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Dex Romweber Duo (2011) -Is That You In The Blue?

Artist: Dex Romweber Duo
Album: Is That You In The Blue?
Released: 2011
Quality: mp3 CBR 160
Size: 47 MB

" Dex Romweber is nothing less than an icon of the American music underground. Pioneering the template for the stripped to the essentials guitar/drums duo format in the world famous psycho-surf-rockabilly-garage-punk combo Flat Duo Jets, so often emulated, so rarely duplicated, Dex continues his resurgence with the new album Is That You In The Blue? With sister Sara on drums, the Dex Romweber Duo is a potent combo that’ll get your leg twitching with the beat and your heart racing, and sometimes breaking with the feral excitement of music.

With a mix of originals and obscure nuggets from rock and roll’s dusky back closets, the DRD romps through the sweaty cinder block studios of Memphis of the 50’s, channels street corners on the wrong side of town with existential blues and instrumentals that’d find a home in a Tarantino spy flick." ~musicdirect.com

Flat Duo Jets (1998) -Lucky Eye

Artist: Flat Duo Jets
Album: Lucky Eye
Released: 1998
Quality: mp3 CBR 192
Size: 63 MB

After spending the prior 15 years recording lo-fi roots-rock albums, Flat Duo Jets were finally taken into a modern recording studio for 1998's LUCKY EYE. Produced by Scott Litt of R.E.M. fame and Chris Stamey of the db's, the Jets' major-label debut found the band's sound enhanced rather than subverted by the use of updated recording technology. The duo (Dexter Romweber and Crow) not only churned out traditional rockabilly ("Blues Wrapped Around My Head") and rollicking instrumental surf music ("Ludwiggin," "Virginia Surf") but ragtime-soaked songs of titles normal ("Hot Rod Baby") and absurd ("Sharks Flying In").
Throughout, Romweber's delivery bounces between a grating rasp ("String Along") and a romantic rumble ("Go This Way"). His cackling intro preceding the noirish instrumental "Creeping Invention" even brings to mind Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Crow's sole vocal performance is a pleasantly honeyed reading of the countrified "Little M." By far, the most inspirational contributions come from master cellist Suzie Katayama, whose gorgeous string arrangements take LUCKY EYE to another level, particularly on the instrumental "New York Studio 1959," a sweeping number reminiscent of Nelson Riddles' work. These orchestrations allow Romweber to play both the dashing crooner (the tango-influenced "Go This Way") and the beautiful loser ("Lonely Guy").

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Dex Romweber Duo (2009) -Ruins Of Berlin

Artist: Dex Romweber Duo
Album: Ruins Of Berlin
Released: 2009
Quality: mp3 CBR 192
Size: 57 MB

"The way [Dex] shifts between honeyed croon to snotty snarl - the very goalposts of rock and roll- is unequalled. There are shades of dark romance amidst the primal wail. It's spooky and it swings big time. Dex Romweber is cooler than Elvis." —Rochester City Paper

Tracklist:
1 Lookout (Guitar - Rick Miller, Saxophone - Bob Pence)
2 Lover's Gold (Bass - Robbie Link)
3 Picture Of You
4 Love Letters (Bass - Robbie Link, Vocals - Cat Power)
5 Cigarette Party (Bass - Robbie Link, Saxophone - Bob Pence)
6 Camillia's Gone (Bass - Robbie Link)
7 Lonesome Train (Vocals - Exene Cervenka)
8 People, Places And Things (Vocals [Backing Vocal] - Exene Cervenka)
9 Still Around (Bass - Robbie Link, Vocals - Kelly Hogan , Neko Case)
10 Ruins Of Berlin
11 Oh, Lovers Gone (Cello, Bass - Robbie Link)
12 Polish Work Song (Bass - Robbie Link, Saxophone - Bob Pence)
13 Grey Skies
14 Is It Too Late?


Personnel:
Drums, Percussion - Sara Romweber
Guitar, Vocals, Organ, Piano, Marimba - Dex Romweber

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Dexter Romweber (2001) -Chased By Martians

Artist: Dexter Romweber
Album: Chased By Martians
Released: 2001
Quality: mp3 CBR 192
Size: 59 MB

Chased by Martians is former Flat Duo Jets' member Dexter Romweber's magnum opus pastiche of old-tyme rock & roll, surf, garage, and rockabilly music. His previous solo album, Folk Songs: Solo Collection, was a collection of roots rock ditties. Here, he's expanded his repertoire and gone for a production style that perfectly fits the various musical styles. Most of the tracks have a perfect aged sound and demented outlook, as if a young Glenn Danzig were unleashed inside Sun Studios in Memphis sometime in the mid-20th century. Want some fuzzed-out guitar, a honky tonk, country-fried version of "The Seeker" (credited to Peter Townsend), and Reverend Horton Heat-style psychobillly (distorted Vox and all)? You got it all here. Romweber's previous band always went for a straightforward garage sound, but this album seems more like a direct tribute to Romweber's influences. There are covers of Charlie Rich, W.C. Handy, Eddie Cochran, the Surfaris, and the aforementioned Who song. From the song title of "Walkin' With Scary Hillbilly Monsters" alone, you get a sense of what he's trying to do here. Romweber himself even appears on the cover with a ghoulish getup. Perfect for any fan of roots or garage rock, or anybody who just likes music with spirit, unearthly or otherwise. ~ Jeremy Salmon

Tracklist:
1. 15,000 Lives
2. Guybo
3. Seeker, The
4. To Lose You
5. Bombora
6. Hold Me Baby
7. Tombtone Boogie
8. Late at Night
9. Curse of Little Bastard, The
10. Rockin' Maybelle
11. Use to You
12. Do the Lurd!!
13. Witchdoctor
14. One Night When I
15. Walkin' With Scary Hillbilly Monsters
16. My Search
17. St. Louis Blues
18. Feel Like Going Home

Personnel:
Dexter Romweber (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, bass);
Sam "Crash LaResh" Sandler (vocals, drums, bongos, background vocals);
Sonny Mead (fiddle);
Paul Watson (cornet);
Greg Harrup (upright bass);
Nathan Layne (bantar).

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