Hello to everyone! A few bits of news from the basement home of Bloodshot Records -------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************** Our second release from the Bloodshot Revival/Soundies Series: Spade Cooley "Shame on You" featuring vocals by Tex Williams previously unreleased transcription recordings from the 40's OUT TUESDAY APRIL 20th ************************************************************** and: Alejandro Escovedo "Bourbonitis Blues" brand-new songs and favorite covers including the Gun Club's "Sex Beat" VU's "Pale Blue Eyes" Jimmie Rodgers' "California Blues" OUT TUESDAY APRIL 20th Andre Williams & The Sadies "Red Dirt" R&B dirtybird gets back to his country roots with SOUL, baby! My favorite record in a coon's age! OUT TUESDAY MAY 18th Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys "Forever Always Ends" produced by Lou Whitney debut CD from KCMO's wiseacre tearjerking troubadours OUT TUESDAY JUNE 22nd The Meat Purveyors title TBA sophomore release from Austin's bluegrass upstarts OUT TUESDAY JULY 6th Rico Bell & The Snakehandlers "Dark Side of the Mersey" sophomore C&W release from the silver-haired chicken-legged gigolo and Mekon's accordianist OUT TUESDAY JULY 22 ************************************************************* Third release in the Bloodshot Revival/Soundies Series coming in July: HANK THOMPSON title TBA more unreleased transcription recordings possibly a double-CD collection catch Hank Thompson on tour this summer (I'm serious, folks) he hits Schuba's in Chicago July 17th ************************************************************* COMING IN AUGUST: ----------------- sophomore releases from TRAILER BRIDE and SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD COMING IN SEPTEMBER: -------------------- NEKO CASE & HER BOYFRIENDS "Furnace Room Lullaby" the long-awaited follow-up CD to last year's critically-hailed "The Virginian" will be worth the wait or I'll eat my stinky hat. COMING THIS FALL, release dates TBA: ------------------------------------ Cowboy Sally is back! SALLY TIMMS full-length C&W CD title TBA THE SADIES title TBA follow-up to last year's surfabilly oddity "Precious Moments" recorded with Steve Albini guest vocals from Freakwater's Cathy Irwin, and Kelly Hogan THE KNITTERS Redux Tribute title TBA all-star song-by-song celebration of the seminal "Poor Little Critter in the Road" album performed by so many fancy-pants insurgent country all-stars that I can't even mention *any* right now, for fear of jinxing the whole thing -- but I'll spill soon... COMING JANUARY 2000: -------------------- KELLY HOGAN & THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS title TBA country-soul-politan collaboration CD more details to follow COMING SPRING/SUMMER 2000: -------------------------- Bloodshot Records 5th Anniversary Insurgent Country Compilation Vol. 4 double CD, all-new songs from the cream of the insurgent country crop and that's all for now. Phew! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Let me know if y'all have any questions -- I know *I* do! Your press mule -- Hogan 773-248-8709
