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#511: Dirt Track Date by Southern Culture on the Skids
#511: Dirt Track Date by Southern Culture on the Skids
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
For every obvious major label signing in the mid-90s trying to capitalize on the success of a variety of Seattle-sounding guitar bands, there was an equal number of head-scratchers that seem to make little sense in retrospect. Take Southern Culture on the Skids, a North Carolina rockabilly outfit that had kicked around since the mid-80s, but found a home on Geffen Records alongside Weezer, Sonic Youth, Veruca Salt, and White Zombie for their 1995 release Dirt Track Date. What the three-piece had going for them is a tight unit of skilled players steeped in American music history, smoothly transitioning from steel-pedal Hawaiian influenced ballads to B-52s-esque kitschy minimalist pop. Dirt Track Date may have only made the slightest dent thanks to its quirky single "Camel Walk," but like the swing revival, the attempt at recapturing the sounds of the past comes across as earnest rather than nostalgic.
Song In This Episode
Intro - Camel Walk
17:50 - Firefly
22:50 - Nitty Gritty
26:08 - Make Mayan A Hawaiian
Outro - 8 Piece Box
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Song In This Episode
Intro - Camel Walk
17:50 - Firefly
22:50 - Nitty Gritty
26:08 - Make Mayan A Hawaiian
Outro - 8 Piece Box
Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon.
Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.
Released:
Oct 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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