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Not a bad one. Reminds me a bit of that Bounty Hunter 7":
I'm not familiar with the Troupe 45, anywhere i can hear it online?Astra Wally wrote:Not a bad one. Reminds me a bit of that Bounty Hunter 7":
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I don't think so, but here's a clip from my copy.bigfootkit wrote:I'm not familiar with the Troupe 45, anywhere i can hear it online?
Many thanks for the chance to hear it Khnud, sounds pretty good to me. A bit of a pity that the rhythm guitar part didn't have a bit more heft & crunch in the mix and the singer's Danny Joe Brown channeling needed a bit more oomph too, but overall it's not bad at all. Strange it isn't better known.Khnud wrote:I don't think so, but here's a clip from my copy.bigfootkit wrote:I'm not familiar with the Troupe 45, anywhere i can hear it online?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vko3u8mttazy1 ... e.mp3?dl=0
Don't expect a stellar production on a privately funded, insanely obscure single, released in most likely 500 copies by a band based in rural Louisiana.bigfootkit wrote:Many thanks for the chance to hear it Khnud, sounds pretty good to me. A bit of a pity that the rhythm guitar part didn't have a bit more heft & crunch in the mix and the singer's Danny Joe Brown channeling needed a bit more oomph too, but overall it's not bad at all. Strange it isn't better known.Khnud wrote:I don't think so, but here's a clip from my copy.bigfootkit wrote:I'm not familiar with the Troupe 45, anywhere i can hear it online?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vko3u8mttazy1 ... e.mp3?dl=0
I know, I know, and compared to a lot of private presses it's not badly done at all, it's just a shame that they didn't have the time/budget/facilities to do a better mix, particularly as the drums are so well recorded. If they'd spent a little less time on the drums the finished overall recording would likely have been better for it.Khnud wrote:Don't expect a stellar production on a privately funded, insanely obscure single, released in most likely 500 copies by a band based in rural Louisiana.bigfootkit wrote:Many thanks for the chance to hear it Khnud, sounds pretty good to me. A bit of a pity that the rhythm guitar part didn't have a bit more heft & crunch in the mix and the singer's Danny Joe Brown channeling needed a bit more oomph too, but overall it's not bad at all. Strange it isn't better known.
Nice one, thanks for the discovery Kit!bigfootkit wrote:You world weary fellas are most likely familiar with this one, but for those not completely immersed in the more obscure bands in that grey area where Southern Rock & Hard Rock collide, you should get to know the sole album by Garland, Texas band Wits End, 1979's 'Rock & By God Roll'.
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A remarkably consistent & well recorded album considering it's scarcity, this one's chock full of great songwriting & some particularly fine geetar pickin'. I hold it in very high regard.
I was in contact about a decade ago with the band's guitarist Michael McSpadden, who seemed amazed that anyone was interested in the band, and i tried to encourage him to re-release the album on CD. To that end i tried to interest Rich Patz at ShroomAngel Records in the idea & put the two in touch, but for whatever reason nothing ever came of it.
Check out the record's closing track 'See It Through', which starts at 26:12, it's got absolutely everything that typified the best in gritty ass-kicking Southern Rock of that era.
