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The Dirt Daubers on Tour!

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:47:26 GMT

The band fronted by Legendary Shack Shaker JD Wilkes is touring Europe as an electric 4-piece. Go see 'em! In the meantime check out the vinyl version of their amazing Wake Up Sinners album - just released on Stag-O-Lee! Highly recommended!

14.6. Wardamme/Belgium – Muddy Roots Festival
15.6. Haarlem/NL – Harlem Shuffle
16.6. Arnheim/NL - Luxor Live
16.6. Antwerpen/B - Trix
17.6. Tübingen/D - Blauer Salon
18.6. Rostock/D – Mau Club
19.6. Bremen/D – Lila Eule
20.6. Krefeld/D - Kulturrampe
21.6. Dortmund/D - Subrosa
22.6. Aalborg/DK - Studenterhuset
24.6. London/UK – The Black Heart
25.6. Dublin/IRE – Ubangi Stomp Club
27.6. Brighton/UK – The Haunt
28.6. Blerick/NL - Zoks Festival
29.6. Rossum/NL – Rosrock Festival
29.6. Rotterdam/NL - Pijnacker Festival

Busy days at the Stag-O-Lee HQ!

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:53:23 GMT

Been fighting with a computer that took on a life on its own (basically crashing whenever it wanted), but as it had all the tools I need neatly on the hard drive I hesitated to get a new machine. Finally did it and after an inital what-the-hell-is-going-on-here I find my ways around my shiny new tool.

In the meantime we are working hard to promote the In Fuzz We Trust release, a fucking bomb if there every was one. Waaay better than I hoped in my wildest dreams! Fasten your seat belts!

Plus I am working on the debut release by German based two-piece Grits'N Gravy. 8 tracks on 10" and eco-pack CD. Please note: the record release party will take place on August 10 at the Sonic Ballroom in Cologne. Yours truly and Mister K-Nut will be dj-ing as the Stag-O-Lee Allstars. Support by Mack Drietens. Only 7 Euros. Starts at 9 pm.

Even more important is the Stag-O-Lee webshop which will see the Grand Opening any day. Been fighting with an incompetent programmer, but finally managed to get things done. More soon!

Also getting stuff together for the weekend. Will load my trusty Ford Transit Tourneo van for the Muddy Roots Europe festival in Wardamme/Belgium - June 14-16! 3 days packed full of independent roots, rock, blues and country bands from around the world! We will set up our record stall and make tons of money. If not, maybe a few new friends... check the line-up here! If you are around do not hesitate to drop by!

In Fuzz We Trust – delayed, but coming soon!

Wed, 29 May 2013 20:43:44 GMT

In case you are among the thousands awaiting the release of the amazing In Fuzz We Trust compilation let me tell you that in order to insure this record is the best it can be (a Stag-O-Lee principle anyway) we had to delay the release date for a few weeks. We ran into some technical problems and realized that our schedule was way too tight in the first place. So sit back and relax! Once it is out it will be perfect.

In the meantime check out the liner notes written by Mr. Rudi Protrudi himself:
„The album you now hold in your hands is nothing short of the Greatest Tribute Album Ever Recorded. Nowhere in history have as many legendary performers appeared on one record, for the purpose of saluting another artist. In this case, the artist is the band that instigated the 80's Garage Revival that continues to this day - The Fuzztones. Preaching the Garage (and Psych) gospel since their inception in 1980, The Fuzztones influenced countless bands worldwide with their enigmatic image, high velocity performance and personalized interpretations. Fact is, even if The Fuzztones had never written a song in their long and illustrious career, they succeeded in accomplishing something much more important, even profound... they resurrected a music style that had only existed from (roughly) 1966 to 1967, and through relentless touring and recording, kept it alive for over 33 years. Initially, the band's mission was to introduce this long-lost music to the world, and did so by covering obscure classics, many by artists who appear on this album.
"When the Beatles and Stones started out, they covered alot of Motown and blues stuff, in an attempt to turn people on to it," points out head Fuzztone, Rudi Protrudi, "and that's what we wanted to do as well." The music they chose to cover was so obscure that most of their audience assumed they were originals, and the band could easily have kept it that way. Instead, Rudi joined forces with Germany's Music Maniac label and released the album, "Songs We Taught The Fuzztones," a collection of original versions of songs made famous by The Fuzztones. This record, released in 1993, turned Fuzztones fans on to the original artists, hence beginning the "purist" movement that eventually spawned the emergence of reunited 60's Garage and Psych legends, as well as events such as Cavestomp, which brought them and their newfound fan base together. But The Fuzztones are much more than a cover band. Their original material bears their own distinctive sound - which owes as much to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, the Stooges and the Doors, as to the 60's Garage and Psych they obviously adore. When you hear The Fuzztones, there's no mistaking them for someone else.
This album is the last of a three-part trilogy of Fuzztones tribute albums that began with "Fuzztones Illegitimate Spawn 1" and it's successor, "2." Both double CD collections featured bands from all around the world, paying homage to the band that inspired them. Now we come full circle with a collection of Fuzztones classics, covered by the legendary bands that inspired The Fuzztones in the first place. Ladies and Gents, The Holy Grail: IN FUZZ WE TRUST!“

