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MP3 Badass Cowboys - Born In The KFC
10 MP3 Songs in this album (44:36) !
Related styles: Country: Contemporary Country, Country: Cowboy, Mood: Fun
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The Badass Cowboys were formed by Slim Chance following his escape from a maximum-security correctional facility near Swindon, where he was serving seventeen years on a variety of charges ranging from the mildly obscene to the downright unforgivable. He hooked up with bassist Butch Allcock, lap steel player Dusty Chaps and drummer PJ Longhorn, all on parole for a range of offences, and the band immediately set out on a 50-date tour of the provinces, without rehearsals or songs. Or instruments. Unfortunately they neglected to inform the venues they were coming, which led to a number of incidents that cannot be mentioned here as many of them are still the subject of litigation. They picked up many new fans along the way, but killed most of them. They also took advantage of one of the many unscheduled breaks in the tour to release a 6-track mini-album, “Take Me Home Randy Rhoads”, which features several of their best-known and least-loved songs.
Following the unexplained mid-tour disappearance of Dusty, Butch and PJ decided to put as much distance as possible between themselves and Slim. Butch raided the band’s finances, but that only got him as far as Stratford-on-Avon, so he raided a bank as well and booked a one-way ticket to Florida, where he still lives today. PJ only got as far as Stroud, and lives under a new identity, fearful of retribution, or the band reforming. The original Badass Cowboys only played a handful of live shows, so if you saw one you can count yourself lucky to have witnessed a piece of country music history. Especially if you got out alive.
Unbowed, Slim decided to continue with his musical mission to bring country music kicking, screaming and hollering into the modern age. With the help of some incriminating photographs, he managed to persuade 11A Records supremo Laurence Ash to issue a second album, this time a full-length, titled “Born In The KFC”. This album contains 4 songs featuring Butch and PJ, recorded shortly after Dusty’s “disappearance”, and 6 brand new songs recorded with the help of a motley collection of sympathetic musicians, only some of whom have been seen since.
Here''s what UK country magazine Maverick said about Born In The KFC...
Badass Cowboys
Born in the KFC
11A Records Cat No 11A014
4 stars
Deep meaningful tales of post-modern angst – not on this album
KM
There are certain areas of the country music establishment who take themselves very, very seriously indeed. The songs they write and sing deal with all the problems of just trying to get by in this gawd awful world full of cheating women, broken hearts, alcohol and fighting off the bankers wishing to reclaim the family farm. This album makes a strength out of resolutely refusing to address any of these issues. This album deals with the real problems of modern life – like fancying a chav girl from the mall, the office BO problem, follicle challenges etc. There is even a song The Ballad of Lou Ferringo (sic)that addresses a worry that must haunt us all - the thought of being replaced by a CGI image, rendering us redundant with no compensation. The opener A Vision in Donnay describes doomed, unrequited love for an angel the singer sees every week down the town. Here true love is willing to forgive the most heinous of fashion crimes (and a few other minor misdemeanors besides). Track 3, Bad Syrup recalls a tale all too familiar to us when an otherwise normal, if slightly balding, friend takes the ultimate step and ‘does a Brucie’. The question of whether you should tell him also arises in the Challenging Colleague Odour Communication Scenario where it incumbent upon the narrator to inform a colleague that he is ‘a bit whiffy’. This potentially embarrassing scenario is handled with great deftness although at the same time leaving Mr Smelly in no doubt as to the nature of the problem. Other songs too touch on sensitive matters. Religion and faith are discussed at some length in Harpoon a Whale for Jesus, race relations are tackled by the sensitive I Wish I Had a Black Friend and the ever present problem of shelter for the needy is taken up by the innovative Eat the Homeless. The sentiments on this album would seem fatuous were they not backed up by the most exquisite melodies and first class singing and playing. In an overly flippant world it is about time that a band swathed in subtlety and irony should bring out a record like this to the masses. By the way, there’s some swearing and one or two poo words.
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