THE DEVIL MAKES THREE: Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt

The Devil Makes Three

Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt

© 2004 The Devil Makes Three (825346508429)

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An all-acoustic trio from Santa Cruz take from many traditional old-time music styles -- bluegrass, ragtime, country, and blues and have produced a very unique sound.

tracks

1 Never Learn
2 North Carolina
3 Man Tap
4 Sweeping
5 Bangor Mash
6 Judgement Day
7 Tow
8 Black Irish
9 Long Boots Johnson
10 River Deep

notes

The Devil Makes Three
P.O. Box 1413
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
office@thedevilmakesthree.com
monkeywrenchproductions.com

We are proud to present our second album, "Lonjohns, Boots, and a Belt. Ten new songs of that weird acoustic ragtime/country/punk thing you have come to know and love. We have more finger-picking wizardry (at least WE like to think so!), more doghouse bass, plus our new friends the tenor banjo and the musical saw. All that put together makes for what we think is a well rounded and pretty darn good album. Give it a listen!

Mixing styles from the ragtime and country music of the twenties and thirties to the rock and roll and punk music of their adolescence, The Devil Makes Three pushes the boundaries of acoustic music. Citing influences as varied as Steve Earle, the Reverend Gary Davis, Memphis Jug Band, and Django Reinhardt, the band combines tight vocal harmonies with idiot-savant finger style guitar to create an exciting and original sound.
Since releasing their first album in 2002, the band has played to capacity crowds up and down the West Coast, and has shared bills with Robert Earl Keen, Paul Thorn, Drag The River and Lucero.
Fast friends since their childhood in rural Vermont, Pete Bernhard (guitar), Lucia Turino (upright bass), and Cooper McBean (guitar, tenor banjo) are currently based in Santa Cruz, CA where they enjoy regular airplay on local radio stations KPIG 107.5, KKUP 91.5, and many others nationwide. The band is currently working on their second full-length album, and is planning to tour extensively over the coming months.

If you like The Devil Makes Three Pete Bernhard also has a solo album for sale on cdbaby. cdbaby.com/cd/bernhard.

REVIEWS

"This acoustic trio bridge different musical eras without the camp common in nostalgic sounds, nor do they coast on clichés. Soulful roots music instead of 10 carefully calculated reproductions of the past, The Devil Makes Three is a deviant middle finger to all Johnny-come-lately bluegrass listeners."
-Punk Planet #56

"The songwriting is at times as captivating as a good ghost story told around a campfire, with Bernhard's persona straddling the line between the grand tradition of the gritty, whiskey-swilling depressives of yore and your modern day barfly, with a scratchy, scrappy vocal style."
-Mike Connor, Santa Cruz Metro

" The group's music cuts a wide swath that touches everyone from their hipster contemporaries to grannies here and yon.... It's folk, but a mean kind of jug-band folk, spiked with whiskey and dust."
-Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel

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  • Fantastic!!!
    author: Nicole

    They are SO hot. Like, totally.

  • Longjohns, boots and a belt
    author: emptygee

    This is a great album. I bought it because I heard a copy of the first album, and I was not dissapointed with this one. It's slightly less bluesy than the self titled cd, but that's as close to a criticism as I can get. My favorite track is river deep.

  • Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt
    author: richard

    Rrrreally talented trio. Try to seem them live, fersher.

  • Brilliant
    author: Panhead1952

    Excellent music, lyrics and harmonies. Highly recommended!

  • Good Stuff
    author: Brianna

    Quirky, fun, catchy, intelligent ... well worth a listen.

  • can't stop listening
    author: Kevin Thompson

    Same review as the short one - just can't stop listening. In this day and age of downloads and mass music... you guys make me want to buy CD's (as long as their yours!) It could be a little longer though...

  • ! ... yeah
    author: Chris Rottler

    Lyrically intriguing and simplistically, well, awesome.

  • ubber fantastic tunes to jam to
    author: bobbi Stark

    The devil makes three is one of the most unique sounding bands i have ever heard. This album is simple and raw in its lyrical stylings as well as its killer banjo solos. Whisky drinker? This c.d. is definatly for you, just grab a bottle some overalls a smoke or two, and have a grand ol time with our friends from the devil makes three. ive never had so much fun dancing on a roof..get it from C.D. Baby rules.

