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Linnemann's

Milwaukee, WI

The Sleepwalkers

The Traveling Suitcase

Ugly Brothers

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"Here I am / rock you like a Moonercane" goes the old adage and, indeed, here I am to rock you with some Mooner Mail.



Firstly, not a lot is going on! I know that's not the first thing you want to hear from your favorite band but we are preparing an album and so we don't play much. We mostly record demos at the practice space or at Steve and John's apartment. Well, we mostly spend our time going to work everyday and doing chores in the evenings. Look at the above picture. I cannot contain my excitement. I am playing with John and Steve at the Green Mill, legendary Chicago jazz club. I have spent many an hour in the audience, watching the (very) tiny stage in awe as guitarist Alfonso Ponticelli and his band play expert renditions of the standards and have a tuba player take solos. I never thought I would be able to see what the place looks like from the stage. Many thanks to Billy Yost of Chicago rock band The Kickback for suggesting us when local variety show The Paper Machete needed a last second fill-in. It all came together in the matter of a few days and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. I mean, I have been happier but I was pretty happy. I just don't want you to think that this is the happiest I've ever been. I'm plenty happy, damn it. The Sleepwalkers / Mooner / The Traveling Suitcase

Ugly Brothers

Linneman's | Milwaukee, WI

Saturday, April 19th | 9PM

Facebook Linneman's | Milwaukee, WISaturday, April 19th | 9PM

We're playing out of town for the first time in two years this Saturday. I cold emailed The Sleepwalkers after hearing a track off their awesome new album "Lost My Mind In Stereo" and they emailed me back inviting us along to their album release show. We're really excited to discover Milwaukee. You see the good looking guy that's modeling the Mooner t-shirt under the "Merch" section of our monthly e-mails? That's Ryan and he LIVES THERE. Does he know how to party or what? Unable to load thumbnail for YouTube Video Id: 8EAk5CA53Bc. Please make sure they exist and try again later. # It's been a few months but we finally got back in the saddle with the Record Club. This month's thing is written by none other than Mooner guitarist extraordinaire John Gargiulo. I had to harass him in to doing this but that just proves the old saying "You can lead a horse to water... but you can't make him write a Mooner Record Club Vol. 9 featuring Crazy Horse's Crazy Horse." After much pestering, I'm finally writing a review for the Mooner Record Club. PLUS CHEESE . Yes, I'm bringing the cheese to Milwaukee for this show tomorrow ...



With all of Lee's mentions of the Neil Young influence on my guitar playing, it seemed inevitable that my first newsletter record review would be about Trans...



Instead, I'm going to briefly ramble about the much overlooked sans-Neil eponymous Crazy Horse record. Released in 1971 after they became Neil's backing band on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and After the Gold Rush, this album showcases the members of the Crazy Horse armada at the top of their game. It's a chooglin' early 70s rock n roll record that really demonstrates the power of the Horse in its own right. Really, who needs Neil? Unable to load thumbnail for YouTube Video Id: iSl0_cjx9w0. Please make sure they exist and try again later. # Crazy Horse - Dance, Dance, Dance Well, Mr. Shakey did pen "Dance Dance Dance," a fine fiddle driven country rocker, but the rest of the tunes are by either Danny Whitten, Jack Nitzsche, or Nils Lofgren. A handful of artists have recorded covers of Whitten's "I don't Want to Talk About It" and Nitzche's "Gone Dead Train" (including Randy Neuman*cough* SteveSlaggcheckthisout*cough).



You won't be finding any extended guitar workouts here, but it's loaded with kick ass 3-4 min rockers with some twang and blues leanings. Whitten really shines through as a lead singer, and guitar prodigy Nils Lofrgren gets to jump off the piano bench Neil glued him to and actually play some licks. Ry Cooder's slide guitar contributions are unforgettable, ranging from a lonesome acoustic whine on "I Don't Want to Talk About It" to raunchy blues licks throughout the three chord romp of "Dirty Dirty."



This record choogles as hard as any CCR record, if not harder. If Lee hasn't heard it yet, I'm changing that on the way up to Milwaukee this weekend...



- John G.