''Kentucky Breakdown'' is an album by
Owensboro, Kentucky
Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about southwest of Lou ...
-based
cowpunk
Cowpunk (or country punk) is a subgenre of punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s - early 1980s. It combines punk rock or New wave music, new wave with country music, country, folk music, folk, and b ...
band
Nine Pound Hammer
Nine Pound Hammer is an American cowpunk band formed in 1985 by vocalist Scott Luallen and guitarist Blaine Cartwright in their hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Nine Pound hammer was one of the first rural hardcore punk bands to substantially i ...
, released in 2004. It marks the first new material from the band since the album ''
Hayseed Timebomb'' was released ten years earlier.
Critical reception
Punknews.org wrote that "each song is only a few chords with doubled guitar powerchords with occasional Skynard-esque riffs and solos fronted by Blaine Cartwright of Nashville Pussy fame."
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Ox-Fanzine
''Ox-Fanzine'' is a monthly punk zine from Solingen, Germany, founded in 1988. It is edited by Joachim Hiller and has had many contributors. Besides its focus on punk subculture, it also covers similar genres, reviews of comics, books and films, ...
'' wrote that "the album is great, better than any goddamn Nashville Pussy LP, and ties in seamlessly with a classic like ''Hayseed Timebomb''."
Track listing
#Intro – 0:50
#Rub Yer Daddy's Lucky Belly – 2:19
#He Done Run Outta Worms – 2:02
#Dead Dog Highway – 2:23
#Go-3-Go – 2:20
#Drunk, Tired & Mean – 3:19
#Double Super Buzz – 2:11
#Ain't Hurtin' Nobody – 2:42
#Don't Remember Lovin' You Last Night – 2:11
#Zebra Lounge – 2:27
#800 Miles – 1:55
#If You Want to Get to Heaven – 2:34
#Chicken Hi, Chicken Lo – 2:51
#Goddamn Right – 2:39
Personnel
The following people worked on this album
*David Barrick – Producer, Engineer
*Matt Bartholomy – Bass
*Blaine Cartwright – Guitar, Vocals,
*Mark Chalecki – Mastering
*Scott Luallen – Vocals
*Brian Pulito - Drums
*Brad Scott – Guitars on "Zebra Lounge"
References
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2004 albums
Nine Pound Hammer albums