Ed Sanders - Sanders' Truckstop (1969)

Posted By : capt.evil1 | Date : 05 Dec 2009 20:14:43 | Comments : 2 |

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Ed Sanders was (and remains) the most important member of the Fugs. He co-founded the band with Tuli Kupferberg in 1964, wrote and sang lead on many of the group's best songs, and was more responsible for their musical arrangements, harmonies, and overall direction than anyone else, sometimes producing their albums as well. He was the author or co-author of standout Fugs songs such as "Frenzy," "I Want to Know," "Coca Cola Douche," "Turn On/Tune In/Drop Out," and "Crystal Liaison."

After the Fugs broke up at the end of the 1960s (though they would re-form about 15 years later), his stature as a well-known author and poet, already established in the 1960s, continued to rise with several books of fiction, short stories, and poetry. All told, he was one of the more important figures of the American counterculture in the last half of the 20th century. ~ Allmusic

Review of "Sanders' Truckstop" - Imagine you're at your local country bar, when some longhaired fella takes the stage. He doesn't look quite right, but you figure he's ok, especially when he and his band start playing some twangin' honky-tonk tunes. But then you start listening to the lyrics, and holy mother-of-Kinky-Friedman, danged if he isn't making fun of...you! This 1969 album of satirical barroom stomps and cry-in-your-beer ballads didn't make Ed Sanders any friends in Nashville, but they just might make you salt your suds with tears of laughter. ~ Amazon review

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Track list:

01. Jimmy Joe, The Hippybilly Boy (5:16)
02. Maple Court Trajedy (2:39)
03. Heartbreak Crash Pad (4:09)
04. Banshee (3:04)
05. The Plaster Song (3:04)
06. The Iliad (4:08)
07. Breadtray Mountain (2:24)
08. The ABM Machine (2:32)
09. They're Cutting My Coffin at the Sawmill (3:18)
10. Homesick Blues (2:38)
11. Pindar's Revenge (3:30)

Credits:

Banjo, Guitar [Pedal Steel] - Bill Keith
Bass - John London
Drums - John Wade
Engineer - Dave Baker
Fiddle - Jay Ungar
Guitar - Dan Hamburg , Patrick Sky
Guitar [Dobro] - David Bromberg
Organ, Piano - John Ware (02)
Vocals, Producer - Ed Sanders