Rob the Fiddler

bns

we had our CD release party last weekend and it was blast. Thanks to everybody that came out and thanks to the King Bucks for playing with us at the Sons of Hermann Hall. After hitting the stage, we just found the zone and played until we were told to  stop. None of us realized until the next day that we played a two hour+ set.

The CD is doing pretty well and some of the reviews are coming in.  I never really know what to make of them all the time…but here are a few:

(Special thats to Casey who seems to have gotten zero photo credit!!)

Dallas Quick - ok not a review..more of an interview…but sweet

Subservient Experiment

Dallas Observer link to mp3!

Left of the Dial - cool

Ghost of Blind lemon - HA…..funny thing is that snakebite always does NOT jokes too! Thanks.

Quick Blurb on Quick - another mp3!

Had a good time at the Bar of Soap for the first DFW Synth DIY meetup.

Lots of folks showed up and there were plenty of rigs set up for folks to see and here.

Pictures are here and here.

We had An arp 2600, Doepfer A-100, and several custom built modulars and a few things that can just be described as “other”.

Paul from synthtech was also there with his new modules on hand like the MOTM-520 Cloud Generator MOTM-730 Voltage-Controlled Pulse Divider.

Mostly we met each other and learned a bit. Its a good start to get a community together to do things like trade knowledge, tools, and time to learn more about this stuff.

if your interested
email us at the myspace

http://www.myspace.com/dfwsynthdiy

Scotty took some goodens

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottymankoff/sets/72157603707231937/

From Dallas Observer

Boys Named Sue
Best Country/Roots, Best Song (”Honky-Tonk If Yer Horny”)

Once again, you readers have proven that while you may know little about country music, you certainly know a thing or two about having a good time—and if you’ve been drunk at a bar in Dallas in the last five years, you’ve probably had a good time or two with the Boys Named Sue. A BR5-49 for the Jackass set, the Sues drink hard and play harder, mixing classic covers, zany originals and goofy medleys into maybe the most entertaining train wreck in town. “With the Sues, we all say, ‘What is the stupidest thing we can do?’” says frontman John Pedigo. “Then someone will say, “Hey everybody! Watch this!!!” And then we all jump off the bridge.”

Take for instance DOMA Best Song “Honky-Tonk If Yer Horny,” which recalls the spirit of comic country classics like “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” “Convoy” and “Up in Smoke” as it tells the tale of a truck-stop hooker named Clementine, “a guaranteed good time.” Leading off The Hits—the Sues’ proper debut—with a bang, the song proves once and for all that the Sues are the local kings of the beer-drinkin’ anthem. “The Hits was intentionally conceptual,” says Pedigo. “And by conceptual I mean we got together in one night with two cases of beer and a bottle of Tuaca and wrote the entire album and recorded it soon after. I don’t think we recorded a song without giggling.”

But it’s not all goofin’ off for the Sues, as The Hits also features some fine straight country tunes, from the easy shuffle of “Travelin’ Down” to “Amber Friends,” a tear-in-your-beer salute to the Sues’ favorite liquid therapists, all spiked with the lovely, lilting fiddle lines of the band’s secret weapon, instrumentalist Bobby Sue.

As for what’s next for the three-time DOMA kings of country, it’s anyone’s guess, but it will certainly involve alcohol. “The Sues will continue to reign supreme and out-drink everyone under the sun,” says Pedigo. “It’s funny to watch people attempt to keep up with us. Sorry, but it’s impossible. [Bassist Ward Richmond] and I alone ‘beat’ Australia and New Zealand and that ain’t easy.” And with drinkin’ songs as good as these, it’s hard not to believe him. —N.W.B.

So the Sues got a review in Germany.  Alas its in German (go figure).  Here is a translation of sorts.

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If you have a minute would you mind translating a little bit of this.Just the highlights, no need to do the whole thing. It’s my friend’s band and they were wondering if anyone could tell them what it said.

Thanks bunches!! How ya liking MASS.???

xoxo
shannon

„Bescheidenheit ist eine Zier, nur weiter kommt man ohne ihr“

Modesty is a virtue, but without it you get further.

…sagt schon ein altes deutsches Sprichwort

…an old German proverb goes

diese Lebensweit, die fälschlicherweise immer wieder Wilhelm Busch zugeschrieben wird, machen sich auch die Jungs von Boys Named Sue zunutze, denn das im texanischen Dallas beheimatete Quartett tritt großspurig als „beste Band aller Zeiten“ an

This is basically what Boys Named Sue from Dallas/Texas have adopted by calling themselves “the best band of all times”

und weil man schon Mal dabei ist, kündigt die nach einem großen Hit der Country Music-Ikone Johnny Cash benannte Formation ihre erste volle Albumveröffentlichung – 2003 erschien bereits eine EP mit sechs Songs – vollmundig, aber natürlich nicht völlig ernst gemeint mit dem Titel The Hits Vol. 1 an

That is why they called their first complete album “The Hits Vol. 1″

die unorthdodoxe Geisteshaltung setzt sich fort in den 14 Songs, bei denen es sich durchwegs um Orginale handelt, die von den Bandmitgliedern Sue-Ay (lead vocals, guitar), Dub Sue (vocals, bass guitar), Bobby Sue (vocals, fiddle) und Snakebite Sue (vocals, drums) geschrieben wurden dass von diesen nicht unbedingt geradlinig verlaufenden Ideenpfaden reichlich auf der biographischen Landkarte von Boys Named Sue zu entdecken sind, wird von den der eingeschworenen Fangemeinde der Band gerne bestätigt der liegt es nun Mal solche Dinge wie Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Rockabilly, Blues, Rock, Cowboy Punk und Rock ’n’ Roll zusammenzuschmeißen daraus Neues zu kochen, neuen Geschmack zu kreiern ist das größte Plus dieser sympathischen, radikal unberechenbaren Formation, die wohl auch deshalb von den Lesern des „Dallas Observer“ schon zwei Mal in Folge mit dem Best Country Band-Award ausgezeichnet wurde

(Lots of blabla about their music style) and that readers of the “Dallas Observer” have given this band the best country band award twice in a row.

mit The Hits Vol. 1 haben Boys Named Sue ein perfekt abgeschmecktes und vor allem abwechslungsreiches Album auf dem Markt, dass sie aus der texanischen Geheimtipp-Nische holen könnte

With The Hits Vol. 1 BNS have a perfectly composed and entertainingly mixed album on the market, which may actually get them out of their secret Texan niche.

Hope this helps….

So, I would like to thank the finelines Cindy and Amanda for having JD Whittenburg (with me and the rest of the ol Trainwreck crew tagging along) for the past month on Thursday nights as the Artist in Residence at Club Dada.

Amanda has been the hostess with the mostest with other supporters like Rocket Science Salon making her look all purdy and Hal Samples capturing the evenings on film (or digital bits..you know what I mean). The line ups have been great each time. And my offer still stands that I (or JD) will sign any picture you order from Hal..assuming it has one of us in it…I mean hey, otherwise thats just weird..

Dont miss out this month too as the Artist in Residence is the Dallas Observer Award winning Fishing for Comets. Actually two awards as Camille Cortinas won Best Female Vocalist too. That starts at 8pm each Thursday in August.

After Fishing for Comets, the “Listing To:”series starts.

Tonight it starts with Travis Hopper. If you go, ask whatsup with the Hamsters. At 10 is Porterdavis and 11 Marcus Rubio.

Thanks to everybody that came out this month.