| 6 January 1995 | Sympathy For The Record Industry | SFTRI 301 |
| 01. Stimulant 02. Painting the Devil’s Office Again 03. Back in the Days 04. Brave New Blues 05. Robert Kennedy Blues 06. The Facts of Life 07. Back on the Night of May 27, 1977 08. Too Young to Die 09. Little Joe 10. Old |
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| Workdogs Old CD album issued in regular case with clear tray. Jon Spencer plays guitar on five of the ten tracks. A live version of Brave New Blues (also featuring Jon Spencer) was released as a 7″ single.
Free MP3 downloads of Painting the Devil’s Office Again and Back in the Days are available at workdogs.net. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion album Mo’ Width features a track titled Rob K (Rob K is President on the re-release) on which he performs as a preacher. And Jon Spencer has recorded with Rob K on several Workdogs records. |
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| Drums: Scott Jarvis Bass/Words: Rob Kennedy Horn Arrangements: Kurt Hoffman Produced: Workdogs 01. Stimulant 02. Painting the Devil’s Office Again 03. Back in the Days 04. Brave New Blues 05. Robert Kennedy Blues 06. The Facts of Life 07. Back on the Night of May 27, 1977 08. Too Young to Die 09. Little Joe 10. Old |
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| “I have been able to get to see the Workdogs about once a month. Their fans will be glad to know that they are receiving the best of care and that the facility is modern and clean and seems efficiently run. It is certainly the best we can afford at this time.
Scott still gets around pretty well. He claims to not have missed a beat since 1974. Around dusk he mixes up a round of “imbibiments” at which point Rob usually shows up with a glass in his hand. Occasionally Rob’s a little fuzzy, but with a bit of encouragement he can be persuaded to embroider one of his colorful yarns from the olden days. Scott picks up some kind of beat and off they go, shambling into the Blues. Sometimes I can’t help but feel that they are the last remnant of a musical form that is close to extinction – the Talking Blues. Few work as comfortably in this genre as do the Workdogs. Their years of experience show. None-the-less, it was not an easy decision to work with them again. They can be extraordinarily difficult. Rob might suddenly insist on being addressed as the Baseball Commissioner of the Blues and refuse to do a lick of work until everyone complies. Scott could withdraw into a dark corner, mumbling about “vulvatic rays.” With the Workdogs – as always – ANYTHING is possible. In spite of my trepidations, I booked studio time and put together two vey different combos of back-up musicians for the basic tracks. I was looking to showcase the many facets of the Workdogs’ personalities – a variety that I felt had not yet been recorded sucessfully. The presence of the younger musicians seemed to perk Rob and Scott up enormously – inspiring them to put together what is undoubtedly their finest work to date. I’ve never enjoyed that moment that inevitably comes when I am forced to eject tem from the studio before they bankrupt me. To their credit, they took it no worse this time than any other. In spite of their threats, I’m sure I will speak to them again. If for no other reason, soon enough they will be harranguing me for money. In the meanwhile, please enjoy their latest effort. As the years go by one can’t help but wonder how many more new Workdogs’ discs there will be. Each is like a precious gem – a unique but durable thing of beauty. But while the plastic of this disc should last forever, the fragile bodies of its creators will not. Celebrate them now while they are among us, for who is to say how long that will be.” |
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ARTWORK: Jacket Design: Borax Photos: David Hale/Karin Schaefer/Myrian Babin BARCODE: n/a MATRIX: “0EDK1<706>1819 MADE IN CANADA BY AMERIC DISC” |
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