Stag-O-Lee record stall at Sjock #38!

Mon, 27 May 2013 20:44:34 GMT

It is still time to buy tickets for Sjock #38, one of the coolest festivals on this planet. It takes place from July 6-8 (the 6th is the Psychobilly night, so you can well start on Saturday evening if that's not your cup of tea) in a small town in Belgium called Gierle.

This year the headliners are Dinosaur Jr., Los Straitjackets, Jim Jones Revue, Deke Dickerson, Black Lips, New Bomb Turks, Paul Ansells Number Nine, Smokestack Lightnin' and a bunch of others. Non-stop music on two stages – one bands ends on the main open air stage, the other begins in the amazing Titty Twister tent! And vice versa.

And the best: Stag-O-Lee will be there with our record stall offering the latest in hot releases at special low festival prices. Drop by and have a chat! We're looking forward to it! Check out www.sjock.com for more info and timeschedule. Highly recommended!

Stag-O-Lee welcomes The Dirt Daubers!

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:07:08 GMT

As a harmonica player, the Kentucky-based Colonel J.D. Wilkes has recorded his raw, country-blues style for everyone from Merle Haggard to Mike Patton, Hank Williams III to his own band the Legendary Shack Shakers. Mixing acoustic rockabilly, blues, jazz and country into a thrilling frankenstein hybrid, Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers (named after the southern slang term for a stingless wasp that builds mud-clumps in the corners of old barns) are proud to debut the vinyl version of their latest album Wake Up, Sinners, a collection of raw originals and covers, recorded together in real time... in a big, live, open room... This is ornery, full-throated American music sung from the gut and shot from the hip!

To be released on the hip (!) German label Stag-O-Lee (hey, that's us!) in a limited edition of 500 copies! On gorgeous 10" format, too! Available by the end of May!

Tav Falco Panther Burns on tour!

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:29:30 GMT

Tav Falco and the mighty Panther Burns are on tour in May! Please check out the dates and do yourself a favour:

03.5. Antwerp – The Trix
04 5. Paris – Petit Bain
05 5. Wattrelos ( near Lille) - Club Boîte à Musique
29.5. Wien - Chelsea - support: The Mergers & DJ Wild Evel
30.5. Nürnberg - K4 - support: The Recalls & DJ Memphis Music Club
31.5. München - The Atomic Cafe
1.6. Berlin - Bassy - support: The Magnificient Brotherhood
4.6. Hannover - Galerie Lunar - Tav Falco Lesung "Ghosts Behind The Sun"
5.6. Berlin - Club Austern - Tav Falco Lesung "Ghosts Behind The Sun"
6.6. Frankfurt - Orange Peel - Tav Falco Lesung "Ghosts Behind The Sun"
7.6. Köln - MTC - support: Kommando Beat & DJ Traxman (Soundflat)
8.6. Hannover - Lux
9.6. Hamburg - Molotow - support: Die Spams
14.6. Pfarrkirchen - Bogaloo
15.6. Frankfurt - Das Bett - support: Bees Village & DJ Robert Herz
16.6. Waardamme, Belgium – Muddy Roots Festival

Get your tickets here...

Stag-O-Lee at Muddy Roots Europe!

