Released 1980 Length 50:59 Release date 1980 Genre Folk music | Recorded 1979 Artist Michael Hurley Label Rounder Records | |
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Snockgrass is a 1980 folk album by Michael Hurley. The album was released by Rounder Records.
Contents
The album places emphasis on Hurley's vocals. There is traditional folk influenced by freakbeat the blues and jazz. Lyrics on the tracks tend to be serious, satire, and even humorous. Hurley would even make shifts in the middle of a song by creating humor out of a serious situation or vice versa.
Side one
- "Midnite Rounder" – 3:09
- "O My Stars" – 3:29
- "Tia Marie" – 4:01
- "I'm Gettin' Ready to Go" - 3:52
- "Watchin' the Show" – 3:34
- "Automatic Slim & the Fat Boys" – 4:05
Side two
- "Don't Treat Me Bad" – 2:32
- "I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop" (Jim Jackson) – 2:46
- "No Home" – 2:02
- "Jolé Blon" – 2:34
- "I Think I'll Move" – 3:23
- "Goin' to Florida" – 3:42
- "You Gonna Look Like a Monkey" (Williams, Hall) - 3:57
1997 CD release bonus tracks
- "Sweet Lucy (Alternative Take)" - 4:02
- "Grapefruit Juice Blues" - 4:24
Songs
1Midnite Rounder3:07
2O My Stars3:27
3Tia Marie3:58
References
Snockgrass Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA