Scruffy The Cat /country-rock/

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Laid-back, rootsy country-rock with witty lyrics was the order of the day for Scruffy the Cat, a Boston quintet led by singer Charlie Chesterman; however, all bandmembers contributed material. Their debut EP, 1986's High Octane Revival, was produced by the Neighborhoods' Dave Minehan, and their first full-length effort, Tiny Days, found Chris Butler, late of the Waitresses, in the producer's chair. Following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Stona Fitch, the band recorded another EP, Boom Boom Boom Bingo, in 1987, and their final LP offering, Moons of Jupiter, arrived the next year. Chesterman embarked on a solo career after the band's dissolution. - Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Part of the fertile late-'80s Boston music scene that included the Blake Babies, the Lemonheads, and Buffalo Tom, when it came to making a clang, Scruffy the Cat favored traditional instruments such as harmonicas and banjos to the wall of distortion of their contemporaries. That's not to say the songs on Tiny Days don't rock, however. Using great sing-song melodies and a relentless backbeat, Scruffy transform basic pop songs like "Time Never Forgets" and "Thomas Doubter" into roots rock workouts; a New England, clam chowdery version of Jason the Scorchers or Steve Earle. - Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide

Scruffy The Cat are:
Charlie Chesterman (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Stephen Fredette (guitar, vox), Mac Paul Stanfield (bass), Randall Lee Gibson IV (drums), Stona Fitch (banjo, mandolin, accordion, piano)

1987 - Tiny Days
Label: Relativity Rec.
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01. My Baby She's Allright
02. Shadow Boy
03. Upside Down
04. Time Never Forgets
05. Thomas Doubter
06. Never, Never
07. Hello Angel
08. Momma Killed Hate
09. When Your Ship Comes In
10. My Fate Was Sealed With a Kiss
11. Tiny Days
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320 kbps - FhG - Stereo - 80 метров

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1988 - Moons Of Jupiter /Combat/



Produced by Jim Dickinson, Scruffy the Cat's final album, Moons of Jupiter, is characteristically well-played and typically tuneful, but with a poignant sense of melancholy that suffuses even cheery-sounding numbers like "Capital Moonlight," "I Do" and "Betty Drops In." A bittersweet farewell.

band & guests:
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Charlie Chesterman (guitar, vocals),
Stephen Fredette (guitar),
Mac Paul Stanfield (bass),
Randall Lee Gibson IV (drums),
Burns Stanfield (keyboards)
* Fred Spencer (pedal steel guitar),
* Jim Dickinson (grand and toy piano),
* Bongo Nairobi (perc)

tracks:
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01. Capital Moonlight
02. Bus Named Desire
03. Betty Drops In
04. I Do
05. Beg, Borrow and Steal
06. Nova SS 1968
07. Kissing Galaxy
08. Bucknaked
09. Moons of Jupiter
10. Love So Amazing
11. Places
12. One Bad Apple
13. Just Like Cathy's Clown
14. Everything
15. 2Day 2Morrow 4Ever
16. Keith's Lament
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69 mb - vbr-199

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