Retro Roots

Okay okay okay . . . it's time I added a little balance to this business before the Rave In My Pants turns my junk neon green and I start shooting lazzzzers out of my eyes. Don't get me wrong. I will SWEAT on the dance floor to Bag Raiders any night of the week, but now it's time to get back to our roots - 'MERICA! FUCK YEAH! I'm gonna start out by showing some love for the late, great Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his outfit The Gun Club (active 1980-1993). They've been credited as being one of the first bands to fuse punk, blues, and rockabilly. Check out some of these classics:

"Sex Beat"


"She's Like Heroin To Me"


"Moonlight Motel"




Next up are the modern dulcet tones of Charlotte's The Avett Brothers, featuring brothers Scott and Seth and bassist Bob Crawford. Formed in 2001, these boys have since pumped out about 11 discs of varying length and are set to release their next full length LP, I and Love and You, in September. Here's the title track off that album plus two of my favorites from their May 15, 2007 release Emotionalism:

"I and Love and You"


"Die Die Die"


"Will You Return?"






If that doesn't satisfy your lust for Americana, you might be better off as an Ex Pat. Football and porno and books about war.

Retro Roots