Based in Memphis at Shangri-La Record Store, the label was put on the map by The Grifters along with a fine cast of beer and blues friends and co-conspirators.
The Hot Monkey
The Hot Monkey is card-carrying Grifter
Scott Taylor alone and unashamed,
wrestling with the four-track demons. Bare
and uncompromising, he sketches the
skeletal frame of southern blues and
fleshes it out with the crackling fuzz of
bedroom geetar rock.
The Memphis Goons
Off their first and only release, circa
1970, from Memphis' one and only cult
garage band. Everybody talks about
getting down to the roots, but no one
has ever sounded this close to the bone.
Classic Captain Beefheart-influenced
garage rock that you just gotta hear.
The Simple Ones
Beeyouteeful guitar rock tunes from
south of the Mason-Dixon line. Sharing
more than geographical proximity to
Memphis superheroes The Grifters, The
Simple Ones deconstruct The Rock to its
most raw, stunning, and essential elements.
Strapping Fieldhands
Philly's finest minstrels bust out into
a thinly-veiled drunken pop sing-along
on this track from their first
full-length recording. Hand claps and
good cheer attempt to hide a penchant
for the deliciously disorderly.
