''Smokin' Taters!'' is an album by the
Kentucky
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-based
cowpunk
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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 ...
. It was released in 1992.
The band supported the album with a European tour.
Some demos were recorded in
Glasgow
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in 1990. "Long Gone Daddy" is a cover of the
Hank Williams
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song.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
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'' wrote that the album "smokes out of the speakers with redoubled purpose and fluid, road-tested rockabilly punk."
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Track listing
# Long Gone Daddy
# Cadillac Inn
# Everything You Know Is Wrong
# Feelin' Kinda Froggy
# Don't Get No
# Folsom Prison Blues
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# Turned Traitor For A Piece Of Tail
# I'm On Fire
# Wrong Side Of The Road
# Head Bangin' Stock Boy
# Surfabilly
# Weasel, The
Personnel
*Blaine Cartwright - Guitar
*Rob Hulsman - Drums
*Matt Bartholomy - Bass
*Scott Luallen - Vocals
*Bill & Michelle - Backing Vocals
*Michael Mariconda - Producer
*Albert Caiati - Engineer
References
External links
Discogs
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Nine Pound Hammer albums
1992 albums
Crypt Records albums
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