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"'Droll, literate goofiness'--Stereophile"
Bluegrass meets Tom Lehrer-style satire in the music of the Austin Lounge Lizards! Since 1980 the Lizards have been skewering social trends, trashing Texas culture as only Texans can, and puncturing the politics of the powerful. Top-tier musicianship enhances songs ranging from a romantic ballad of "the placid acid rain," to a dour impersonation of what might happen if Leonard Cohen got a day job as an auto mechanic, to the sheer silliness of "Flatnose, the Tree-Climbing Dog." There's the occasional cover (that was the Lizards singing "C-U-B-A" in "Sicko"). And who else could write a song ("The Illusion Travels by Stock Car") about a hypothetical collaboration between avant-garde filmmaker Luis Buñuel and NASCAR hero Richard Petty? After nearly 30 years as an all-male ensemble, the Lizards have recently added fiddler Darcie Deaville and bassist Julieann Banks.
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On sale 3/21/09
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