The Waco Brothers was formed by Jon Langford of the Mekons. The group grew out of Langford's wish to play more country-influenced music as the Mekons concentrated more on a punk sound.
Shaking off the plague days like a snake sheds its skin the Waco Brothers stumble out of the empty, burning desert with a fierce thirst and an epic new album: The Men That God Forgot. It's the first collection of original Waco tunes since 2016's Going Down In History and comes to you via their own label Plenty Tuff Records.
Every night is still Friday night for the Waco Brothers but these new songs lace that reckless exuberance with a more sober awareness of the tsunami of cynical corruption & materialism that infects our everyday existence. "Best That Money Can Buy" rips its verses from what's left of honest journalism while "In The Dark" provides a requiem for functioning democracy AND boasts the best twin-lead guitar solo since Thin Lizzy. The album ends with "Nowhere To Run" a deceptively gentle dance number (inspired by a night on the Outlaw Country Cruise where the Wacos backed up their hero Lee "Scratch" Perry) that presents the struggle for social and economic justice as neverending. "George Walks With Jesus" is a song about George Jones walking with Jesus.
The Men That God Forgot is the 10th Waco Brothers full length album & was recorded with Mike Hagler at Kingsize Soundlabs in Chicago in 2022. The cinematic brass parts were arranged and performed by longtime collaborator Max Crawford with Dave Smith. Other Waco Cousins appearing are Barkley Mckay on piano and organ, Patty Vega on jingling tambourine and Andre Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers on accordion.
Shaking off the plague days like a snake sheds its skin the Waco Brothers stumble out of the empty, burning desert with a fierce thirst and an epic new album: The Men That God Forgot. It's the first collection of original Waco tunes since 2016's Going Down In History and comes to you via their own label Plenty Tuff Records.
Every night is still Friday night for the Waco Brothers but these new songs lace that reckless exuberance with a more sober awareness of the tsunami of cynical corruption & materialism that infects our everyday existence. "Best That Money Can Buy" rips its verses from what's left of honest journalism while "In The Dark" provides a requiem for functioning democracy AND boasts the best twin-lead guitar solo since Thin Lizzy. The album ends with "Nowhere To Run" a deceptively gentle dance number (inspired by a night on the Outlaw Country Cruise where the Wacos backed up their hero Lee "Scratch" Perry) that presents the struggle for social and economic justice as neverending. "George Walks With Jesus" is a song about George Jones walking with Jesus.
The Men That God Forgot is the 10th Waco Brothers full length album & was recorded with Mike Hagler at Kingsize Soundlabs in Chicago in 2022. The cinematic brass parts were arranged and performed by longtime collaborator Max Crawford with Dave Smith. Other Waco Cousins appearing are Barkley Mckay on piano and organ, Patty Vega on jingling tambourine and Andre Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers on accordion.
TRACK LISTING
1. The Men That God Forgot
2. This Town
3. In The Dark
4. Best That Money Can Buy
5. Blowin' My Top
6. Mud River Slide
7. Go Away
8. I Smile Through My Tears
9. If Your Heart Isn't In It
10. Teenage Kicks
11. End Of The Night
12. George Walked With Jesus
13. Backstage At The Boneyard
14. So Long General Mouton
15. Nowhere To Run