, and this album proves they\u2019re only getting better with time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Mark Deming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From DAA: Dancing about architecture:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alt-country. I mean, what the hell does that mean? Here in Chicago, it\u2019s thrown around with almost the same regularity as terms like \u201cwind chill\u201d and \u201cpolitical corruption.\u201d But the latter, at least, defines something \u2014 say, when your alderman pockets a five-figure bribe in exchange for a cherry city contract. On the other hand, alt-country could be practically anything \u2014 Chuck Berry, Meatloaf, Pere Ubu, Liberace, At the Drive-In, Yanni \u2014 you name it. Anything that sounds like it wouldn\u2019t have made the soundtrack of Coal Miner\u2019s Daughter. Since you won\u2019t hear Loretta Lynn warbling \u201cWalking on Hell\u2019s Roof Looking at the Flowers\u201d or \u201cMake Things Happen,\u201d call the Waco Brothers alt-country, I guess. But also recognize that this, their fifth and best long-player, is where the shtick finally hits the fan as Dean Schlabowski shoves Jon Langford toward the sometime-Mekon\u2019s best rock and roll since The Mekons Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll. Not that they\u2019ve outgrown honky-tonkin\u2019; you\u2019ll find snatches here and there of the twang that often gets them miscast as a novelty act. But Langford\u2019s always expressed himself best over dirty guitars and a backbeat, and this time out, he\u2019s clearly got something to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rating: 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rob Brookman\/Tim Frommer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tracklist: It’s Not Enough Make Things Happen Where The Mighty Fall Jamaican Radio Obituary Walking On Hell’s Roof Looking At The Flowers Cornered Where In The World When I Get My Rewards Circle Tour Nothing To Say Fox River Dragging My Own Tombstone Never Real Credits Alan Doughty Bass Lil‘ Willy Goulding Drums Mark Durante […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wacobrothers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}