The Blacks on Chic-a-Go-Go
Howdy folks -- just a note about our Blacks making the scene on Chic-a-Go-Go this weekend. Your chance to be on TV, albeit public access TV. XO Hogan %% CHIC A GO GO! %%% Catch "WE RAGAZZI" and "THE BLACKS" on the best cable access show ever! From co-producer Jackie Stewart: Attention DANCERS of all ages! Please join us for the next taping of CHIC-A-GO-GO! Saturday, April 24, 1999 3 to 6pm Chicago Access Network Studios 322 South Green (1 block West of Halsted) We will tape two 30min episodes: Guests for the first show include Bloodshot recording artists, THE BLACKS. The second show's theme is BACKWARDS DAY! Guests for the second show includeMPG recording artists, WE RAGAZZI Come bring friends - dress casual or in costume -- but please don't wear white (looks icky on tv). For more info, call Jake Austen or Jackie Stewart at 773.288.5448. Watch Miss Mia and Ratso on CHIC-A-GO-GO! Tuesdays at 8:30pm and Wednesdays at 3:30pm on Channel 19.
Bloodshot Springtime 411 (long)
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" RB 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 CW 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 CW 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
Asylum Street Spankers
Hullo hullo folks -- Yes, those Spankers are mighty good, if you ask me. I waitressed during their set at the Hideout last Friday and was blown away by their collective musicianship and the fabulous pipes of Miss Christina. She was also the most incredible saw player I've ever seen. O.K., so I haven't seen too many saw players, but she was articulate and oh so keen on that blade. She was cranky about it being her birthday and all, but about a thousand people bought her bourbon and cokes -- and she loosened up just in time to blow out the candles on the birthday cake that the Hideout provided. Go see 'em if you can -- the all-acoustic Luddite atmosphere is very affecting -- goosepimply -- and they're dirtybirds too. Still trying to visualize nipples as big as thumbs. Hm... My two tiny cents, respectfully submitted -- Hogan PS, re: The Hideout -- 1354 W Wabansia 773-227-4433 All Chicagoans be aware, I am now bartending at "the house of love" every Tuesday from 2PM-8PM. Come play hooky with me and the Hanna Cylinder Factory and Chicago City Garbage Truck Fleet regulars. See you there. KH
Bloodshot SXSW sittin' in a tree...
Hello folks -- Sorry for the mass email, and some of you already have this info -- but here's the final line-up for Bloodshot doin's at SXSW next week. Thanks for everything -- Your press mule Hogan Going down Texas way for SXSW? Well here's the poop. BLOODSHOT SXSW 1999 goings-on: ** ***BLOODSHOT 4th ANNUAL SXSW B-B-Q PARTY *** FRIDAY MARCH 19 begins at HIGH NOON goes til 6 behind Yard Dog Gallery 1510 South Congress 10+ bands playing and FREE BEER! No stinkin badges or invitations needed! Each band plays a 20 minute set, beginning at noon, in this order: * Devil In A Woodpile * The Blacks * Neko Case * The Grievous Angels * The Handsome Family * Trailer Bride * Split Lip Rayfield * The Meat Purveyors * The Sadies * The Waco Brothers ** Bloodshot's SXSW OFFICIAL showcases: FRIDAY 3/19 Devil In A Woodpile daytime stage in Austin Convention Ctr.4 pm Sally Timms Speak Easy 8 pm Devil In A Woodpile Scholz Beer Garden 9 pm Split Lip Rayfield Maggie Mae's East 10 pm SATURDAY3/20 The Sadies Maggie Mae's West 12 midnight ** BLOODSHOT RECORDS SHOWCASE * Saturday night at Jazz Bon Temps, 214 E 6th St. (get your barstool early -- the last few years' showcase sold out) # The Meat Purveyors Jazz Bon Temps Room 8 pm # Trailer Bride Jazz Bon Temps Room 9 pm # The Blacks Jazz Bon Temps Room 10 pm # Neko Case Jazz Bon Temps Room 11 pm # The Grievous Angels Jazz Bon Temps Room 12 midnight # The Waco Brothers Jazz Bon Temps Room 1 am ** SUNDAY 3/21 Pine Valley Cosmonauts La Zona Rosaopening Alejandro Escovedo La Zona Rosaheadlining IN STORE PERFORMANCES: THURSDAY 3/28 Split Lip Rayfield Cheapo Records 5pm SUNDAY 3/21Pine Valley Cosmonauts -Barnes Noble 2-4pm acoustic performance with Rosetta Wills book signing
Birthday inquiry
Hello y'all -- Could you guys help me out with a little Nancy Drew action? I need to know Lucinda Williams' and Vic Chestnutt's birthdays... Anyone? Standing by -- Your Hogan
New label! New goods! (long, sorry..)
BLOODSHOT REVIVAL and SOUNDIES are pleased as all get-out to present a series of unreleased transcription recordings from the 1930s through the early 60s, featuring some of the greatest names in country music history... * Rex Allen * The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys * Spade Cooley * Shame on You: The Western Swing Dance Gang Bloodshot Records, Chicagos Home of Insurgent Country (where upstarts like The Waco Brothers, Alejandro Escovedo, Neko Case, Andre Williams, and The Pine Valley Cosmonauts come home to roost...), and our friends at Soundies, are proud as hell to launch our subsidiary imprint -- ladies and gentlemen, witness the first two releases in what will be a dazzling array of goodies from country musics storied past -- brought to you by BLOODSHOT REVIVAL! None of these recordings has ever been released in any form. These budget-priced CDs and cassettes are lovingly re-mastered from the transcription lacquers, and feature excellent period artwork and liner notes. Other notable releases slated for 99 include collections from Ernest Tubb, Sons of the Pioneers, and Hank Thompson. File these releases under country -- with a capital C. First up is the Arizona Cowboy himself -- REX ALLEN. In keeping with the Bloodshot/Chicago spirit, the songs in this collection were recorded during Allens 1946-1949 heyday as the star of Chicagos WLS Barn Dance (a radio show that surpassed the Grand Old Opry in influence well into the 1960s). On The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys, you get fast-paced instrumentals, velvety ballads, smooth trio harmonies, and story songs -- with a crack backing band of accordion, fiddle, guitar, and swinging stand-up bass. This stuff smokes, folks. (street date: March 23, 1999) Next in line we have the King Of Western California Swing -- SPADE COOLEY. Shame on You: The Western Swing Dance Gang contains never-released recordings of Spade and his band -- some are so rare that in many cases they are the only recorded versions of the songs. Recorded over 1944 and 1945, they feature the vocal talents of Tex Williams (who went on to solo fame behind hits like Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette!), and showcase Spade and Tex at the height of their collaborative efforts. (street date: April 20, 1999) Its a new day in the bunker, comrades. These are beautiful recordings from country musics seminal glory days. Everyone from Granny on down will love it and want to swing along. Just think! No more Bloodshot-induced family rifts! This stuff is fancy-good. Resurgent country anyone? Call on Hogan or Stacey at Bloodshot for the whole story --[EMAIL PROTECTED] 773-248-8709 BLOODSHOT RECORDS 912 W ADDISON CHICAGO IL 60613-4339 773-248-8709 fax 773-248-8702 www.bloodshotrecords.com
Jimmy Martin
Hey you-all -- Anybody know how I can get in touch with Jimmy Martin? I'm chompin' at the bit to bring him to Chicago to play. Thanks -- Hogan np: Glen Campbell "Galveston"