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:07:56 GMT

Well, folks, the Stag-O-Lee record-shop will stop at this years Muddy Roots Europe festival in Waardamme/Belgium from Friday until Sunday (June 14-16) bringing all kinds of hot platters directly to the customer. Our own Tav Falco Panther Burns will headline the Sunday, the great Dirt Daubers on Friday, and Bob Wayne And His Outlaw Carnies will be rocking the outdoor place on Saturday. Plus about 25 other bands – check the poster or facebook page. This is supposed to be „The best voodoobilly honky tonkin' ass shakin' low down dirty rockabilly hillgrass swamp waltzin' farmageddon MUDDY ROOTS MUSIC good ol' time this side of the pond!!!“ Looking forward to a great weekend...

Coming up & looking' great: Tav Falco Panther Burns!

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:23:30 GMT

Just received the double-CD and double-LP of the 2nd Tav Falco Panther Burns reissue called The Lore & Testament Vol. 2! And boy, does it look great in all it's deluxe glory. Unique CD packaging and a big fat vinyl gatefold sleeve! Features the Sugar Ditch Revisited and Shake Rag EPs as well as a previously live show from that era. Detailed liner-notes by the man himself on the 32 page CD-booklet and vinyl innersleeves. And here's what you get:

SUGAR DITCH REVISITED - a modest album with a huge cast of the crème of Memphis musicians joining the PANTHER BURNS. We were the first ever to record in Studio B of Sam Phillips Recording Service, 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Seems that when the "new" studio was built in 1959 with the proceeds of the Bill Justis hit, "Raunchy", the small triangular shaped Studio was never put into service. It was brainchild of Jerry Phillips, one of Mr. Phillips' sons and a former midget wrestler, to get Studio B up and running. Jim Dickinson produced the record alongside Roland James, pioneer guitarist on the early Jerry Lee Lewis sides, twirling the knobs at the control board. This record featured two songs Dickinson had found on tapes discarded by STAX during the last days of the studio's existence. Sir Mac Rice an ex-Falcon penned “Tina, the Go Go Queen and Money Talks”. For these numbers Andrew Love and Ben Cauley were brought in from the Memphis Horns to add that lush and signature lilt of the laid-back 'Memphis sound'. Alex Chilton played his new guitar - a rusty Mosrite he'd found in a pawnshop on Poplar Avenue, The articulate bassist, Rene Coman, came up from New Orleans for the sessions, Ross Johnson whipped the skins, and a bevy of girlfriends sang backing vocals. The album was eponymously named after a hamlet just south of Memphis so-called because of the open latrine sewer that served the community. Sugar Ditch is the term black southerners attach to such a sewer. The activist, Jesse Jackson, brought national attention to the plight and danger of epidemic evident at Sugar Ditch.

SHAKE RAG - It had been some since Johnny Cash last walked through the Studio A doors of Sam Phillips Recording Service, 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, when PANTHER BURNS recorded this dark and lugubrious mini-album there in 1986. Whilst this was the boom period for lavish alternative, new wave, and no wave music productions, we entered the grand A Studio in stripped-down form. We numbered only three stalwarts: Jim Dickinson producer, keyboardist, guitarist, Ross Johnson on percussion, and yours truly, Tav Falco, on guitar and voice. Alex Chilton had put himself in the doghouse on this record, and decided to stay home at his mom's house during the sessions. In a sense we three felt dwarfed by the voluminous space of studio A ensconced in the center of Mr. Phillips' atomic space age, Santa Monica-styled recording complex with its tangerine and turquoise wall panels, white shag carpeted offices, Japanese rock with running fountain, and crystal-lined upstairs bar. The sessions were sporadic over a period of several weeks into months. There is a raw primitivism howling from these tracks and an unbridled intensity not heard from the band in recorded form since our 1st album, Behind The Magnolia Curtain. It is the kind of record PANTHER BURNS can make as easily a falling off a log.

LIVE AT MESSEPALAST – This collection of songs is a segment center cut from a wild and wooly two-hour show on the PANTHER BURNS 2nd tour of Europe in 1989. Our agent has somehow placed us as the headliner on a weeknight of a week long festival in a former noble palace or palace horse stable located in what is now the Museums Quartier of merry old Vienna. There were several hundred unruly celebrants waiting there for us to take the expansive theater stage. Because our agent had just driven the band from dates in Spain non-stop directly to Vienna in the back of a cargo van in wet, bitter cold weather, I was sick as a dog when I hit the stage. My knees were weak, but somehow regained strength at the opening salvos of our distorted electric guitars. The audience was already cavorting in an altered state of heightened frenzy and stayed that way until very last note was struck. Having been on the road for several weeks, the band knew the material so well, they could play it sleepwalking. Together we shot through the extended set like it was military march gone haywire. ORF (Austrian National Radio) was there recording the whole mess in ultra high fidelity, and the result is what you will hear on this record. The group was composed of B. Newman on drums, bassist Red West (K. Eric), guitarist G. Reineke, and yours truly, Tav Falco, voice and guitar.

