SLOBBERBONE
''EVERYTHING YOU TOUGHT WAS RIGHT WAS WRONG TODAY''
2000
52:16
1 /Meltdown/3:35
2 /Placemat Blues/3:55
3 /Trust Jesus/4:14
4 /Gimme Back My Dog/5:01
5 /That Is All/3:31
6 /Josephine
Brent Best / Kevin Kerby/7:11
7 /Lazy Guy/4:18
8 /Bright Eyes Darkened/3:59
9 /Lumberlung/4:28
10 /Magnetic Heaven/2:32
11 /Some New Town/4:56
12 /Pinball Song/4:36
Tracks By Brent Best, Except 6
Jess Barr /Banjo, Guitar
Brent Best /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Baritone), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Mandolin, Organ, Vocals
Jim Dickinson /Piano
Paul Ebersold /Guitar (Baritone), Mandolin, Organ (Hammond), Producer
Tony Harper /Drums, Hand Percussion, Percussion
Patterson Hood /Vocals
Brian Lane /Bass, Mandolin, Organ, Vocals (Background)
Eric Lewis /Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel
Sean Murphy /Tuba
Kirk Smothers /Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Scott Thompson /Trumpet
Charlie Wood /Accordion, Organ (Hammond), Toy Piano
REVIEW
by Jeff Burger
"We are a rock band, pure and simple," says gravelly-voiced lead singer Brent Best, but as this third release from the Texas-based outfit makes clear it isn't so simple after all. The group have staked out a rather original space somewhere between country and punk rock, and they've filled it with quirky characters, memorable stories, and high-octane music that refuses to be pinned down and categorized. The instrumentation ranges from fiddle and mandolin to accordion and tuba; the sound is sometimes folk-country delicate, sometimes frenzied hard rock, though it leans more to the latter than the former. As for the lyrics, Slobberbone's ideas occasionally run out before a track ends, but they're generally dark and/or funny, and more than a little twisted. This release finds them expanding their horizons from drunks and losers, which is not to say they've abandoned those subjects. There are songs here about everything from obsessive love ("Josephine") to the end of the world ("Meltdown") to a Bible-toting traveling salesman ("Trust Jesus").
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
Alternative country-rock unit Slobberbone comprised singer/guitarist Brent Best, lead guitarist Jess Barr, bassist Brian Lane, and drummer Tony Harper. Formed in Denton, TX, in early 1992, the group originally approached their music with the same seriousness with which they chose their name (a reference to a dog's chew toy, incidentally), gigging in the pursuit of free beer and little else; their first live show, in fact, was even held at an area liquor store. However, in 1995 Slobberbone self-released an LP titled Crow Pot Pie that caught the attention of Doolittle Records founder Jeff Cole, who quickly signed the band; in 1997 they issued their sophomore effort, Barrel Chested. Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today followed on the New West imprint three years later. After hooking up with producer Don Smith, the band recorded Slippage in the spring of 2002 for a summer release. The band played its final show in Denton in 2004, and Best, Barr, and Harper went on to form a group called the Drams.
''EVERYTHING YOU TOUGHT WAS RIGHT WAS WRONG TODAY''
2000
52:16
1 /Meltdown/3:35
2 /Placemat Blues/3:55
3 /Trust Jesus/4:14
4 /Gimme Back My Dog/5:01
5 /That Is All/3:31
6 /Josephine
Brent Best / Kevin Kerby/7:11
7 /Lazy Guy/4:18
8 /Bright Eyes Darkened/3:59
9 /Lumberlung/4:28
10 /Magnetic Heaven/2:32
11 /Some New Town/4:56
12 /Pinball Song/4:36
Tracks By Brent Best, Except 6
Jess Barr /Banjo, Guitar
Brent Best /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Baritone), Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Mandolin, Organ, Vocals
Jim Dickinson /Piano
Paul Ebersold /Guitar (Baritone), Mandolin, Organ (Hammond), Producer
Tony Harper /Drums, Hand Percussion, Percussion
Patterson Hood /Vocals
Brian Lane /Bass, Mandolin, Organ, Vocals (Background)
Eric Lewis /Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel
Sean Murphy /Tuba
Kirk Smothers /Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Scott Thompson /Trumpet
Charlie Wood /Accordion, Organ (Hammond), Toy Piano
REVIEW
by Jeff Burger
"We are a rock band, pure and simple," says gravelly-voiced lead singer Brent Best, but as this third release from the Texas-based outfit makes clear it isn't so simple after all. The group have staked out a rather original space somewhere between country and punk rock, and they've filled it with quirky characters, memorable stories, and high-octane music that refuses to be pinned down and categorized. The instrumentation ranges from fiddle and mandolin to accordion and tuba; the sound is sometimes folk-country delicate, sometimes frenzied hard rock, though it leans more to the latter than the former. As for the lyrics, Slobberbone's ideas occasionally run out before a track ends, but they're generally dark and/or funny, and more than a little twisted. This release finds them expanding their horizons from drunks and losers, which is not to say they've abandoned those subjects. There are songs here about everything from obsessive love ("Josephine") to the end of the world ("Meltdown") to a Bible-toting traveling salesman ("Trust Jesus").
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
Alternative country-rock unit Slobberbone comprised singer/guitarist Brent Best, lead guitarist Jess Barr, bassist Brian Lane, and drummer Tony Harper. Formed in Denton, TX, in early 1992, the group originally approached their music with the same seriousness with which they chose their name (a reference to a dog's chew toy, incidentally), gigging in the pursuit of free beer and little else; their first live show, in fact, was even held at an area liquor store. However, in 1995 Slobberbone self-released an LP titled Crow Pot Pie that caught the attention of Doolittle Records founder Jeff Cole, who quickly signed the band; in 1997 they issued their sophomore effort, Barrel Chested. Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today followed on the New West imprint three years later. After hooking up with producer Don Smith, the band recorded Slippage in the spring of 2002 for a summer release. The band played its final show in Denton in 2004, and Best, Barr, and Harper went on to form a group called the Drams.
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