Sixteen Tons
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This is just one of those old chestnuts that you hear over and over. It's a fun song for us to play. My vocal and guitar are done in one performance, using one mic in a more stripped down version.
Tim Timebomb - Guitar and Vocals
Kevin Bivona - Percussion, Mandolin, Keys, BG Vocals
I'm Goin' Down
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I remember being ten, and buying a single called "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth band. I played this song over and over again until I drove my brothers crazy.
'Blinded By The Light' was written by Bruce Springsteen. So I guess I've loved Bruce Springsteen's music since I was ten. This song, 'I'm Goin' Down' is one of Bruce's saddest songs.
Tim Timebomb - Guitar, Vocals
Jason Myers - Guitar
Kevin Bivona - Drums, Bass, B3 Organ, Guitar, Melodica
Buckets of Rain
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This song came out on Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks album, one of my favorite tracks of all time, and Dylan's one of my favorite artists. I've seen Dylan a few times and when he sings he changes the melody-- the chords stay the same but the melody is completely different from the original version. Nikola, a good friend of ours from Paris, who passed away a few years ago, loved Bob Dylan. Nikola said when you see Dylan live you have to disengage your way of thinking, don't judge it, and just listen to the song as if it was a totally new piece of art. Yes, I'm with Nikola on that.
Tim Timebomb - Guitar and Vocals
Kevin Bivona - Bass
Jason Myers - Guitar
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five was a BIG time R&B, jazz and dance band, put together by Jordan in 1938. They had a smokin' rhythm and horn section. This one was done in 1946. It spent 18 weeks on top of the R&B charts, and peaked at number seven on the national chart. The band AND this song were a big hit with everyone. The tune is a jump blues, that was written by country songwriters Denver Darling, who was known as a "hillbilly" songwriter and guitarist, and Vaughn Horton, who wrote a hit called "Mockin' Bird Hill", and Milt Gabler, who ran Decca Records, and was Louis Jordan's record producer. Even though the song came out in the 40's, (a decade before rock and roll happened) it's a predecessor. And, because of all those wonderful influences of Country, Jazz and R&B, in it, the record could be on the list for being one of the first rock and roll songs.
Tim Armstrong- Guitar, Vocals
Dave Brophy-Drums
Joe McMahon- Bass
Rusty Scott-Piano
Mike Mele- Elec Guitar
John Aruda-Sax
Scott Aruda-Trumpet
Jeff Gallindo- Trombone
John Morrical- BG Vocal
Kevin Bivona- BG Vocal
Let's Do Rocksteady
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This is the second 2 Tone song that we've done. This one's originally by the Bodysnatchers--a seven piece all female band who formed in London in '79. You can check them out in a documentary film called "Dance Craze" which features a bunch of British 2 Tone bands. They toured with the Selector starting in '79, and singer Rhoda Dakar joined The Special A.K.A. later on.
Tim Timebomb - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
Aimee Interrupter - Vocals
Kevin Bivona - Guitar, Farfisa Organ
Justin Bivona - Bass
Jesse Bivona - Drums
Dan Boer - B3 Organ
Pablo Calagero - Saxophone