Canard Music

Soon I am going to be posting the two official cd Bacon Ray releases on this page. I am very proud to have been a member of that band in all its incarnations and was so happy that we were able to do a reunion gig last year. Merlin Mann is the king of the covers and he taught me to enjoy playing them again. Here’s some of our finer(?) moments playing cover tunes in a live environment. “Burning for You” by B.O.C. and “Rockin’ in the Free World” , the ubiquitous Neil Young tune, are both from a later gig opening for the Aonoamonon(sp?) and Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy, etc. “What Jail is Like” is an Afghan Whigs cover from a cd release party. Brent Mcneal is on these three tracks.     “Bea(s)tmaster Carpet Cleaner” , a ridiculous original tune has a surprise in the middle and is from another AAJ related release party and features the Prince on freakish slide guitar/Lance products. Wooo, rock on Lonesome Dave!

After the bizarre Newsboy Legion double album length “IKE”(1997), Kelly and I decided maybe we should concentrate on some shorter pop/rock type songs. Of course, freaky sci-fi and self loathing prevailed and we ended up with the concise statement ‘Jimmy Don’t Like That’ ep. What happened truthfully was that we had done several sessions and we were going to do a full album called ‘I Want to Be A Service Station Attendant’. For some reason I remember us having a hard time completing everything as Newsboy Legion was a two state distance learning band. Kelly still resides in Georgia, so it was hard to get up there and finish things. About three years ago we attempted to rerecord some of Newsboy Legion’s best stuff but it stopped short of a finished product. Maybe one day? Anyway, I will post the outtakes from this period which were going to be released but never were. There’s some good stuff so check back on this post for the extra goodies. A lot of the outtakes are cool older demos and solo synth pieces by Kelly. For now though the 5 song ep will have to suffice. Enjoy.

Irish Lust

Why We Burn

Party Rock

Spacemen Think So Too

Electric Lawnchair

Cape of Wind

The Exploding Madonna finally released their self titled cd. It is available for purchase at www.theexplodingmadonna.com . Hey we got some shirts too! Here’s a track off the album. “Stansbury Case” . Enjoy its ferocity.