  • DM3 is also a phenomenal live show - absolutely top notch entertainment
    author: Jimmy

    I haven't been this excited about a collection of tunes since Rubber Soul was issued about 40 years ago. The combination of effective chord changes, nifty lyrics and well crafted melodies has me touting this trio to anyone who will listen....

  • rocks my socks
    author: Sonny

    The only reason it didnt get a 5 is because it only has 10 tracks. I wish this CD would go on and on. I recommend it to everyone who reads this.

  • This Album Rocks!!
    author: Shawna

    Thank you so much for putting together another great album!! I am always so excited to see you perform live and I am never disappointed! Please keep doing what your doing and keeping great music alive!

  • Might be the Best
    author: Leah

    This is the best anything I've heard in so long - maybe ever given it is current. It's done sumthin' to my insides. For a lover of string-pluckin' there's nothin' contemporary I've found that compares. America - the United States - needs this.

  • Folk rock with a dash of rag...I LOVE IT!
    author: PJ Acker

    This is the CD I pop in when I climb in the car for the drive to work. It just makes me **smile**. It's kind of folk rock with a dash of rag...I LOVE IT! They also have this jazzy sort of sound at times. This music is addictive. The sound feels up close, honest and real. Fantastic musicians with great vocals. What a great find and I'm glad to recommend it to anyone. Not a lot of CDs that just make me feel this good!

  • sounds like music
    author: johnny

    not to many things these days sound like anything, these folks fit into the only genre they belong: the whiskey drinking travelin' kids they seem to be otherwise they are a group of posers bound for failure we will see wont we good luck much respect from a blues boy just north of chicago

  • If you like bluegrass you must listen to this
    author: Ari Levenfeld

    Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt is great bluegrass music that doesn't try hard to be authentic. It just is. I can't recommend this enough.

  • south glover vt muddin with a mickey's big mouth sho nuff!!
    author: pickle and mayonnaise

    liked the first one better-darker, more pissed off, just more raw. but the pickin is shweeeet on this new one. come by brementown vt-we'd shake a shack!

  • Top-notch
    author: Boss

    Great! Another triumph. The story telling shines thru as well as the musicianship. P.S.: CD BABY Please specify which brand of mail you send these glorious CD'S thru. I need to know where to look as it could mean driving long distances to pick up via UPS or Fed Ex. I prefer the U.S. mail because its close!

  • Unbelievable Album
    author: Lor Kats

    this is UNBELIEVABLE. i got the CD a year ago, and could not stop listening to it for long enough to write this review. WONDERFUL music. i recommend "Judgement Day"... LK

  • This cd ROCKS!
    author: Noel Reid

    As soon as I received the cd, I went straight down to the local liquor store and played it over head so the staff, myself and the customers could hear it. This cd ROCKS!

  • perfect
    author: vviinnzz

    This music is so exciting i had to get both Devil Makes Three cds delivered in France. Thanks to The Devil Makes Three, thanks to CD Baby!

  • Very fast......no complaints
    author: Daniel

    I recieved my cds in a timely manner while the staff of CD Baby kept in touch with me thouroughly to make sure all my information was correct.

  • I sooooo... love this CD.............
    author: nancy padilla

    Every once in a while you come across a cd that you know is worth every penny you paid and luckily you can say I knew them when.....Thats if you buy the cd

  • Incredible showcase of talent
    author: Pancho Castilla

    This band is by far one of the most original and talented outfits I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Story-like lyrics unfold in an array of mesmorizing, "wanna drink whiskey on a moonlit porch on a humid evening" musical arrangements. Get this album, get the last album. You won't be disappointed. Just don't forget the booze.

  • This CD ROCKS
    author: Tiara

    I'll tell ya, I like the first album, but this one takes the cake. Very well played with the additional accompaniment.

  • Finally! A band to which I cannot stop listening!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: Lane Pugh

    I loved this CD the first time I heard it. It sounded like an old friend. I'm truly sorry I missed the band at Quail Run Farm in Flintville, TN. I won't miss them again!!

  • Excellent
    author: Stack

    Get it. Worth every song, which is rare in a CD these days. I hope the band does well.

  • Great tunes - great bouncy style with dark lyrics & interesting themes
    author: M.R.May

    Can't stop listening to them - great band going places, for sure Come to Chicago - great venues here for you. Climb the hill by the racetrack and watch those cars go round and round

  • author: Bruce

    This is what nickel creek could sound like if they had a soul.

