Industry and Thrift

• Artist: Bad Livers
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• Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Total Time: 53:24
• Genre: Country

Review

Bluegrass with attitude. A very weird attitude, in fact. It isn't too difficult to imagine Bad Livers communing with Sugar Hill Records' other satirical cowboys, the Austin Lounge Lizards (with Terry Allen sitting in on the odd session, of course). Industry and Thrift manages to range all the way from the less sensible edges of bluegrass (of which there are many) to the bluegrass fringes of klezmer (which they seem to have had a hand in building themselves, with some inspiration from various worldly weirdos such as 3 Mustaphas 3). The result is an amusing and highly eclectic set that never stays in any single place long enough to get firmly categorized. A fun record. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Lumpy, Beanpole & Dirt	Edward D. Barnes, Mark Graham	Bad Livers	(5:20)
I'm Goin' Back to Mom and Dad	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(2:55)
I'm Convicted	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(3:22)
Brand New Hat	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(4:15)
Hollywood Blues	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(7:32)
Honey, I've Found a Brand New Way/It's All the Same to Me.	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(5:11)
A Yid Ist Geboren Inz Oklahoma	Traditional	Bad Livers	(3:57)
Captain, Oh Captain	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(5:26)
Jalopy	Edward D. Barnes	Bad Livers	(1:53)
Doin' My Time	Jimmie Skinner	Bad Livers	(5:43)
Cannonball Rag	Merle Travis	Bad Livers	(4:12)
Anna Lee		Bad Livers	(4:14)
[Untitled Hidden Track]		Bad Livers	(3:27)

Credits

Danny Barnes (Guitar), Danny Barnes (Vocals), Fred Remmert (Engineer), Sue Meyer (Design), Mark Rubin (Vocals), Mark Rubin (?), Mark Rubin (Bass), Danny Barnes (?), Danny Barnes (Banjo)