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14 November 2005

Rube Waddell "plays mongrel-bred swamp music using a bewildering array of traditional-junkyard-hand-whittled-cat gut-burping-outhouse-rusted instruments-the essentials of pure Americana."→[More:]
A local group with a penchant for playing sidewalk sets, it's not uncommon to find them performing on the odd street, at the center of an enthusiastic and sometimes confused crowd of listeners.

post by: Frisbee Girl at: 21:39 | 9 comments

Great band name; named for a great, but somewhat weird baseball hall of famer.

posted by jonmc 14 November | 21:44

They do cop to sharing similar interests (booze and babes) with said baseball player.

There's a handful of mp3s on the site, but I'm not sure this is really up your alley.

posted by Frisbee Girl 14 November | 21:50

Looks damned interesting. I'll DL some later.

posted by jonmc 14 November | 21:52

Ohh, this is great Frisbee Girl, thanks! I am into the second mp3 off of their site and loving it. Why can't there be bands like this playing on my sidewalk?

posted by LeeJay 14 November | 21:54

Ah, jmc, I just had a moment of commentor's remorse: I wasn't trying to imply that I know what you'll like or not. I do know it's not music for everyone and always try to qualify that fact.

LeeJay, there's little cooler than throwing your window open in a moment of "WTF?!?" only to find out it's these guys busting out a set across the street. I just love these guys.

posted by Frisbee Girl 14 November | 22:03

Yep, these guys are awesome. Mannix is a personal favorite of mine.

posted by fandango_matt 14 November | 22:26

Rube Waddell is my dad's favorite trivia answer.

posted by me3dia 14 November | 23:03

Wonderful quirky stuff, somewhere between Tom Waits and Eugene Chadbourne. Thanks!

posted by LarryC 15 November | 00:38

Ah love, thanks.

posted by melissa may 15 November | 03:51

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