  • "Fantabulous" doesn't even do it justice
    author: C. Eden

    Well, let me tell you, I thought the first album was great and just when I figured things were not going to get better, bazaawah, this album came out and gave me more of what I love but with a further, dare I use the cliche, "maturity". The songs are not quite as catchy as the previous album upon first listen, but like fine bourbon they creep up on you. Lyrically you can swim around a little more, and musically the pickin' gives you a whoopin'. Um... yes, so in short, perfect music to put on after a long day of sweat and toil working for the man, a bad case of heartburn, or quite possibly the best situation is sitting in a dark room (read: The "New" Jury Room) sippin a drink. Check out: "Man Tap" & "Tow"

  • It was worth the search
    author: Dan

    I heard Never Learn on KPIG a few times, but I never caught the name of the group or the album, and living in the East, I never heard it on local stations here. It's the most impossible-to-forget piece I've heard in years. I finally found the album, and play it all the time. This group should be better known!

  • This CD makes me depressed
    author: Alisa

    I have been listening to this CD obsessively and it gets better every time. I think the lyrics have matured a little bit from the first album (although I love that one too). I just want to kick this album on, drown myself in whisky, and wake up in some dusty saloon somewhere down a dusty street.... It hurts so good...

  • Different... but still great
    author: Anna Sanders

    Relative to their first album, this album is not as dark and wry, but the instrumental portions are more intricately crafted. I, too, was wary about how I would like this album, as I liked the first so much. Frankly, it's different... but it's still a great listen. While it may not be *as* dark as their debut, they still definitely capture that "folk noir" sound that is their signature.

  • inspired
    author: cassi lyn

    reminds me of dan hicks and his hot licks in the good old days. i love these guys.

  • These guys kick some righteous ass!
    author: musiclistener

    I heard a song from Devil Makes Three on the great internet radio state, bootliquor.com, and liked it so much I decided to get the disk (I never buy music on impulse like that, so I was wary). This disc has not left my player in days -- the tunes are really catchy and these cats can really, really play. This is a genre-crosser of a disc that will appeal to everyone from your grandma to the crustiest of your crusty punk friends.

  • The songs won't leave your head for days
    author: Duff Howell

    Got this album as a gift for Xmas 04 and by the second listen-through, knew it was the best thing I'd heard in years. A really immaculate, crisp recording with Dylan-quality ballad lyrics coming at you at paces from quick to cheetah-on-amphetemines. Great guitar and banjo pickin', and lyrics that are funny, memorable, and play tag-team taking your mind over one after another. Never Learn and Sweeping were the first to grab my notice, but just about every song has taken my mental i-pod over in the last few weeks. Not to be missed.

  • Irresistable dance-around-the-room music
    author: Douglas Brown

    Think Camper van Beethoven without drums, add in a healthy splash of Leon Redbone cool, pour in whiskey (old number 7) until the bottle is empty, and you still will only have a glimpse of what these guys sound like. This is one of those albums it is hard to imagine anybody not liking. I loathe country and have little patience for bluegrass, but Devil Makes Three effortlessly transcends those genres with simple toe-tapping feel-good wry-twist songs that are just plain Damn Good Songs. Check 'em out!

  • This is the best band ever!
    author: sara

    I loved the Devil Makes three first album so much that I was almost afraid to listen to this one, I thought that there would be no way it could be as good. I love every single song on this CD, it makes me dance even if I don't feel like dancing.

  • This is the best band ever!
    author: sara

    I loved the Devil Makes three first album so much that I was almost afraid to listen to this one, I thought that there would be no way it could be as good. I love every single song on this CD, it makes me dance even if I don't feel like dancing.

  • wonderful CDs and always fun when Nate plays a favorite
    author: jan janssen

    I have played this one over and over. I am not generally a country, bluegrass or whatever other category it fits into listener, but I love this CD and I will continue to suggest that my friends give it a listen. Thanks for the wonderful musical performances.

  • author: Stephanie Simpson

    The album is amazing...I've made copies for people. I hope you don't mind, but I'm up in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) and this album will not be heard by people up here unless I spread the goodness around! People are in love! I will pass it and the first album onto the university stations.

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