They Dared To Rock - The Crimea’s American Tale (Part 1)
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Sent : 11 November 2004 01:16:15
Subject : They Dared To Rock - The Crimea’s American Tale (Part 1)
Hey y’all and Yee-Haw
We’re in Missississippi at the moment (check the spelling, teacher’s pet: M, I, double S, I, double S, I, double P, I.). It’s been a month since we’ve been depressed by grey skies, packed tube trains and a shocking fish supper from the chip shop on Royal College Street, NW1. A lot’s happened, so let’s go through it quickly:
Thin wallets, the ‘bar staff’ tour, goodbye deaf knob twiddler, equipment breakdown, bleeding noses in Niagara, hello deaf knob twiddler, taking NYC to the cleaners, pungent 25 cent booths, nerve-wracking radio sessions (find it at: www.kcrw.com), 1200 mile road trip, flight delays, microphones and wires, toothache, studio headaches, Oxford MS, love in the South, LOVIN’ the South. (There’ll be a full, un-edited, un-censored, warts-and-all version on-line soon).
We’re holed up and laying it down (that be studio speak, that be) in Mississippi now. We’re doing five tracks with Dennis Herring; Davey’s singing ‘Someone’s Crying Lord’ as we type. True to form, it’s a cheery little number about dying. True to form, it’s sounding pie-hot and will blow your frickin’ socks off. We’re also (re)doing Girl Just Died, Ching, Lottery Winners On Acid and Opposite Ends. They will also come with a government warning regarding un-expected (and forceful) hosiery removal.
So we’ve also had our cherry snatched in America. It was more of a mugging actually, but we digress. Basically, our first release - the ‘Lottery Winners On Acid EP’ - is out. Search it down in good record stores or download it here: (http://www.bandbuilder.com/thecrimea/). The record is also getting a few spins on radio so, if you’re in the area or just fancy making a nuisance of yourself on e-mail, drop a line to these stations and ask them to play it again (Sam…or Dave, Julie, Tarquin… whatever the DJ’s name is). Here’s a few stations to get you started:
KCRW - Los Angeles, CA, KEXP - Seattle, WA, KNRK - Portland, OR, KFJC - San Francisco, KSCB - Santa Barbara, CA, KXRK - Salt Lake City, UT, KFSR, Fresno, CA, WSUM - Madison, WI, WMSE - Milwaukee, WI, WRFL - Lexington, KY, WFNX - Boston, MA, WAWL - Chattanooga, TN, WXDX - Pittsburgh, PA, KPNT- St. Louis, MO. KRTV - San Antonio, TX, WUSC - Columbia, SC & WRAS - Atlanta, GA
And that is as much rambling as we (or you, probably) can handle at the moment. Hope it’s been at least half-way entertaining. There’ll be another mail soon with ‘proper’ information like tour dates etc.
Remember folks, we’re redneck women, not high class broads.
Lots of Love,
The Crimea
We salute you: Gretchen Wilson, George Strait, Blake Shelton and Taco Bell.
