Cat. No. 1016V: LUAU COWBOYS ~ LIVE FROM THE CRYPT. NO LABEL. NO CAT. #.

THE NAME TOM FORSELL IS WELL KNOWN AS THE FRONT MAN FOR THE MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS WHICH HAVE BEEN AN INSTITUTION ON THE MELBOURNE MUSIC SCENE FOR NIGH ON 40 YEARS. BUT NOT EVERYONE WOULD BE AWARE OF TOM'S ALTER-EGO, THAT BEING FRONT MAN FOR THE LUAU COWBOYS A THREE PIECE ACOUSTIC BAND SPECIALIZING IN OLD TIMEY, BLUEGRASS AND HILLBILLY MUSIC. THIS ALBUM IS THEIR SECOND RELEASE, THE FIRST BEING "WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE" FEATURING BLUEGRASS, COUNTRY AND SONGS THAT TOM HAD WRITTEN ABOUT HIS NOW HOMELAND, AUSTRALIA, WHERE HE HAS CALLED HOME FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS FAR FROM HIS SPIRITUAL HOME IN MICHIGAN'S COPPER COUNTRY ON THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND SONGS FROM HIS FAMILY'S NATIVE CROATIA.

THIS TRACKS ON THIS ALBUM WERE RECORDED ON DECEMBER  23 AND 24, 2019 AT THE CRYPT RECORDING STUDIO, FITZROY, MELBOURNE ON A HOT AND STEAMY NIGHT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DURING THE DAY HAD REACHED 43 DEGREES CELSIUS AND WHILST THE SUN HAD GONE DOWN THE MERCURY WAS STILL RISING. PIGEONS WERE FAINTING IN THE LANEWAY AND THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT BROUGHT INTO THE STUDIO WAS MAKING SUCH A RACKET THAT IT WAS TURNED OFF. THE WHOLE ALBUM WAS RECORDED LIVE IN THE STUDIO. NO OVERDUBS OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC GADGETRY AND THE SONGS JUST FLOWED JUST LIKE I ONCE HEARD DOC WATSON SAY, THAT THE SONGS BE DONE IN ONE TAKE OTHERWISE THEY LOSE THAT FEEL AND ORIGINALITY. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ****** (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ALBUM IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD).

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - White Freight Liner Blues / How Long / Snowy Mountain Blues / Hickory Wind / 49TH State (instr.) / Sad Prisoner's Song. Side 2 - Dark Hollow / Sweethearts In Heaven / Ashes Of Love / Isa Lei (instr.) / Jugband Song / Memphis Special.

12" VINYL RECORD     NEW

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White Freight Liner Blues

Snowy Mountain Blues

Sad Prisoner's Song

Dark Hollow

Sweethearts In Heaven

Ashes Of Love

Memphis Special