AMERICANA GONE MAD-country western kitsch, lo-fi swamp blues, deranged sea shanties, cynical ukulele ballads, punk rock jug music to play loudly and often.

17 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, FOLK: Power-folk



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Rube Waddell, San Franciscoâs premiere junkyard rock band, celebrates the efforts of 4 years of songwritting and recording with their newest album entitled "Greatest Hits."

First known in 1996 for their guerrilla street performances, the Rubes have continued to delight and attract audiences through their past recordings and their continued raucous appearances around the Bay Area and beyond. Recorded in various San Franciscan living rooms, warehouses, and estuary buildings,their fourth album offers 17 all new, independently produced tracks that take the listener from the Latin influences of The Mission District up through a healthy dose of Lo-Fi swamp-punk blues; from sea shanties to Country Western kitsch; from Broadway styled vocal performaces to Mid East infused melodies and other places one wouldn't think going.

Named for the eccentrically brilliant, "touched," and erratic Hall of Fame baseball player/alligator wrestler/banton twirler/fire engine chaser, George Edward âRubeâ Waddell, the band is made up of four multi-instrumentalists who stir this Post Modern musical stew with a varied array of instruments such as ukuleles, accordion, guitars, tin cans, toy piano, washboards, tin whistles, pump organ, musical saw, oil drums, harmonica, trumpet, sousaphone, banjo, tabla, and other rusted-out noisemakers.

Two of the Rube's other recordings are also available on CDBABY. "Stinkbait" and "Bound for the Gates of Hell." Their first, "Hobo Train," is out of print and only seen available on on-line auction sites.