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In the late summer of 2007, I for some reason caught that country bug that always creeps up on me when the leaves start changing color. This time though, i actually went out and bought a total piece of shit acoustic guitar and would sit in my apartment, and play the cowboy chords till the cows came home.
I wrote the song "if its all the same" in early september on that guitar, and called up my best friend and the best guitar player i know, Chris Brown. We recorded it in one day, and decided to record again the following weekend.
After immediately realizing that we had no material, we looked through some of CB's old words
and came across a little ditty called "DRUGS AND ASHES".. this song, again was recorded in one day.
The songs started just pouring out. Our influences started shifting, as we immersed ourselves in every little crevice of american country and western music. from Hank Sr. to Merle Haggard. Townes Van Zandt to Kris Kristofferson. We were finding new ways to make music that had been waiting to be made.
Then something completely unexpected happened. At exactly the same moment in time, like the stars were finally aligned, and the heavens opened it's pearly gates up to us to reveal something very important. .....We both got a copy of Bob Dylan's epic masterpiece: DESIRE... |
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We will be adding scans of the original lyrics and notes for every song. We are already recording new music that will be released this summer. Early release songs will be out in early spring. We have photos of us as kids with guns and cowboy clothes... those will be available here too.
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| Tennessee |
Written by Chris & Chris in the heat of the summer by the pool drinking import beer.
Listen for beatboxing ala Dr John Gris Gris, and lots of talking in the background. Inspired by Townes. El Cajon is for Justin Wood. Farjer.
Session Dates: June 28 and July 20 2008
Equipment: Parker Fly / boutique amp, Broken Thunderbird bass, Morgan Monroe acoustic
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| Sudanese True Love |
Chris & Chris sat outside laughing for 8 hours and wrote this bakersfield style country song. Later that day Jyrium showed up and amanda brought a ton of junk food which we needed for our munchies. We played the song and a bunch of others while we ate junk cakes and whatnot.
There was no volume pedal or studio effects used in the steel style guitar playing.
Session Dates: Dec 15 and Dec 22, 2007
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin Reverb, Mid 90's P Bass, 1966 Gibson J45
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| Mella Larry |
Chris Spurrier wrote like five verses for this song at his house and Chris Brown slapped a chorus on it but Bob Dylan still hasn't returned our messages. The name comes from the ZZ Top biography.
Listen for the Miles Davis quote in the last guitar solo.
Session Dates: February 23 and March 1, 2008
Equipment: Parker Fly Classic / Twin Reverb, Jazz Bass, Gretsch 5120
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| Caves Lounge Song |
Chris Spurrier wrote this song about his favorite bar. It's hidden on the end of the Johnny Cash CD in their jukebox. Check out their web site here. It seemed like it took forever to record this one.
Listen for the Byrds influence, the word butt and "Division not The Vision".
Session Dates: May 5, May 12 and June 21, 2008
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin , Fixed Tbird bass, 2nd year Taylor Acoustic (one of about 800), vintage epiphone mandolin.
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| Paperback Ghost Copy Writer |
Chris Brown wrote this song from 4am to 5:30am on warm spring night after a night of jamming in Ft. Worth.
The hypnotist is Milton and the coyote is the same one from the Joni Mitchell song.
Session Date: Sometime in March 2008
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin Reverb, Fixed Thunderbird, '66 Gibson J45
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| Fast Train |
Chris & Chris wrote this song in 2003 in Chris' brown leather journal and we'll post a scan of that soon. (Riverdale == 27)
Listen for the octopus and also the secret message in the bridge of the song.
Session Date: December 2, 2007
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin, Jazz Bass, '66 Gibson J45
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| Drugs and Ashes |
Chris Brown wrote this song on January 20th, 2005. We were running out of songs to record so we picked it up from his songbook blog.
Drugs and Ashes was eventually turned into a video by Joe Harris (The Visualist). Check out his web site here. You can also click here to jump down to the video section.
This song used to have an acapella intro.
Session Date: October 13th 2007.
Equipment: Vintage Stratocaster, Jazz Bass, Epiphone POS acoustic.
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| Yukon Eyes |
Josh Huck and Chris and Chris and Matt wrote this song in The Y2K for a band called The Job. We performed it at the Brass Bean before they went all christian and there is a video that Fred Holmes shot on new years eve 2000.
