''Buck Fever'' was the second full-length album released by

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Trey Spruance Preston Lea "Trey" Spruance III (born August 14, 1969) is an American composer, producer, and musician who co-founded the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. He is also leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3. Originally a guitarist and ...

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Track listing

#"Buck Fever" – 5:45 #"The Dapper Bandits" – 8:03 #"The Silent Elk of Yesterday" – 6:17 #"Crag Lake" – 0:48 #"Meteorite Showers" – 8:14 #"The Bounty Hunter" – 6:17 #"Super Buck II" (Cover of

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ground theme)– 2:35 #"Millennium Child" – 8:16 #"Trampoline Klan" – 2:02 #"Burnt Corpse" – 0:14 #"Rise n' Shine (Epic Doobie Nightmare #"1)" – 2:27 #"Bride of the Buck" – 1:39 #"A Very Intense Battle" – 8:40 #"Green Hill" – 1:25 #"Feed Your Mama's Meter (Remix 2001)" – 4:15 #"What Deers May Come" – 5:28

Album credits

The Band ("The Big Game Hunters")

Timb Harris Timba Harris (born September 21, 1977) is a violinist, violist, trumpet player, and composer. He is an active touring and recording member of Trey Spruance's Secret Chiefs 3, a founding member of the band Estradasphere, and one half of the elect ...

– solo violin, violin sections, solo and section trumpets, mandolin, euphonium, keyboards. * David Murray – drums, didjeridu, percussion, (djembe, shaker, tambourine, timpani, roto toms, dombek, orchestral percussion), new age keyboards. *

Jason Schimmel Jason Schimmel (born June 30, 1978) is an American composer, guitarist, musician, recording engineer and producer from Los Angeles, California. He is a founding member of the bands Estradasphere, Red Fiction (formerly known as Atomic Ape), and Ora ...

– acoustic and electric guitars, baritone guitar, sitar guitar, banjo, lapsteel, keyboard (organs, piano, glockenspiel, toy piano, choir, chimes, electric pino, clav) *

Tim Smolens Estradasphere was an American experimental band that originated in Santa Cruz, California, during the late 1990s. The band, which in its last incarnation was based in Seattle, consisted of six multi-instrumentalists from a variety of musical back ...

– upright bass, hollowbody and electric bass, bowed bass sections, keyboard (synth bass, handclaps, organs, timpani, gong, strings, sound fx, samples, choir, new age sounds, etc.) synth programming, techno loops. *

John Whooley John Whooley, now John Whoolilurie, is a California-based musician best known for playing the saxophone and other instruments with the band Estradasphere. In addition to performing, he also composed much of the band's music until he left the band ...

– tenor, alto, baritone and soprano saxophones, flute, vocals, throat singing, percussion (congas, clave, guiro, shaker, tambourine, woodblock, cowbell), accordion, piano, cp-70, electric piano, clav

Personnel ("Seasonal Hunters")

*Producer: Tim Smolens *Recording Engineer: Tim Smolens *Recording Engineer (drums): Justin Phelps,

*Mastered: Thom Canova with Tim & Timb at Found Sound, San Francisco, California *Art direction: Butt Bud & Mari Kono *Graphic Artist: Mari Kono *Head Goon: Tim *Photographs: Mari Kono *Goon Squad: Timb,

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Dedication

''Buck Fever'' was created in memory of Smith Dobson.

References

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