SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB
''SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB''
1995
45:58
1/Hold On
Traditional/3:06
2/Kristin and Billy
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:46
3/Limon
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:12
4/My Goodness Me
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:53
5/Willow Garden
Traditional/2:54
6/Dear Amelia
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/2:52
7/Jordan/3:22
8/Fifteen Years
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:46
9/That's Why I'm Unhappy/1:56
10/Cryin' on My Pillow
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/2:47
11/What'll I Do?/2:50
12/Blindman
Traditional/4:19
13/Champagne Like a Lady
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:45
14/Goodnight My Friend
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:30
Bob Ferbrache /Keyboards
Frank Jr Hauser /Accordion, Banjo, Bass, Vocals
Jon Killough /Drums
Slim Cessna/Guitar, Vocals
Glenn Taylor /Pedal Steel, Vocals
REVIEW
by Chris Handyside
The debut LP from Denver's Slim Cessna's Auto Club features the band's original lineup (which included the creepy vocals of Frank Hauser, Jr. among other instrumentation and stylistic differences from later lineups). However, it is this lineup of the band that catalyzed what was mainly a live, regionally-popular cult band into a recording, touring, and vibrant traditional country music outfit. Originally self-released, the folks at Alternative Tentacles have done well to reintroduce the pulpit proseltyzing and Appalachian-tinged yodel 'n' twang of this simultaneously deeply original and deeply reverential album. In between the wistful swing of "Kristen & Billy" to a strange, shuffle-swing version of the traditional gospel song "Wade in the Water" that would make Tom Waits smile, Cessna and company redeem both themselves and old-time, pre-"NashVegas" country with as much energy and originality as their contemporaries in Uncle Tupelo did and with just a touch less fire/brimstone than their fellow Denverites (and past bandmates) Sixteen Horsepower. It is catchy cover to cover, but always reverent to its country roots -- charged with a live energy (and plenty of hoots and hollers) that gives a roadhouse feel and ordered in such a way that it feels like you've just danced, sang, and sweated your way through an evening of whiskey-drinking sin 'n' salvation.
BIOGRAPHY
by Erik Hage Slim Cessna's Auto Club play country gospel with a fervor that seems to emanate from a punk pulpit. The group's leader, Slim Cessna, a tall, lanky gentleman with a gold tooth and large white hat, sings in a high-lonesome voice and yodel, and "preaches" with conviction. (Sample sentiment from "Last Song About Satan": "So I said, Lucifer you piece of sh*t/I should kick your ass right where you sit.../My mother cries because of you.") The group released its self-titled debut in 1995; the album was tweaked and reissued in September 2001. By the time of 2000's Always Say Please and Thank You (released on the Jello Biafra punk label Alternative Tentacles), Auto Club's lineup included Danny Pants, Reverend Dwight Pentacost, Jay Munly (who has released records as Munly De Har He), John Rumley (who builds instruments at the Denver Folklore Center), and Ordy Garrison. Despite the fact that Cessna moved to his wife's home state of Rhode Island and Pentacost took up residence in Chicago, the band remained Denver-based, performing there regularly. In 2004 the group released The Bloudy Tenant Truth Peace, followed by 2005's Jesus Let Me Down (which came out on Smooch Records) and Cipher (back on Alternative Tentacles) in 2008. A collection of eight rarities and outtakes by the group titled Buried Behind the Barn was released in 2010. Unentitled was scheduled for a 2011 release.
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''SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB''
1995
45:58
1/Hold On
Traditional/3:06
2/Kristin and Billy
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:46
3/Limon
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:12
4/My Goodness Me
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:53
5/Willow Garden
Traditional/2:54
6/Dear Amelia
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/2:52
7/Jordan/3:22
8/Fifteen Years
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:46
9/That's Why I'm Unhappy/1:56
10/Cryin' on My Pillow
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/2:47
11/What'll I Do?/2:50
12/Blindman
Traditional/4:19
13/Champagne Like a Lady
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:45
14/Goodnight My Friend
Slim Cessna's Auto Club/3:30
Bob Ferbrache /Keyboards
Frank Jr Hauser /Accordion, Banjo, Bass, Vocals
Jon Killough /Drums
Slim Cessna/Guitar, Vocals
Glenn Taylor /Pedal Steel, Vocals
REVIEW
by Chris Handyside
The debut LP from Denver's Slim Cessna's Auto Club features the band's original lineup (which included the creepy vocals of Frank Hauser, Jr. among other instrumentation and stylistic differences from later lineups). However, it is this lineup of the band that catalyzed what was mainly a live, regionally-popular cult band into a recording, touring, and vibrant traditional country music outfit. Originally self-released, the folks at Alternative Tentacles have done well to reintroduce the pulpit proseltyzing and Appalachian-tinged yodel 'n' twang of this simultaneously deeply original and deeply reverential album. In between the wistful swing of "Kristen & Billy" to a strange, shuffle-swing version of the traditional gospel song "Wade in the Water" that would make Tom Waits smile, Cessna and company redeem both themselves and old-time, pre-"NashVegas" country with as much energy and originality as their contemporaries in Uncle Tupelo did and with just a touch less fire/brimstone than their fellow Denverites (and past bandmates) Sixteen Horsepower. It is catchy cover to cover, but always reverent to its country roots -- charged with a live energy (and plenty of hoots and hollers) that gives a roadhouse feel and ordered in such a way that it feels like you've just danced, sang, and sweated your way through an evening of whiskey-drinking sin 'n' salvation.
BIOGRAPHY
by Erik Hage Slim Cessna's Auto Club play country gospel with a fervor that seems to emanate from a punk pulpit. The group's leader, Slim Cessna, a tall, lanky gentleman with a gold tooth and large white hat, sings in a high-lonesome voice and yodel, and "preaches" with conviction. (Sample sentiment from "Last Song About Satan": "So I said, Lucifer you piece of sh*t/I should kick your ass right where you sit.../My mother cries because of you.") The group released its self-titled debut in 1995; the album was tweaked and reissued in September 2001. By the time of 2000's Always Say Please and Thank You (released on the Jello Biafra punk label Alternative Tentacles), Auto Club's lineup included Danny Pants, Reverend Dwight Pentacost, Jay Munly (who has released records as Munly De Har He), John Rumley (who builds instruments at the Denver Folklore Center), and Ordy Garrison. Despite the fact that Cessna moved to his wife's home state of Rhode Island and Pentacost took up residence in Chicago, the band remained Denver-based, performing there regularly. In 2004 the group released The Bloudy Tenant Truth Peace, followed by 2005's Jesus Let Me Down (which came out on Smooch Records) and Cipher (back on Alternative Tentacles) in 2008. A collection of eight rarities and outtakes by the group titled Buried Behind the Barn was released in 2010. Unentitled was scheduled for a 2011 release.
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