Flubber (album)
Encyclopedia
Flubber is the second album by Chicago
-based alternative country
band Souled American
. It was released in 1989
by Rough Trade Records
, and re-released, as part of the Framed box set, by tUMULt Records in 1999.
All songs by Souled American except "Cupa Cowfee" by John Fahey
and "The Torch Singer" by John Prine
.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
band Souled American
Souled American
Souled American is an American alternative country band from Chicago, that was active mostly in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band has its origins in Normal, a college town in central Illinois and revolves around vocalists Chris Grigoroff and Joe Adducci who previously played in a band...
. It was released in 1989
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
by Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
, and re-released, as part of the Framed box set, by tUMULt Records in 1999.
Track listing
- "All Good Things" – (4:41)
- "Mar'boro Man" – (2:56)
- "Wind to Dry" – (4:08)
- "Drop in the Basket" – (2:59)
- "Heywire" – (2:33)
- "The Torch Singer" – (7:08)
- "True Swamp" – (3:19)
- "Marleyphine Hank" – (2:33)
- "You and You Alone" – (4:41)
- "Cupa Cowfee" – (2:14)
- "Over the Hill" – (4:57)
- "Zillion" – (4:55)
- "Why Are You" – (3:37)
All songs by Souled American except "Cupa Cowfee" by John Fahey
John Fahey (musician)
John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the...
and "The Torch Singer" by John Prine
John Prine
John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
.
Personnel
- Joe Adducci – bass, vocals
- Jamey Barnard – drums
- Chris Grigoroff – guitar, vocals
- Scott TumaScott TumaScott Tuma is a musician from Chicago who is best known for having played guitar in the pioneering alt-country band Souled American. Since his departure from Souled American in the late 1990s Tuma has released three solo albums, performed and recorded with Chicago's Boxhead Ensemble, and...
– guitar