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OK, so tell me all about these guys. I know they opened for White Stripes on this past tour and 2 of the guys are in Jack White's new band (thats what has sparked my interest).
I've never heard a song by them. What should I look into? What is their overall sound like? Album recommendations?
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i'm assuming that not many people have heard of (let alone purchased) any of their albums, so i'll start the discussion with what allmusic.com says. they recommend their album dual mono from 2002 with this review:
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The Greenhornes' third album for Hoboken indie Telstar changes very little (if any) of the group's standard formula. With the addition of new guitarist Eric Stein however, the Cincinnati garage rockers' dead on British Invasion-meets-Midwest is more powerful and crisp sounding than ever. "Satisfy My Mind" may only have three basic chords, but Stein lets them ring out as if he invented them himself. In fact, the Greenhornes so perfectly nail the careening, rough side of 1960s pre-psychedelic rock & roll that they leave almost no room to consider the music in any other context. They even add gimmicky harpsichord to more than one tune, a trend that was dated as soon as the Yardbirds did it. None of this takes away from the enjoyment of the group's utterly basic, aggressive sound, but it's hard not to envision the Greenhornes becoming the soundtrack band if someone ever decides to film the Jeff Beck story.
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Saw them open for the White Stripes back in September. It was pretty decent, but didn't inspire me to check them out further. After hearing the songs Jack did with them I'm beginning to think that might have been a mistake.
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I saw them open for The White Stripes and was impressed by a few songs, so I bought the East Grand Blues EP available at the merch stand. It's nothing spectacular, but I don't think it was a bad purchase by any means for $5.
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62strat wrote:
1/2faithfull wrote:
they're touring right now with another very awesome band called Hacienda that you'd be foolish not to check out
they are incredible. Found out about them when backing up Auerbach
yep- Big Red & Barbacoa was one of my favorite albums from last year. i had heard about them with aurebach but didn't get to see them till the opened for Black Joe Lewis. speaking of Black Joe Lewis- his new album is out
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1/2faithfull wrote:
62strat wrote:
1/2faithfull wrote:
they're touring right now with another very awesome band called Hacienda that you'd be foolish not to check out
they are incredible. Found out about them when backing up Auerbach
yep- Big Red & Barbacoa was one of my favorite albums from last year. i had heard about them with aurebach but didn't get to see them till the opened for Black Joe Lewis. speaking of Black Joe Lewis- his new album is out
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