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Holistic Guidance - The Boxmasters
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List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $14.99
Your Save: $ 3.99 ( 21% )
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Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0015707986229
Label: Vanguard Records
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Vanguard Records
Release Date: 2008-06-10
Studio: Vanguard Records
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Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters sound combines the influence of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kinks, and the Animals, fused with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams. Fashioned after a 1960 s-era mod band (including matching suits and ties!), The Boxmasters upbeat rhythms and infectious arrangements contrast sardonically with the very dark themes they explore lyrically.
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Summary: Great -- Zevon-influenced
Comment: This is a great album. It's sincere and darkly macabre at once. In that way, and in Billy Bob's voice, the music reminds me a little of Warren Zevon. Of course, Billy Bob worked with Warren Zevon and the two were friends, so that would make sense. The video for "The Poor House" has the same sensibility -- the cutaways to Billy Bob's nodding head are creepily hilarious. (The guest drummer in that video has a great British Invasion move, too.)
So anyway, this is a good purchase. I'm glad it's doing reasonably well on the charts. It probably couldn't have been a best-seller -- the Boxmasters, like Zevon, are just too far ahead of the times.
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Summary: I hate country music....especially the "twangy" stuff
Comment: I went to go see the Box Masters in concert at Merrimack Hall in Huntsville Al for one reason. I liked Billy Bob's movies...it was a small venue and I might be able to meet him and get an autograph or two. Who knew that I would actually enjoy the friggin show?!? It is very rare that I see a group not knowing ANY of their songs and after one show I go to the lobby and buy a CD. It doesn't have the commercial appeal that Garth Brooks or Hank Jr. would pull but the songs are very real. You listen to them and if it doesn't apply to you...it applies to someone you know. It has this neurotic "last grasp" feel to it....like mixing the group "Everclear" with "Johnny Cash". I think the with the right exposure tracks 1-4 of their original stuff could easily be country hits.....and tracks 5 and 6 could resonate as bar room anthems across the country(like friends in low places sort of thing). There is quality to this CD and the live show and I think any doubters will be pleasantly surprised
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Summary: awesome
Comment: i ADORE this album and i'm not even a country music fan. i saw these guys in Sellersville, PA (philly 'burb) on 8-19-08 and they were wonderful. can't wait to see them again. i'm listening to it right now :)
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Summary: How can you not smile?
Comment: Often times I approach albums from actors with tremendous trepidation and skepticism. A good actor does not a good musician make. I have a stack of albums at home to prove it (Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Keenau Reeves, echhh!). But what happens when the music is so good, the songwriting is so tight and the talent is so spot on that you forget that an actor is doing it? What happens is pure genius! The new album by the Boxmasters is steeped in tradition and yet sounds cool and contemporary. In the great tradition of American roots and rockabilly, Billy Bob Thornton and his henchmen have put out a record that is almost too good to be true. You not only get killer originals but a disc of covers that are interpreted so well, you almost think they were written by the band themselves.
It started with "Private Radio" and I must say I have enjoyed Billy's musical journey immensely. Like characters in his films, he changes personas with such grace and agility that you can't help but be breathtaken. The band is hot, tight and if you see them live, you couldn't find a more talented bunch if you tried. See them and buy a bunch of copies and give them to the people you love! Music really is food for the soul, and this album is the best southern meal you can have!
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Summary: Now Ant This Great!
Comment: Damn, Billy Bob Thornton has a new fan. Its me! Damn since I saw him 2 weeks ago, I bought his CD that night and I have been hooked ever since. Ya know its kinda nice to discover something new from someone that your really didnt expect it from. Ya know I like almost ever song on the double CD box. Por House, the 2 Nesmith songs, which by the way always has something differnt to offer, Shes Getting Better By The Minute and the remake of a song by The Beatles I Want To Hold your Hand which I feel was long overdue for a makeover. Ya know, I shook his hand and he looked at me and said, "I want to thank you for coming to the show", How really nice of him to be so in touch with his fans! Im a big fan of all of his movies and now, his music!
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