Cuz I Ain't Gone Yet
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In the winter of 1986 I took a Greyhound bus from Oakland, Ca. to New York City, and my only luggage was my Fender acoustic guitar. I had been thinking about moving there. When I got to New York it was colder than I ever expected, and then I read that a punk club was opening up in my neighborhood in the East Bay--Gilman Street. So I returned for the opening show on New Year's Eve. The first verse of this song is inspired by that trip to New York. We brought in Becky Stark, a great musician in the scene, to perform on this one. The first time I met Becky Stark I went over to her house with a friend of mine. I brought my acoustic guitar over with me, as I often do, (the same guitar I took to NY in 1986), and immediately we started playing songs together.
Tim Timebomb-Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Bivona-Drums, Bass, B3 Organ
Mark Switzer-Banjo
Becky Stark- BG Vocals
Save It For Later
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Dave Wakeling has a unique guitar tuning on this one. Dave Wakeling said he got it from the Velvet Underground. For those of you who may be keeping score-- this is the fifth "2-Tone" era tune that we've dropped... this time we broke it down acoustic.
Tim Timebomb-Guitar,Vocals
Jason Myers-Guitar
Kevin Bivona-Buitar, BG Vocals
Oh Lonesome Me
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Don Gibson was known to have said " I consider myself a songwriter who sings rather than a singer who writes songs." He was a strong writer and we brought in the Ohio Ramblers in to cover this one.
Tim Timebomb- Guitar, Vocal
Dave McKean -Drums
Ryan Foltz -Bass, BG Vocals
Doug McKean - Guitar
Justin Gorski-Keys
Liz Kelly - BG Vocals
Chris Yohn -Fiddle
Kevin Bivona -Percussion
Austin "walkin cane" Charanghat -Dobro
Rocket 88
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The original Rocket 88 was produced by Sam Phillips (Sun Records) for Chess Records in 1951. Jackie Brentson and his Delta Cats had a number one on the R&B charts with it, and a teenage Ike Turner played piano alongside his Rhythm Kings. Some say it's the first time a distorted guitar was recorded. One story is that the bands amp fell off the roof of a car while driving-- and to fix the amp, somebody stuffed it with newspaper to keep the wrecked cone in place-- which then created a fuzzy tone. Besides that story, this song was often debated among musicologists as being the first rock and roll record. Musically there's so much going on in the original version...Jackie is singing in C, and the rest of the band is playing in E flat. The original has a great feel, and sometimes, wreckless in nature--and I always thought that this would make a fantastic instrumental.
Tim Timebomb- Guitar
Dave Brophy-Drums
Joe McMahon- Bass
Rusty Scott-Piano
Mike Mele- Guitar
John Aruda-Sax
Scott Aruda-Trumpet
Jeff Gallindo- Trombone
Too Much Pressure
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This is a Selecter song. Pauline Black had a fantastic voice and rude girl style...my backing band on this tune is my favorite young ska/punk band the INTERRUPTERS.
Tim Timebomb - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Aimee Interrupter - Vocals
Kevin Bivona - Guitar, Melodica, Vocals
Justin Bivona - Bass
Jesse Bivona - Drums
Dan Boer - B3 Organ