LISTEN PARDNER

The Counterfeit is a 12-piece Spaghetti Western band out of Melbourne, Australia. While they frequently play different arrangements than the original film scores, their "counterfeit" versions are extremely convincingly mimicing the orignial Spaghetti Western composers, and their off-the-beaten-path song choices had me itching to learn more. So I had a virtual sit-down with Harley Stewart, guitarist and music director for the group, and learned about their detailed plan to bring a mostly forgotten musical genre back to life.

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Lissen 'ere, it's gonna git outta here in two weeks time

Mondo Sangue - Wanted (Attraverso il Deserto) (No Place for a Man)
Ennio Morricone - L'inseguimento (Per un Pungo di Dollari)
Federale - White Cloud (Music from 'La Rayar')
The Tremolo Beer Gut - The Worm (Under the Influence of...)
The 'Verb - Happiness is a warm tomahawk (only 'verb can break your heart)

The Scouts - Custer's Stomp (45)
The Joy boys - Kurrawatha (45)
The Fentones - The Mexican (Telstars, Mexicans, Manhunts & Wonderful lands)
Tony and the Initials - War Cry (45)
Everett Barksdale - Firewater (45)

YES! I know y'all like the Halloween show but I LOVE doing Spaghetti Western stuff before thanksgiving. Or really, I love doing Spaghetti Western shows, doesn't matter when. Plenty of Morricone, sure, but a few other genuine soundtracks, some Surfaders, Los Plantronics, Moe Greene Specials, Spindrift are really going to make this a cold-blooded killer with no rules.

Last week: 11/16/15