It's a little-known fact that Canadia seceded from the United States during the War of Independence, establishing the Canadian Confederacy and pledging allegiance to the King Or Queen Of United Britains. In effect, the plucky snow-bound nation became the South of the North, firmly but politely distancing itself from the periwigged snuff enthusiasts in Washington. By the late (nineteen) seventies the spread of electricity across the prairies and forests and mountain ranges and other geographical features had already established Country Rock as the national music.The Cooper Brothers were formed by Hébert dit Jolicœur and Thomas dit Tranchemontagne Cooper out of Nunavut, and their own polite style of rockin' boogie quickly became popular on the logging circuit. Capricorn Records' Tom Dowd made the trip to see them, aware that the Allman Brothers alone weren't going to keep him in Antebellum mansions, and signed them on the spot before he'd even taken off his snowshoes.Today's loaddown is/are their first and third albums (Ed - pse. verify) [Suck it out yer ass - Ed.] which make for mighty swell listenin'. No, they don't have the passion and depth of the Allmans - who does? - but the playing and singing is sweet as maple syrple off of the Queen of Britain's tit. And sometimes you don't want passion and depth. Like f'rinstance you're dusting your Hummel figurine collection, or pin-striping the project Pinto. Leave the Allmans for when you're sitting on that busted couch in the front yard with a tin of Dixie in your withered claw.
Don't be shy! Step up and put your mark on this here piece o' paper!
ReplyDeleteDamn. When you write loaddown you mean download I guess. I had the first album ages ago and would sure like to hear it again. But I do not find a button to push...
DeletePeruse the comments below, R-man - I'd hate you to go away disappointed.
DeleteThe introductory paragraph, was the best thing I've read all day.
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Shucks - weren't nuthin' but th' usual copy/paste from wikipedia ...
DeleteOne for Clarence Pune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldUM23y-feg
ReplyDeleteThank you, as I blow the Molson's foam off my morning Raisin Bran. Revoltingly patriotic. Frightened off the Quebec couple from across the hall.
DeleteTry it with Rice Krispies.
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On listening to Southbound again, I realise I might be under-selling these guys. The Allman Brothers reference is only useful for the Capricorn connection - they're more in a post-Lowell Little Feat, Outlaws, Cowboy bag (man), and better than most. Imaginative arrangements, fantastic playing, and the songs are just swell enough. The formulaic lyrics of the first album are dropped by the third, and there's some very nice writing here (eg "just a sleepy little border town, the kind you miss if you don't slow down"). And that crystal clear production. Real keepers. I've heard the others, but none came through as strong as these two. Sign up with confidence.
ReplyDeleteWell, that second album is startin' to run and sounds damn fine, bubba.
DeleteHave a Dixie..er, a Faubourg on that!
The crystal clear production is no accident, hoss. This is actually their fifth album and it's from 2013! Good bye, muddy production of the late 70s.
DeleteUnlike, say, Lynyrd Skynyrd's late albums this is actually really good.
I'm always suspicious of reformed after 25+ years band (haven't checked out 2000-and-onwards Heartsfield for example), but this is indeed quite the swell record.
Yeppers! I aplogise for Ed's paltry, even cynical research for this piece. Southbound is a mighty swell album. I like the first, too. The string arrangement at the end of Life Names The Tune is stunning.
DeleteSo, South is North?!?
ReplyDeleteNorth is the new South.
DeleteMan, I leave the continet and the place goes to shit.
DeleteCause and effect, buddy.
DeleteScientists have called it the butterfly effect for years, but are now considering renaming it the pmac effect...
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DeleteGli occhi ce l'hanno.
DeleteAnyone who still can't find the link, look for the word "incorporated" in the above comment! Once you've found that, hunt for the first letter!
DeleteAs of last week there is no longer Dixie Beer. As part of the offend noone campaign it is now Faubourg Beer. Nice ring to it.
ReplyDeleteI used to live on Burgundy Street in NO. Pronounced Bur-gun-dee. One day, a city worker was trying to locate the spots to set port-a-potties for a road race. He was in a heated discussion on his cellphone with someone, claiming that there was "no fucking Burgundy street anywhere in the city."
DeleteSome folks were promised jetpacks--bow there's an odd bunch of Scots--but we were promised pmac...rando comments ain't gonna cut it, fellas. I've learned better than to doubt you 4 or 5 Guys(tm)(c)(r), but, c'mon, pony up the goods. Let us here from our erstwhile hero of the battle of New Orleans who can not only pronounce but spell Tchoupitoulas and find St Claud & Dumaine...
ReplyDelete"Soon, Zoltan! You mussst haff patience!"
Delete"sweet as maple syrple off of the Queen of Britain's tit" -- will it offend her majesty if I take a pass? Although, I guess with Philip out of the way now, that teet's ripe for sucklin' (as they say up north); move aside fellas!
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