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Abner Burnett : 1975-1979
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Lo-fi Folk, Garage Rock, Post-psychedelic smorgasboard in the tradition of the Holy Modal Rounders, Fugs, Spider John Koerner, 13th Floor Elevators
Genre: Rock: Folk Rock
Release Date: 1997
1975-1979 Record Label: Worpt
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
I Woke Up this Morning 2:15 Album Only
Call In the Buzzards 3:19 Album Only
Riverwalk Strut 2:30 Album Only
Why Do I Still Think About You 3:26 Album Only
Baby's Callin' Me Home 4:00 Album Only
Ding Dong/ Slick's Song 3:27 Album Only
The Other Side of This Life 2:51 Album Only
My Twentieth Birthday 2:43 Album Only
Arpeggios & Dominos 1:02 Album Only
That's What You Get 11:53 Album Only
High Noon 3:08 Album Only
The Bluebird 3:03 Album Only
Bed of Roses 3:20 Album Only
In My Time of Dyin' 3:05 Album Only
Honky Tonkin' 3:38 Album Only
Horses Grow Old 2:02 Album Only
Ivory Thighs 2:42 Album Only
Texas River Song 3:25 Album Only
Pancho & Lefty 4:48 Album Only
Hindu Pickin' Cowboy 2:37 Album Only
Girl From the North Country 4:34 Album Only
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Album Notes

This is Abner Burnett in the '70s, after he had been exposed to Miles Davis, Spider John Koerner, Alexander Scriabin, and Townes Van Zandt.

There was a record made in 1975 called "Abner Burnett & the Burnouts Crash & Burn".

It was recorded at a small 16 track studio, Zaz, known for regional conjunto hits in San Antonio.

The personnel included a brilliant horn player who was also schizophrenic.He was often found at a street corner in downtown S.A. naked and preaching.

There was a fifteen year old drummer, the sister of Christopher Cross, and a slightly older classically trained bassist.

The bassist was unable at first to follow Mr. Burnett's directions regarding his part in "That's What You Get". A railbird dosed him heavily and repeatedly with mescaline, after which he managed his assignment with verve and vision.

In 1979, after spending several months hanging out with legendary cowboy singer Buck Ramsey, Abner Burnett recorded a second album, "Old McDonald", at a small studio in New Mexico.

It was done entirely acoustic on a 4-track machine.

The recording was interrupted for several months after Mr. Burnett suffered multiple injuries from a one car accident in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, the town where Billy the Kid is presumably buried.

The accident occurred the same day that Elvis tumbled to his death from a toilet seat.

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