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Long Term Plan

Album: Long Term Plan

Released: Feb 2, 2009

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Long Term Plan
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I'm Gone
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Bury Me With My Boots On
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Number 9 Coal
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Workin' in the Town
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General Info

Genre: Bluegrass / Country / Rockabilly
Location CARBONDALE, Un
Profile Views: 107387
Last Login: 6/25/2012
Member Since 8/9/2007
Website mudstomp.com
Record Label MudStomp Records
Type of Label Major
Bio
This southern Illinois based hillbilly trio's unique sound is comprised of banjoist/vocalist Joe McCamish's old timey voice and banjo licks, upright bassist Randy Hill's rockabilly slap, and accordionist Alex Pape's 'hillbilly accordion' styles. Whistle Pigs started as a house band at PK's in Carbondale,IL, a gig that lasted for two and a half years only to end when the whistle pigs touring schedule interfered with the weekly residency. The band debuted in 2008 with their independently produced album 'Original Album' with songs written by McCamish and featuring a fiddle and washboard. Several hundred copies were sold in the first few months following it's release and it's successes afforded the group more gigs and extensive touring of their region, making them one of the area's favorite bands. The groups second release, 'Long Term Plan', followed a year later showing the maturing songwriting skills of McCamish and a tight sound that only comes from constant gigging. Late 2010 brought the newest release 'Bless Your Hearts and Livers' on the MudStomp label, featuring Steve Fishell on pedal steel and dobro and recorded at the Sound Kitchen in Nashville, TN. Whistle Pigs bring bluegrass to Cavern Club Written by Joel Sensenig Toledo Free Press *You wouldn't expect a band that gets its name from a woodchuck to be all that worried about getting the rock-star treatment on the road. In the case of country-meets-bluegrass-meets-rockabilly band the Whistle Pigs, this assumption would be correct. These southern Illinois boys just hope the price of gasoline stays below the $3 mark. "We've got a smaller van, so it's a little better on gas money," said Joe McCamish, lead vocalist and banjo man for the Whistle Pigs, which rolls into Ann Arbor's Cavern Club Nov. 17. Not that anyone's complaining about the modest road accommodations. "We live better on the road than we do at home," McCamish said. "We were born to travel. We've got the system down — we load in, we charm the bartender and get free drinks. We'll sleep anywhere, eat whatever. Anything to make this happen, you know?" Since forming in the college town of Carbondale, Illinois several years ago, the band featuring banjo, fiddle, upright bass, washboard and accordian has released three albums and toured extensively throughout the Midwest. Their latest offering, "Bless Your Hearts and Livers," released on the Mudstomp label, added pedal steel and dobro to the band's sound. It was recorded at the Sound Kitchen in Nashville, Tenn. The Whistle Pigs does not shy away from its rural roots, often using the term "hillbilly" whenever they can. "We just felt the terms 'country' and 'bluegrass' got too big," McCamish said. "We feel 'hillbilly' is more back to the roots of what we're trying to do." When this band of hillbillies invades Ann Arbor, McCamish said fans should expect to get their groove on. "It's a high-energy show," he said. "We love to entertain, and do a bit of banter onstage. There's always a lot of dancing at our shows. It's a good time, an old-time feel." .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ............PUT AN ..
Members
Banjo Joe- lead vocals, banjo, guitar, and songwriting, Randy Hill- dog house bass and vocal harmonies, and Delicous Aloicous a pioneer of the hillbilly accordion.
Influences
Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe and the bluegrass boys, cheap shitty PA's, Hank I, II, and III, Unknown Hinson, Tl, dirty underware, Beer, Doc Watson, The John Wayne Band, SLR,Hang'em High,Skinny Jim, Mountain Sprout, Kunkle Coy Dog, Hee Haw, Hell's Angels,Hot chicks with red hair and cross-eyes, pickled eggs, Andy Grifith, MC Hammer,Huntn and Fishn, Dewayne Bros., music, skunks, Arkamo Rangers, GCDC, Truckstop Honeymoon, Winfield, Tall Pawl, Those bottom feeders, Adam and Blayne, Jesus's dog, Jim Morrison, Papa Jim and Two Old Gems, and you.
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Grandpa Jones Pissed