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GREETINGS FROM ATHENS… A DRINKIN’ TOWN WITH A MUSIC PROBLEM

“A refreshing 14-pack o’ tunes… 4 stars.”
- Creative Loafing, Atlanta

NEW ATHENS, GA INDIE LABEL LAUNCHES WITH COMPILATION OF THE CITY’S HOTTEST UPCOMING AMERICANA/ROOTS-ROCK BANDS

Southern music mecca Athens, GA’s beer-fueled rock ’n’ roll tradition has just received its latest adrenaline injection. New compilation Greetings from Athens… A Drinking Town With a Music Problem features a loose co-op of artists with more heart than polish; bands who take as much pride in their homespun tales of heartbreak, woe and hard drinkin’ as they do their guitar or pedal-steel chops.

With this release, the city’s once scattered roots-rock/country/Americana scene has coalesced around newly launched, proudly independent record label, Hard Labor Productions.

The label’s first disc, Greetings From Athens features 14 songs from eight must-watch up-and-comers, including soulful Southern rockers Tishamingo, solid-gold country junkies The Chasers, featuring Clay Leverett (Now It’s Overhead, Bright Eyes) and John Neff (Drive-By Truckers, Star Room Boys), The Bearfoot Hookers (winner 2006 Flagpole Athens Music Award for Best Country/Americana/Roots-Rock), Redneck Underground revivalists Conor Rand & the Red Dirt Band, Brian Connell & the Dickens, Andrew Nelson & the Shotgun Lovers, Ken Williams (with the Communion Winos), plus charged-up purveyors of American rock ’n’ roll, Last Picture Show.

If you want to know what’s going on right now in Athens country, Americana and roots-rock, Greetings from Athens is your readymade study guide. For more info, please contact Jon Tonge, bustin’ his ass daily for all things righteous in independent music at info@hardlaborproductions.com.

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.hardlaborproductions.com

Track List:
1. I'd Rather Two-Step (than Twelve-Step) - The Bearfoot Hookers
2. Whiskey State of Mind - Tishamingo
3. Honky-Tonkin' - Brian Connell & the Dickens
4. Alcohol and Adderall - Connor Rand & the Red Dirt Band
5. Life at the Bar - The Bearfoot Hookers
6. When I Found You - The Chasers
7. Sad Song - The Chasers
8. Oh Lord, Please Forgive Me - Andrew Nelson & the Shotgun Lovers
9. Drinkin' and I'm Happy - Ken Williams
10. Sweethearts and the Bottle - Last Picture Show
11. Moonshine - Brian Connell & the Dickens
12. Christmas at the Clermont Lounge - Connor Rand & the Red Dirt Ba
13. Hillbilly Wine - Tishamingo
14. Piss Drunk Again - The Bearfoot Hookers

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Other Genres:

• COUNTRY: Traditional Country
• COUNTRY: Country Blues
• TYPE: COMPILATIONS