Out now on Stag-O-Lee: Jim Jam Gems!

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:46:50 GMT

The start of a new series! Both are available as limited edition 10“-es only!

Vol. 1 – Bad Boy Serenade
Teenage hoodlums in leather jackets standing on street corners, chewin' gum and eyeing conspiciously every invader on their turf. Tough gals in jeans and tight sweaters struttin' by, answering every wolf call with a dangerous glimmer of the eye and a swing of the hips. Revvin' up the engine of a hopped-up Ford, kissing in back alleys, flashin' a flicknife in the dark – that's the sound of a Bad Boy Serenade.
Ten 50s R&B-smashes by the likes of Larry Williams, Connee Boswell, Tony Casanova, Bobby Lester, Danny Taylor and others...

Vol. 2 - This Ain’t Hot Compared To Hell
Brothers and Sisters, Swing out with Halleluja! We’ve all come together here to hear about good souls in full faith! To hear about sinners confessing their misled ways! To hear about the tellings of the good book, and to hear about beating the devil! So let’s lift your hearts and open your ears, feel the spirit driving into you like the rod of correction, sing, praise, and give the Lord a handclap!
Ten tracks that praise the Lord by Rod Willis, LaVerne Baker, Otta Bash, The Golden Gate Quartet, Dorsey Burnette and others.

Compiled by Stuttgart's own Duke JensOmatic. Buy now or cry later!

In Fuzz We Trust!

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:49:45 GMT

Here is the deal: Main Fuzztone Rudi Protrudi asked his favourite 60s psych- and garage-bands to record a Fuzztones tune and all of them responded favourably and paid tribute to the seminal band. Featuring 18 tracks: The Monks, The Electric Prunes, Davie Allan, Gonn, The Vagrants, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Tropics, Vanilla Fudge, Sky Saxon, The Shadows Of Knight, The Pretty Things, Zacherley, Sean Bonniwell, Wally Waller, Arthur Lee and others...

So on May 10 the mighty Stag-O-Lee releases In Fuzz We Trust as Digipak CD, double vinyl, and ultra-limited 9x7“ wooden box.

March 15 will see a sneak preview in form of a limited 7“-single featuring tracks by The Electric Prunes (with guest appearances by The Pretty Things, Sean Bonniwell and Arthur Lee) and The Shadows Of Knight - both songs are in the player now.

Check out the promo video!!!!

Out now: Beat From Badsville Vol. 2

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:37:28 GMT

More Trash Classics From Lux And Ivy’s Vinyl Mountain! Music is a voyage of strange opportunity. Out there, if you look hard enough, you’ll find crazed visionaries, half deaf creatives, lunatics let loose with whistles, juvenile delinquents with a notepad and pen and people who, quite frankly, have no time for the theory of pop. Thank God! This collection brings together two dozen songs by such people, tunes that don’t fall into any easy categories and give short shrift to the context of “classic” or traditional songwriting. This is the stuff of legend, the beat from Badsville.

In this collection we bring together chickens and party animals of all kinds. There’s Homer Denison Jr’s cautionary tale of teenage car racing that refers directly to James Dean’s movie antics. There’s Mel Smith And The Night Riders’ crazed guitar and cowbell battle on ‘Pretty Plaid Skirt’ sitting neatly alongside the wonderfully named Dicky Doo And The Don’ts rebel-friendly ‘Wild Party’. And, our selection of chickens continues with the seminal ‘Pickin’ On The Wrong Chicken’, a veritable JD gem by The Five Stars and The Jerry Lee-powered ’99 Chicks’ by Ron Haydock And The Boppers, a rollicking rocker that’s preceded by the demented and quite disturbing melody of ‘Baby Brother’ by Bill Carter.