The OLRS version is very true to the original.
Session Dates: May 25 and May 26, 2008
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin, T-Bird, Morgan Monroe acoustic with a capo
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| Cafe Doom |
Chris Spurrier really did all of this stuff.
Session Date: April 13, 2008
Equipment: Parker / Twin, Thunderbird, Gretsch
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| Picture Show |
Stevie Martin wrote this song... I think about the local scene here, but I'm not sure. Please let me know if you have more information about the writing of this song.
It was really hard to get a vocal sound that we liked. We ended up happy.
Session Date: November 10, 2007
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin Reverb, P Bass, Vintage Taylor acoustic
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| Breathe |
Chris Spurrier wrote this song around the same time as he grew his moustache out. I wish we still had the daily photos of his moustache growth but they are gone with his old phone. This is the second song of the trilogy that starts with Tennessee. The final song of the trilogy will be released at a later date.
Oh, I love you.
Session Dates: June 28th and July 20th 2008
Equipment: Parker Fly / boutique amp, Broken Thunderbird bass, Morgan Monroe acoustic
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| One of These Days |
Chris Spurrier wrote this song in 2003 and the original version which Chris Spurrier released on his holiday album will be available soon if we can find a copy.
Listen for the whiskey river style turnaround.
Session Date: January 26, 2008
Equipment: Parker / Twin, Jazz Bass, Vintage Taylor
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| Denver City Driver |
Stevie Martin wrote this song while they were up in denver going broke as far as I know.
Session Date: June 21, 2008.
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin Reverb, Morgan Monroe Acoustic, Dime Store Flute
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| Lookin' Back |
Chris Spurrier came to my house and this is the first song that we recorded. It was written in August 2007.
Listen for the Coltrane licks in the guitar solos. Kentucky Deluxe
Session Date: September 29, 2007
Equipment: Parker Fly / Twin, Jazz Bass, Vintage Taylor, beat up epiphone acoustic
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| All These Things |
Chris & Chris wrote this one out in the yard all day in October of 2007 at the Brown compound. Chris Spurrier has been brown since he met me.
Listen for the out of character acoustic guitar solo and mandolin. This was the first song we did double vocals on.
Session Date: Oct 27, 2007
Equipment: Vintage Gibson and Taylor acoustics, Vintage Epiphone mandolin, late 90s Jazz bass
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About The Outlaw Radio Show
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 In the late summer of 2007, I for some reason caught that country bug that always creeps up on me when the leaves start changing color. This time though, i actually went out and bought a total piece of shit acoustic guitar and would sit in my apartment, and play the cowboy chords till the cows came home.
I wrote the song "if its all the same" in early september on that guitar, and called up my best friend and the best guitar player i know, Chris Brown. We recorded it in one day, and decided to record again the following weekend.
After immediately realizing that we had no material, we looked through some of CB's old words
and came across a little ditty called "DRUGS AND ASHES".. this song, again was recorded in one day.
The songs started just pouring out. Our influences started shifting, as we immersed ourselves in every little crevice of american country and western music. from Hank Sr. to Merle Haggard. Townes Van Zandt to Kris Kristofferson. We were finding new ways to make music that had been waiting to be made.
Then something completely unexpected happened. At exactly the same moment in time, like the stars were finally aligned, and the heavens opened it's pearly gates up to us to reveal something very important. .....We both got a copy of Bob Dylan's epic masterpiece: DESIRE...
These are not all "country" songs. I will very candidly say that this is 100% because of that album. DESIRE... DESIRE... DESIRE... (If you don't own it get it. email us and we'll make sure you get it.)
We had to come up with a name, and you have no idea how hard it is to find a "cool" name for a country band that isn't already taken. I'm serious. think of one and Google it. We ended up with - The Outlaw Radio show - I think it's great but it had to grow on Chris Brown. We also talked about calling it, The Guatemalan Radio, Fidos Revenge, Randy and The Murderers, and the Justin Wood Experiment..
Well.. We started recording every possible weekend for a year, all while balancing a ton of other things in between. Recording a video, swimming, fixing watches, drinking too much coffee, picking locks, eating cookies.. etc. etc...
So this is what we have for you. 15 songs that we feel best represent what we like to call. Chris and Chris present: "The Stranger's only me." By The Outlaw Radio Show. Enjoy. |
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Chris Brown and Chris Spurrier
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