Johnny Cash. Hank Williams. Stomping Tom Connors. Loundon Wainwright the 3rd. Warren Zevon. John Lee Hooker, David Allan Coe, Elvis. Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Johnson
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I was born & raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, and got the fuck out as fast as I could turn 20. In 1986 I relocated my ass to Toronto and was quickly thrown out of every band I was ever in at this point. ("Nails on chalk-board charm" is what my style has being called, I think I'm annoyingly weird). What to do. Enter the Dregs Of Humanity. The Dregs of Humanity were originally concieved as a busking act around 1989, while on tour with Rochester's Uncle Sam (an absolutely brillant band that I was mis-managing at the time), their singer Dave Genter & I were playing on top of the bus in the parking lot of Blondies (a Detriot club, it burned down), when he joked that WE should go on tour as the "Dregs Of Humanity" and play nothing but parking lots. So I did. For about five years. Putting more roll in the rock and taking the 'o' out of country, lo-fi Acadian blues, if you will, just a singing 'bout those and what I know, keeping it simple. Since Detroit The Dregs has become a sort of rogues gallery. Having had members of, (at different times), Teenage Head, The Illuminati, Sassy Scarlet, Coyote Shivers, Uncle Sam, Cloven Blade, The Veins, Platinum Blonde, Robin Black, The Sinisters, and a plethora of Toronto's best seminal musicians. 1993 saw the release of "The Dregs'" debut cassette, (Yes! Cassette! It had just replaced vinyl & we were all very impressed), a limited run of 1000 numbered cassettes that have since spread out on the wind. As have the other two following releases."Dregless" & 1994's "Endsville" I occasionally see copies in the morgues of college radio stations. (I steal them).......... ....Then the Sinisters came and gave me a last name. (for the Sinisters epic tale go to myspace.com/thesinisters it's just too involved to tell, and there's audio/visual aids over there...)........ ..... 1999 brought the CD "Blues from the Boneyard",(originally on my label 'Skeller" )distibuted still available through October 32nd), Now this was a a stripped down blues dealie. Designed to reflect the New Brunswick kitchen parties of my mis-spent youth. Since 2001 a string of drummers have come and gone, chief among them...Jack Peddler, who I originally met when he was playing with Coyote Shivers in NYC, lucky for me, the Dental Police caught his hairy ass and sent it back to Hamilton ON. Jack's a fucking laff and a 1/2 and a terrific drummer. voted 1 country drummer 1968..., Karl Anderson from "Tylenol 5", (Karl would play the opening of a fridge), Jim Brown of the Illuminati (who appears on the upcoming live EP - "Hellbound n' Down") and Killer Ky Anto of Robin Black/Crash Kelly (who produced and drummed on the 2006 indie release "Urban Industrial Blues". (Ky was the fucking maaaaaan! Kept me on time like a german train being driven by an obsessive compulsive drum major).........
But people move on and punk's get old and go country. Now I'm Backed up by the Cemetery men, who bear a striking resemblance to the Trailer Park Ghouls I hung out with last year..... featuring Steve Barber (Evildoers), On Upright Bass, Dale Kennedy (The Flu), On Lap Steel/ electric guitar & Cory Smith (Saigon Brothel) on acoustic slide guitar. And there's more musicians we're digging up....need fiddle & banjo players, apply within. This, is my return to my Maritime roots. There's no fucking about with this. We are a party band, We ain't out to reshape the music world or your perceptions there of. We are only here to make you Drink, Dance and have a good time. ............................................................................................................................................
"My search revealed an act I'd never heard of before. Troy Sinister and the Cemetery Men. Considering my love of old-skool country I feel like I've let myself down for not hearing about Troy sooner. His voice hints of 1960s Bob Dylan mixed with the jangling acoustic melodic swagger of Johnny Cash.And he wrote a song called Dustbowl Cowboys.
What more could a snap-shirt-seeking gal want? Warm up your harmonica and play along with this bluesy, dusty number by Troy Sinister and the Cemetery Men!" .......................................................................................................................... ....................
New Music Canada Track of the Day March 10, 2009: Troy Sinister & Cemetery Men "Dustbowl Cowboys"
Posted by Amanda Putz on Mar 10, 2009
Troy Sinister & The Cemetery Men's Friend Space (Top 40)
I was hammered when I put up that "status" I was gone 1 minute to take a wizz and I came back and they took my Guiness and Strongbow so I was mad but my head don't hurt too much now so it was probably a good thing, Cheers Bro
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Hey Troy Sinister, I am sending you a Corona.
Hey Troy .. it's been dog's ages since I've stopped in to say howdy. Just thought I'd let you know I'm still walking on top of the ground .. lol .. yeah, I know - that's a scary thought!! Hope you're still singing those drinking songs to the helpless sinners - the ultimate win-win party - everybody benefits!! Yeehaw!! Play hard and rock on!!
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