This set also focuses on half a dozen of the tougher ladies. Wanda Jackson, Betty McQuaid and Priscilla Bowman all possess a scary rasp in their vocal, especially McQuaid who sounds like she prepared for the session by gargling some home-distilled hooch. Indeed, they all tell it like it is and stick to their man – perfect! Meanwhile, a further three angry babes get even: The seemingly serene Linda Leigh, whose delivery on ‘My Guy’ has a modern punkiness, offloads some lip curling advice to her other half in squealing brevity, while Bella Lee’s ‘Two Timin’ Man’ lays down the law in front of some pure barrelhouse boogie. Finally, one of the earliest cuts here, 1952’s ‘Drive, Daddy, Drive’ by Little Sylvia has all the swagger of a jive daddy-bating tease.

All of these tunes have been raved over by The Cramps’ legendary Lux and Ivy through various radio shows and interviews over the years. Capturing the excitement that comes from discovering a spine tingling or simply ‘out there’ record, Lux and Ivy have inspired many a generation to dig deep in the crates and uncover all kinds of strange music. While offbeat vocals and bizarre lyrics are par for the course, there’s always plenty of room for deranged instrumentals where possible with sound effects. The Rialtos’ ‘Like Thunder’ delivers the bad weather forecast with a rumbling flurry, The Lifeguards’ utilise the warning whistle and bell to get everyone out of that pool and ‘Red Headed Flea’ by The Caps is full of blood-curdling screams. Johnny And The Hurricanes offer rhythmic electronic organ facing off against sax and twangy guitar with a groaning bass in the background and Terry Snyder’s cut from the cash-in LP set ‘Persuasive Percussion’ features his stylistic bongo playing on an incessant, claustrophobic, mind-bending gem. Even without the sound effects, the instrumental proves to be the backbone of rock ‘n’ roll as Ronnie Ray’s Playboys’ tempered guitar neck-bender ‘The Vulture’, a brooding cross between Link Wray and Duane Eddy, ably proves.

Lux and Ivy’s recommendations have often featured the darker side of doo wop and, this double vinyl collection brings together six cuts from the often overlooked genre. From its heyday in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, we kick off with The Kuf-Linx’s ‘Service With A Smile’ a soulful nugget complete with a glorious hook, closely followed by the tongue-twisting phrasing of the Quotations’ ‘Imagination’ which is just haunting, even on some of the cornier lines. In doo-wop it seems that there’s always room for a bit of horror exploitation too as The Symbols’ ghoulish ‘Do The Zombie’ and The Revels under-stated ‘Midnight Stroll’ adequately display. But, we’re back to the studio trickery and sound effects for the thunder-heavy ‘Stormy Weather’ by The Five Sharps, a priceless cacophony no less, the direct opposite of the sweet toothed ‘Ice Cream Baby’ The Pearls. A homage to the iced cone, it’s a light piece of frippery with some of the most wince-inducing lines ever, including the comparison of the singer’s girl’s eyes to pistachios. They don’t write them like that any more.

This collection is an exotic trip into the off-kilter world of recordings, many of them independent, which sprang up all over the US during the ‘50s. It’s filled with sounds that will stop you in your tracks and the best news is, there’s so much more out there. Keep digging.

In the works: Electric Prunes/Shadows Of Knight 45!

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:03:19 GMT

March 12 will see the sneak preview from the forthcoming Fuzztones tribute album "In Fuzz We Trust!". Tracks by The Electric Prunes (featuring guest appearances by The Pretty Things, Sean Bonniwell and Arthur Lee) and The Shadows Of Knight (original Fuzztone Elan Portnoy on guitar) doing Fuzztones tunes on a nice Stag-O-Lee 7"! Nothing short of sensational!

Comping up: Tav Falco Panther Burns reissue Pt. II

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:46:41 GMT

Stag-O-Lee is working hard on the upcoming The Lore And Testament Vol. 2 reissue consisting of Sugar Ditch Revisited, Shake Rag and an unreleased show from Vienna in 1985. This hymn of praise to an automobile is taken from the amazing 32-page liner-notes:

