New Music: Deer Tick "The Great Smoke Off" + live bonus tracks
Deer Tick's newly released Black Dirt Sessions delivers another solid album of raw, shambolic bar-band-roots-rock. When my limited edition vinyl arrived today, I found an unexpected bonus CD with the curious title "The Great Smoke Off". Turns out that it's a hilarious story song about a Yankee Stadium ganja showdown. It's completely ridiculous, but also a lot of fun.
Deer Tick - The Great Smoke Off
Also including a few tracks from Deer Tick's recent set opening for Dr. Dog at the Paradise. This is a soundboard recording, but the quality is sub-par due to almost no guitar going through the soundboard at all, which is why I'm only posting a few select tracks. Included is a great new MG&V song "Me Me Me", two brand new Deer Tick songs (not included on Black Dirt Sessions) and a great version of Diamond Rings from War Elephant, performed by John McCauley solo.
Me Me Me (MG&V)
New Song? (Ian O'Neil on vocals)
Born At Zero (new song)
Diamond Rings (John solo)
Newly remastered and fantastic-sounding recording of Dr. Dog's set from the same night is available here.
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