Today is the 156th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. So, in honor, here are the Brandos singing Gettysburg.
I'm not what you would call a huge Brandos fan. I don't have any of their albums on CD -- in fact, I don't have any idea how many albums they recorded. I'm sure I could look it up now. There are ways of finding out such things on the Intertubes. But that's not the point.
So, yeah...I'm not a huge fan of theirs, but I do like what music of theirs that I do know -- which is, basically, some of the tracks from their album, Honor Among Thieves. I got a review copy when I was in grad school doing record reviews for The Michigan Daily.
They did some solid rock and roll with a slight country flavor. Not enough for me to think of them as cowpunk, but enough that it couldn't be denied. And it made a strong enough positive impression that, decades later, I can remember the refrains from several songs -- "Strychnine," "A Matter of Survival," "Nothing to Fear." So I guess I did like them. But not enough to have felt a compelling need to buy their CDs.
Take it for what it's worth.
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