Tommy
Womack
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Sideburn Records is proud to release Tommy
Womack's third solo album. "Circus Town" is Womack's most
diverse work to date. Songs such as "We Can't Do This Anymore,"
"Nancy Dunn" and the title cut appeal to the ballad fan, while
"You Could Be at the Beach Right Now, Little Girl" is another of
Womack's trademark hard-luck character studies. The rockers "My Name is
Mud" and "You Can't Get There From Here" speak to the inner
truck driver in us all.
Womack recorded and
co-produced "Circus Town" with David Henry (Josh Rouse, Cowboy
Junkies, Guster) over several months in 2001. And while several accomplished
past associates make appearances (Brad Jones, Will Kimbrough, Fenner Castner,
David Jacques, Will Rigby, Bill Lloyd, Ken McMahan, Ross Rice, Lisa Oliver
Gray and Ned Henry), most of the record is Womack this time. It sounds a
little like the Clash in places, a little like Train in others, but mainly it
sounds like Tommy Womack.
Womack has made a habit of one-upping himself. His 1998
Checkered Past release, "Positively Na-Na" was followed by his 2000
Sideburn Records release, "Stubborn." Both critically acclaimed
albums combined elements of hillbilly, soul, blues and country, all mixed
with American rock and roll. After 15 years (with post-punkers Government
Cheese and later the power-pop Bis-quits), Womack has long been a local
favorite in the Nashville musical community. He thought his 1995 book,
"Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock N Roll Band You've Never
Heard Of," would be his swan song to the music business. Instead, it
started a solo career that has garnered both critical acclaim and a national
fan base.
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or on the album cover to listen to song samples from,
purchase a copy of and learn more about Circus Town.
Here it is. Stubborn,
from Tommy Womack on Sideburn Records. We're really honored to have the
opportunity to tell you about this stunning collection of suburban dustbowl
ballads, flat out rockers, Beefheart-like jazz rants, and classic rock tunes.
A
37 year old rocker/author/dad who wasn't listening when "they" said
rock was dead, Womack populated his latest record with a stubborn bunch of characters,
some you may be familiar with, others who you'd know if you met 'em. And it's
not just the folks in the songs who are stubborn, it's the folks on the
record. Uncompromising artists like Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites) and Jason
Ringenberg (Jason and the Scorchers) join Womack on this album. Ace players
Al Perkins (Gram Parsons and just about everyone else), George Bradfute (Webb
Wilder, Mark Germino), Will Kimbrough (Will and the Bushmen, the bis-quits,
Kim Richey, Matthew Ryan, Josh Rouse, Jeff Black), Mike Grimes (the
bis-quits, Garrison Starr, Bare Jr.), Ross Rice (Human Radio) all bring their
inestimable talents to the table. Producers Brad Jones (Marshall Crenshaw,
Jill Sobule, Steve Earle, Jump, Little Children) and Robin Eaton (Vince Bell),
also known for their musical integrity and talent, are on board again for
Stubborn, Womack's second solo effort.
And, who better to put this
out than Sideburn Records, a label out of Portland, Oregon. Run by the folks
from Music Millennium and Burnside Records, they've been turning the Pacific
Northwest on to great roots and blues music for years. It's their hope, and
ours at the Press Network, that Stubborn gets under your skin as much as it
has ours.
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or on the album cover to listen to song samples from,
purchase a copy of and learn more about Stubborn.
For
more information about Burnside Records artists, contact us:
800.288.2007 ext. 2049
info@burnsiderecords.com
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