It's So Easy
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When I'm down and need a lift I'll play a Buddy Holly song--strong guitar riffs and fun to sing...and just like that I feel better! Buddy Holly & The Crickets originally recorded this tune in 1958. Buddy and his band wrote their own songs, which wasn't so common in the 1950s, and he was much bigger in the UK than in America..bigger than Elvis.
A statue now stands in Buddy's hometown of Lubbock Texas with Buddy holding his Fender Stratocaster guitar.
Written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty
Tim Timebomb-Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Bivona-Guitar, Background Vocals
I'll Do It Every Time
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When Johnny Cash found out that Johnny Horton had passed away he said "I locked myself in one of the hotel's barrooms, and cried...Johnny Horton was a good friend of mine." Johnny Horton wrote some great songs that I really dig and one is "When It's Springtime In Alaska". This is our take on another great song written by Horton called "I'll Do It Every time."
Written by Johnny Horton
Tim Timebomb-Vocals, Guitar
Jim Doyle-Drums
Brett Simons- Bass
Hunter Perrin- Baritone Guitar
Doug Livingston- Pedal Steel
Craig Eastman- Fiddle
Texas Tornado
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Doug Sahm, native son of San Antonio TX., penned this one. His band could play everything--country,rock & roll, blues, western swing & polkas. You name it. Sam said "I'm part of Willie Nelson's world, and and at the same time I'm part of the Grateful Dead's. I don't ever stay in one bag."
Written by Doug Sahm
Tim Timebomb - Vocals, Guitar
Jim Doyle - Drums
Brett Simons - Bass
Hunter Perrin - Guitar
John Morrical - Piano
Doug Livingston - Pedal Steel
Craig Eastman - Fiddle
Cabin On The Hill
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I came across a version of this song performed by Hylo Brown. The tune was written by songwriter and piano player Bolivar Lee Shook. Great name. Bolivar would steal rides on freight trains near his home in Prentiss County, Miss. He got thrown from one of those trains, injured his leg and was handicapped for life. Without manual labor for wages- he turned to music. Bolivar taught piano, singing and tuned piano's until he passed in 1964. Spent his childhood in a frame cabin on a hill- which overlooked a wide valley. There you go.
Written by Bolivar Lee Shook
Tim Timebomb-Vocals,Guitar
Jim Doyle-Drums
Brett Simons- Bass
Hunter Perrin- Guitar
John Morrical- Piano
Craig Eastman- Fiddle
Kevin Bivona-Background Vocals
Battering Ram
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Times have changed since Rancid originally tracked this one in the summer of 1992. Everything was all word of mouth back then, like where to play, what bands and records to check out... and where to record. All we did around that time was play Gilman Street, play house parties and hang out on Telegraph Avenue everyday. This is a stripped down acoustic version of "Battering Ram".
Tim Timebomb- Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Bivona - Piano, B3, Guitar
Dash Hutton - Percussion, Glockenspiel, Background Vocals
Tim Hutton - Background Vocals