While in LA once for a month or so, I began to shop for a ride big enough to haul around the band. Mike Frantic had loaned me his 1966 black on black Thunderbird Ford with a 428 cubic inch engine to tool around LA looking for a sled of my own. One day in a used car flyer, there appeared a tiny ad for a 1963 Chrysler Le Baron limousine. I drove out to San Dimas to take a look at it. In the first instant that I beheld the solid black behemoth, I knew I had found a career automobile. It was a four-door hardtop with a pitched roof made to look like a convertible top. The windshield was broad and rounded at the sides like the 50s designs. The interior was smooth beige leather; the steering wheel was a perfect rectangle. The dashboard was straight out of a Flash Gordon movie, and the automatic transmission was push-button activated. The back seat was stretched with legroom to spare for a Thracian giant, and it was deep and wide enough that I could lie down on it like on a full-length bed. A chrome-rimmed continental tire case was sunk into the trunk lid, and once opened the back line of an entire rock n roll band could fit inside. Under the hood was a 413 cubic inch engine with a four-barrel carburettor making for a massive car that was light on its feet. The stance of the LeBaron was so wide that when it came into view, all else on the road moved out of its way pronto. Looking underneath the big Chrysler, I saw cobwebs hanging down from the torsion bars and axels. How long had the sleek black beast been sitting idle I wondered. The owner told me that he’d had the car only a short time, and that he’d bought it off of a housemaid who worked at the San Simeon estate for the publishing magnate, William Randolph Hearst. When she sold the LeBaron she said it had been a personal gift from Hearst for her years of faithful service. I started the motor, and it instantly breathed life in smooth even draughts with a muffled roar of authority coming from the exhausts. The Chrysler seemed to thrive on the arid California air and high-octane fuel of which it drank a gallon every eight miles. The four-eyed monster was nevertheless sleek and elegant, and it took to the streets and avenues of LA like a big fat duck to water. The actor, Billy Zane, and I drove it up Mulholland Drive to Falcon’s Lair, the estate of Rudolph Valentino, as the big Chrysler loafed up the canyon with the grace of a thoroughbred stallion. When I drove it back to Memphis on Route 66 the LeBaron was a mile-eater for the open road and loafed across the country passing everything in sight without the slightest stress and with the invincible aura of total indestructibility. (Tav Falco)

Tav Falco Panther Burns live!

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:57:16 GMT

Tav Falco and the Unapproachable Panther Burns will play two selected dates very soon. They have been invited to play two great clubs – the Orange Peel in Frankfurt on Friday, the 25th of January and Goldmark's in Stuttgart on the 26th. Both nights will have support – The C-Types at the Peel and Cthulhu Circus in Stuttgart. Some hot DJ's are also lined up at both venues for some serious afterpartying. Highly recommended!

Meanwhile Stag-O-Lee is working hard on the 2nd Tav Falco Panther Burns reissue. Just listening to the previously unreleased bonus – a sh*ithot liverecording of an `85 gig at the Messepalast in Vienna recorded by the ORF. Awesome!

Out now on Stag-O-Lee: Adolphe Sex Et Ses Machines EP

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:57:17 GMT

Stag-O-Lee is proud to announce the release of a 7“-EP of epic proportions! Adolphe Sex Et Ses Machines is a 7-piece from Charleroi in Belgium. Singer/guitarist Matthew Hardison and drummer Nico Leonard are also heart and soul of The Moon Invaders and The Caroloregians, two of the best active Rock Steady/Boss Reggae bands. If not the best.

But there is no trace of Jamaica in the sound of Adolphe Sex, this is pure Rhythm & Blues raunch with four covers on offer - two wild Tittyshakers by the legendary Northwest rockers The Wailers as well as Torture Rock by The Rockin Belmarx! Also featured are sleazy takes on tunes by Sam McLain (Baby Come Home) and an awesome version of the Burnt Toast & Black Coffee classic – known from the likes of Shorty Long and Mike Pedicin.

Machines EP - now available at a music emporium nearby! Or directly via the Stag-O-Lee shop (Grand Opening soon!).

Out now on Stag-O-Lee: Tav Falco Panther Burns – Live In London

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:40:02 GMT

More than a year ago (September 15, to be exact), Tav Falco Panther Burns rocked the legendary London venue 100 Club! They played two sets, the first consisting of the tunes from their groundbreaking Behind The Magnolia Curtain debut – thus celebrating the recent Stag-O-Lee Deluxe reissue. The second set was a mixture of old favourites and new tunes.

16 of those made it onto the final record, which after some artwork delays will finally be released on Stag-O-Lee any minute. Live In London will only be available as a super-duper limited double-10“! 60 minutes of raucous rock`n´roll!

Sjock 37: The Fuzztones replace The Sonics!

