Cow Punk - John Cash meets Tom Waits meets Capt. Beefhart meets Root Boy Slim

19 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Country Blues, ROCK: Americana



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T. T. Tucker and the Bum Rush Band was formed in Baltimore in 1990. Their unique sound falls somewhere between Johnny Cash and Captain Beefhart, with some Root Boy Slim thrown in for good measure. For more than 15 years T.T.Tucker has flourished in obscurity, making friends along the way, playing his special brand of American music his fans have grown to love.

From the Country & Western tradition to Rock and Blues, musical influences as diverse as Waylon Jennings, George Jones, John Prine, and Stan Ridgeway, among others too numerous to list, T. T. Tucker blends a multitude of influences together for a memorable live music experience. T. T. Tucker and the Bum Rush Band have gathered a dedicated fan base and loyal local following in both Baltimore and Brooklyn, NY.

T. T. Tucker and the Bum Rush Band refuse to be labeled. You can call them roots, cow punk, Americana, rockabilly, swamp boogie, alter country, whatever you like. Their original mesh of these and other styles personify american music, plain and simple.

T. T. Tucker & the Bum Rush Band do not disappoint on their long-awaited second CD release, aptly titled, âBarely Alive in Baltimore.â Kicking off with, âGarden of Stone,â this double-length CD, dedicated to recently deceased bandmate Thom Hickling, maintains itâs high energy and upbeat rhythms
while the unassuming but poetical lyrics explore the depths of mortality. T. T. Tucker offers his trademark self-deprecating humor in nearly all of the seventeen original songs on this CD (there are only two covers, âLet it All Hang Out,â by The Hombres, and, âToo Dumb for New York City,â by Waylon Jennings). With a style impossible to pigeon-hole, T. T. Tucker seamlessly blends Country & Western,
Blues, Swamp Boogie, and Rock, into his own soulful, signature brand of Cow Punk. Tucker adds musical depth to his songs by incorporating instruments that many other bands forego - mandolin (Thom Hickling), harmonicas and lap steel guitar (Wayne Werner), steel guitar (Craig âHollywoodâ Hopwood), piano and church organ (Steve Cecil), and 12-string guitar (William âLumpâ Sutherland). Combined with Tuckerâs lead vocals and guitar, bass (Charles Freeman and Thom Hickling), and percussions (Jamie Wilson), T.T. Tucker and the Bum Rush Band deliver rich compositions to which less ambitious bands can only aspire. The bandâs range of styles within a style (from the wailing, âThat Was Then/This is Nowâ, and âThree-Day Benderâ, to the boxcar blues, âMove it Alongâ, to the dark, âHouse of Mirrorsâ, to the soulful, âGeorge Jones Made Me Cry Todayâ, to the tongue-in-cheek gospel of, âHow Did We Surviveâ ) keep the listener hanging on for the next tune. Wrapping up with the recently debuted âEat the Rich for Christmas,â T. T. Tuckerâs answer to, âWe are the World,â (and possibly a quicker solution to ending hunger across the planet), the listener might be surprised to find that this 72+ minute CD has come to an end. To quote the audio from an old National Bohemain beer commercial that is cleverly spliced into crowd favorite, âNatty Boh,â âYouâre either gonna like itâ¦or youâre gonna love it!â



This CD is dedicated to the memory of Thom "Bomb" Hickling our loving band mate and friend who passed on December 27, 2005.