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15 tracks | 50 minutes
Released Aug 2004
on Trout Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 The Number of That Truck lyrics BUY MP3 03:34 The Number of That Truck lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:34 The Number of That Truck
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 Lightning lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 Lightning lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 Lightning
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 More Than Love lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 More Than Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 More Than Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:46 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs lyrics BUY MP3 01:46 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:46 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyeballs
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 Eleven Easy Steps lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 Eleven Easy Steps lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 Eleven Easy Steps
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:22 The Last Day of Pompeii lyrics BUY MP3 04:22 The Last Day of Pompeii lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:22 The Last Day of Pompeii
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:34 Into to Blue lyrics BUY MP3 01:34 Into to Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:34 Into to Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:45 Ode to Big Blue lyrics BUY MP3 03:45 Ode to Big Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:45 Ode to Big Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:56 Intro (ezra's Corner) lyrics BUY MP3 00:56 Intro (ezra's Corner) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:56 Intro (ezra's Corner)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:18 Spider's Fence lyrics BUY MP3 03:18 Spider's Fence lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:18 Spider's Fence
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:49 Dixie Chicken lyrics BUY MP3 05:49 Dixie Chicken lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:49 Dixie Chicken
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 Murrell's lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 Murrell's lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 Murrell's
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Thinking About You lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 Thinking About You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Thinking About You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:12 Baby's Got the Car Keys lyrics BUY MP3 03:12 Baby's Got the Car Keys lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:12 Baby's Got the Car Keys
Features live performances of some of the duo's hits as well as new material from the studio. "These guys have never been burdened by the need to fit into any format so they follow their muse in any direction it takes them. Rock, blues, folk, & country
Bio / Background
Trout Fishing in America ........ the name taken from a Richard Brautigan novel, seems almost as incongruent and intriguing as a picture of this musical duo - Ezra Idlet (guitar) stands six feet nine inches and Keith Grimwood (bass), five feet five and one half inches. What is more intriguing is the musical career these two have carved out in nearly three decades of writing, recording and performing together. Trout Fishing in America can look back at a body of work that is impressive and know they are just hitting their stride. With the release of their twelfth CD, Merry Fishes to All, TFIA sees the future as the brightest part of their successful career.
A brief history of Trout Music: Grimwood's professional musical experience began when, as the precocious teenage bass player, he began sitting in with jazz musicians who had socks older than him.
↓ more ↓Always the good student, he earned a degree in music from the University of Houston and then quickly landed a position with the Houston Symphony. By that time Idlet had given up his spot on the bench of a local junior college basketball team to pursue a life of rock & roll. It was shortly thereafter that Idlet and Grimwood met as members of the Houston based eclectic folk/rock band St. Elmo's Fire which became the perfect percolator for Trout Fishing in America. As St. Elmo's dissolved in 1979, Trout Fishing in America was officially born. Idlet and Grimwood had become best of friends and musical partners.
Success happens when opportunity meets preparation. After years of accumulating original songs and polishing their performance TFIA was ready when the CD revolution took place. TFIA was in the first wave of artist owned labels (Trout Records) to successfully record and market their own music. Their infectious mix of folk/pop and family music is tempered by the diverse influences of reggae, latin, blues, jazz and classical music. TFIA recordings have garnered three National Indie Awards and multiple Parents Choice Gold and American Library Awards as well as two Grammy nominations. TFIA has also expanded their touring territory to over forty states and several Canadian provinces.
Sharing knowledge and encouraging art has become another musical mission of TFIA. In the past few years they have developed a variety of song writing workshops for teachers and students which illustrate how art and music come from the fabric of everyday life. Their willingness to make fun of our most annoying and sometimes disgusting habits in one song then touch our hearts with tender and passionate images of family life in the next is what makes the connection between Trout Fishing in America and their audience so real.
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