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:34:35 GMT

The legendary Northwest rockers were scheduled to play the Sjock festival in Belgium (July 7 and 8), but had to cancel the whole tour. We proposed the Fuzztones as a replacement (who played the Sjock 20 years ago) and it took a day to finish the deal! The Fuzztones played the Orange Blossom Special festival three weeks ago and blew us away completely. They played as a 4-piece with Rudi handling all guitar duties - and boy, did he deliver! Looking forward to an amazing gig - Sunday at 7.20 pm Sjock main stage - see you there.

Out now: Beat From Badsville - Trash Classics From Lux And Ivy’s Vinyl Mountain, Vol. 1

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:38:40 GMT

Available on double-10" (Vinyl only!)!

Brought up on the radio shows of the legendary rock ‘n’ roll DJs, the moondogging Alan Freed, Mad Daddy and, later, the ghostly Ghoulardi, it was hardly surprising that The Cramps’ Lux Interior and Poison Ivy began trawling the thrift stores for juvenile delinquent tunes, lip curling bad boy rock ‘n’ roll, strange exotica, bizarre novelty 45s, dysfunctional doo wop, psychedelic weirdness and instrumentals made by madmen. In America in the 1950s and 1960s there seemed to be small town versions of such vinyl madness everywhere that, by the 1970s were remaindered and to the majority of people unwanted. To the fledgling Cramps this was nothing short of heaven.

The duo filled their house with novelty memorabilia, schlock horror furniture and a record collection to die for. Lux eventually gravitated to his own Purple Knif Radio show and the Cramps delivered their versions of some of the stuff they’d found, from Ronnie Cook And The Gaylads’ ‘Goo Goo Muck’, to The Novas’ ‘The Crusher’, Lightnin’ Slim’s ‘It’s Mighty Crazy’ and a whole host of others originally hand tooled by The Phantom, Carl Perkins, The Groupies, Hasil Adkins and many more.

The duo name-checked many a 45 along the way and seeking them out and sampling their eccentricities is nothing short of mind blowing. Indeed, in many cases, you have to wonder at what the artists involved were thinking before they went into the studio. Cackling laughs, offbeat plotlines and maniacal lyrics, detuned guitars, coded gibberish and b-movie horror all wrapped up in under three minutes, these are songs from a golden era of DIY music when the rule book of contemporary MOR music was lost down the back of the sofa.

This 24-track collection (compiled by Mojo’s Dave Henderson) positively effervesces with eccentricity. Side one offers half a dozen slabs of lip curling rock ‘n’ roll, from the madcap beginnings of ‘Bongo Beatin’ Beatnik’ through to the teenage rampage of Gene Maltais’ unhinged ‘Gang War’. Side two gives fashion tips, conveys strange love talk, songs where words are meaningless and novelty driving stories, while side three brings guitars from Hades, honking saxophones and rhythmic dance routines for the hard of standing. Finally, we have sounds to make you shriek on side four, with scorpions, witches and nightmares all on offer plus probably one of the oddest 45s ever in ‘The Cave’.

Every track pirouettes dangerously and at times hap hazardly around the expected. These are songs for strange times by what can definitely be considered strange people. Gems and nuggets that sparkle even more bright in today’s manufactured music maelstrom.

Check it out here...

Tav Falco Panther Burns on tour!

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:21:09 GMT

Tav Falco, Memphis legend and Stag-O-Lee recording artiste and his band Panther Burns will play selected dates around Europe. Make sure you don't miss it! It's gonna be a blast!

Thu May 24 - F-PARIS, La Java
Thu 31 May - D-FRANKFURT, Ponyhof
Fri 01 June - D-ULM, Kradhalle
Sat 02 June - D-HANNOVER, Cafe Glocksee
Thu 16 August - A-DORNBIN, Spielboden

And this is the new Stag-O-Lee T-shirt design!

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:45:17 GMT

Done by the extremely talented Jens-O-Matic, sent yesterday evening and it was love at first sight! The shirt is being printed right now, so in case you are interested just watch this space or click "Like" on our facebook page - so info comes automatically. The new shirt kicks off an avalanche of new Stag-O-Lee releases which will be scattered over the next 6 months.

Amazing stuff, a lot of vinyl, extremely hot platters, the greatest rockin`music. News will be revealed soon, I guarantee you will be floored! Get them here...