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Ritt Deitz live at Wild Hog in the Woods


Ritt Deitz - Event

Kentucky-raised, Uvulittle recording artist Ritt Deitz returns to the Hog for a solo show of songs from his six albums, with some unexpected covers and songs from a back-to-the-roots record he is working on for a 2014 release. Critics have compared Ritt to Greg Brown, Bruce Springsteen, and Calexico. More importantly, he might pull out a banjo for a few tunes at this show.

Stephanie Rearick Jr. at Mother Fool's! With All Good Things


Stephanie Rearick - Event

I'll share the bill (not sure of the order yet) with All Good Things

www.allgoodthingsmusic.net
Folk/Pop/Experimental Music
debut album out soon, titled ROBOTIK FOLK

Hope to see you in my first show of 2013.

At The Wart Hog Museum


Jon Hain - Catalog

The 1993 album At The Warthog Museum was curated by Red Ned. The band had set out to do a live album, and indeed much of it was recorded direct to DAT at The Beat Kitchen and other venues. Some tracks were also done completely in studio (Sedistudio, Monster Disk), and the complete list of engineers and mixers included Spencer Sundell, James Koffee, Ricky Barnes, Jim Janick, John Hughes, Pink Bob, and Red Ned.

Ned put the sequence together and edited a number of Lefty Fizzle rants, used as links between many of the tunes. Bobby Ray... [read more]

New Ritt Deitz tune, "Whippersnappers"


Ritt Deitz - Mailing List

Hi friends,

I wrote a new little tune as sheet music, posted it a couple of weeks ago on my blog. A neighbor--and fellow Kentuckian--expressed interest in playing a version of it with me, so we recorded it tonight in my living room on a couple of banjos. Son Wilder Deitz on the upright bass.

Please enjoy. It's what we call a little ditty:

http://youtu.be/6Ni93NJ-aYY

Not a holiday song, but do have a happy holiday. Hope to see you at a live show.

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Maestro Subgum, Juicy John, Stephanie Rearick, Jr., Ritt Deitz, Barry Bennett and a Coupon!


Jon Hain - Mailing List

Greetings!,

Big big big news!

We are (finally@!) taking pre-orders for the Maestro Subgum box set at our website.
Music With Teeth For People With Gums - Box Set

Containing all eight original albums, this is the complete recorded works of Maestro Subgum and the Whole. We are making 100 numbered copies.

The first six albums have been re-mastered. In most cases we were able to locate original reel-to-reel masters. In other cases, DAT. As an added bonus, we had to use production cassettes for a few seconds... [read more]

Beck Inspires New Release from Ritt Deitz, Old-School


Ritt Deitz - Mailing List

Hi Music Fans,

Always suspicious of scenes and hipsters, I was nonetheless intrigued by Beck's new "album"--called SONG READER--because it's really not an album at all. It's a collection of new songs he has released as sheet music only.

I did my own little hillbilly version of this, this morning on my blog, The How-To Humanist. Feel free to read about how Beck unwittingly inspired me to go all 1904 on you:

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Don't Flirt


Jon Hain - Catalog

The last official Maestro Subgum and the Whole release was Don't Flirt in 1995. The core of the group was still cranking out titles like Dust and Self-Disgust, Eat the Beauty, and Buttocks on the Moon. Much of the recording magic happened at Junior's Motel, a converted chicken coop on a farm in Otho, Iowa, with additional tracks laid back in Chicago. The songs reflect a sound and an attitude honed by extensive gigging, first at the Lower Links Club and then at the Lunar Cabaret.

Originally released in 1995.

Note: This is a... [read more]

Lost Lost Lost


Jon Hain - Catalog

The pinnacle of the band's recording career was Lost Lost Lost, both because of the variety of writers and singers and the size and tightness of the ensemble. The writing was still strong, but the horn and vocal arrangements had reached a new, fantastically satisfying level.

It was recorded at Acme Studios and mixed at C.M.C. Recorders, where mixer Joe DeLeonardis had a huge influence on the flow of the record. Bobby Ray led the horn section with new trombonist Mark Hollman (Mark Ray, the Squirmin' German), while still employing... [read more]