Slam & Howie and the Reserve Men
Are BACK? The cowboys have never been gone. They have been playing their fingers to the bone in several club tours and the big summer festivals. Just in the last 12 months the band played more than 100 shows all over Europe.
While playing gigs they worked hard on new songs. True to the motto “who rests rusts”. Life on tour has refined the band and their songs. New instruments such as the mandolin, banjo and fiddle have been introduced harmonizing wonderfully with the electric guitars.
A Russian navy choir (Uncle Sam and his beloved Sputnik) will freeze the blood in the veins of hardened country fans. Stories about terminally ill gamblers (Doc Holliday), party addicted drunks (Mardi Gras), as well as a latent urge to travel (Walk away) have been worked out in a diversified cowboy manner.
The album includes 13 country-songs with rough edges, played with lots of passion and lots of fun. In tribute to punk-rock-idols The Ramones and Social Distortion two cover songs are included (“Blitzkrieg Bop” and “Story of my life”).
The disc was once again recorded and produced by Dave Hofmann at Somastudios (Zofingen, Switzerland). Never change a winning team. The mastering of the CD was in the experienced hands of Ed Brooks (RFI Studios, Seattle), who is famous for his work with Pearl Jam and the Supersuckers
Label: N-GAGE PRODUCTIONS / Vertrieb: MUSIKVERTRIEB AG
German Tour Dates:
14.11.08 | D-Frankfurt, Sinkkasten Outlaw Motorrock-Madness Festival + V8 Wankers + The Chuck Norris Experiment (SWE), Bad Machine (FIN)
15.11.08 | D-Münster, Skaters Palace, Viva Lutz Vegas Festival + V8 Wankers + The Chuck Norris Experiment (SWE), Bad Machine (FIN)
16.11.08 | D-Berlin, Wild At Heart + The Carburetors (NOR)
17.11.08 | D-Bingen, Juz + The Carburetors (NOR)
18.11.08 | D-Dortmund, Painthouse + The Carburetors (NOR)
19.11.08 | D-Köln, Underground + The Carburetors (NOR) + V8 Wankers (GER)
20.11.08 | D-Nürnberg, K4 + The Carburetors (NOR) + V8 Wankers (GER)
21.11.08 | D-Ludwigsburg, Four Runners + The Carburetors (NOR) + V8 Wankers
Italy Tour Dates:
02.12.08 | I-Alessandria, Zogra Live
03.12.08 | I-Italia, tba
04.12.08 | I-Castiglion F. no., Velvet Underground
05.12.08 | I-Foligno-Perugia, Feedback
06.12.08 | I-Ronca-Verona, Jack the Ripper
07.12.08 | I-Bergantino-Rovino, Ungawa! Tiki Bar
