ARTIST: The Small Stars
TITLE: Tijuana Dreams
LABEL: The Small Stars
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 40:38 min
SIZE: 56,9 MB
RIP DATE: Jul-02-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Let's Hit The Town 03:20
02. Love Is Grand 03:22
03. Twenty Four Seven 03:16
04. Day Job 03:27
05. Girl Trouble 03:55
06. Sweet Sweet Sweet 03:27
07. Carnival 04:08
08. That's What God Made Whiskey For 04:20
09. Bombarderos Y Pistoleros 03:48
10. Twenty One 03:41
11. Tijuana Dreams 03:54
Release Notes:
Brought to life in the minds of Fastball's Miles
Zuniga and Jeff Groves, the Small Stars early
beginnings go way back to Austin Texas circa 1989.
The first performance by Guy Fantasy and Buddy
Llamas was at a lesbian coffee house and sadly,
before a second show could be arranged, rock bands,
record deals, platinum albums and world tours got in
their way.
Now, 15 years later with the preliminaries behind
them, the duo has reunited and they've brought a few
musicians with them.
The bands first (self-titled) release took Texas by
storm granering much press and praise. "Otra Vez"
became a regional number one song. The band was also
chosen as a featured artist on Apple I-tunes Music
Store's "Staff Favorites." The Austin Chronicle
placed the Small Stars debut on the Best of 2005
list. A naked calendar, a west coast tour and over
200 shows later and the Small Stars are just getting
started.
The band recently finished recording their 2nd CD
entitled Tijuana Dreams. It was produced by Guy
Fantasy and Buddy Llamas and engineered by Michael
Crow. Super legend master-mixer Bob Clearmountain
(Rolling Stones "Tattoo You" David Bowie's "Let's
Dance", Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA", Roxy
Music "Avalon" and so on) mixed the album. The Stars
took all their favorite bits from the red light
cabarets to the Latin glam-rock discos and super-
sized them, streching the bands oeuvre(ouch). The
Small Stars also recruited Texas legend Joe Ely to
lend his impeccable voice to the country stylings of
"That's What God Made Whiskey For."
Miles Zuniga as Guy Fantasy, singer, emcee is from
Fastball/Big Car. Jeff Groves as Buddy Llamas as
saxophonist/sidekick is also from Fastball/Big Car.
John Bush as Brick Masterson on drums is currently
in Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians. Jeff
Johnston as Godfrey McCambrige on bass plays in Li'l
Cap'n Travis and Landis Armstrong as Richard Steele
on guitar is in the El Orbits.