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Down in the Cellar by Flatfoot
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fave it Country Rock | Americana
13 tracks | 39 minutes
Released May 2003
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:44 Out In The Streets lyrics BUY MP3 02:44 Out In The Streets lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:44 Out In The Streets
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:24 Bottle For The Baby lyrics BUY MP3 02:24 Bottle For The Baby lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:24 Bottle For The Baby
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 Kentucky lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 Kentucky lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 Kentucky
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Hard Headed Woman lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Hard Headed Woman lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Hard Headed Woman
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:06 Indifference lyrics FREE 03:06 Indifference lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:06 Indifference
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:49 Sleep All Day lyrics BUY MP3 02:49 Sleep All Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:49 Sleep All Day
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Americana Rock with a wide sweep - from banjo to pop harmonies to jet engine lap guitar - death, love and redemption.
Editorial review
Raw and rough-edged, mid-Michigan's Flatfoot demonstrates a back-to-basics approach to country-rock on their debut, Down in the Cellar. Brothers Aaron and Jason Bales sound for all the world like Richie Furay and Neil Young in the midst of Buffalo Springfield's most creative period, fully embracing the heartfelt country and fuzz-tinged rock that late-'60s California had in spades. Shades of Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band and the rough-hewn textures of the Band peek around the corners of these 13 straightforward roots rock numbers, making for an intimate and boozy living-room feel. Early stomps like "Bottle for the Baby" and the Buddy Holly-on-Haldol rave-up "Letter #6" offer good indicators of where the album will head, but the real gems arrive in the second half of the album. The riff-heavy "Sleep All Day" is an indie rock hayride and the barnburner "Grandaddy" sounds for all the world like a Willie Dixon cover through the eyes (and amplifiers) of Jack White (and that is certainly intended as a compliment). The only drawback to the album is that the seemingly live recording and reverbed-out sound get a little muddy, and although it adds to the raw, spontaneous sound, it buries the Bales brothers' songwriting under the haze of August crick water. Although hasty, the performances are earnest, the songcraft is honest, and the live Flatfoot experience outshines their recording by a country mile, so if these Cellar recordings can be considered a two-day demo, the follow-up album should be a hoot. ~ Zac Johnson, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Mixing influences such as Howling Wolf, Johnny Horton, the Rolling Stones, Tom Waits and the Jayhawks, Flatfoot explores the corners of Americana.
Brothers Jason (vocals, guitar, banjo, electric piano) and Aaron (vocals, guitar, slide/ pedal/ lap guitars, harmonica) Bales took the name Flatfoot from the antihero of a summer camp story. Kindred spirit Tom McCartan (bass, vocals) quickly joined, and violinist J.P. Nichols rounded out the initial band, from which songs such as the dark Buffalo Creek (based on the Buffalo Creek disaster of 1972) and the dreamy Indifference were born.
After the addition of punk-based drummer Joe Irvin, Flatfoot was able to plug in and expand its range. Down In The Cellar demonstrates that range, from the guitar love of Out In The Streets to the blues stagger of Bottle for the Baby to the traditional, pedal steel accented Kentucky all the way to the pop flourishes on Sleep All Day.