The Moe Greene Specials have their track Maplewood Drive of their s/t CD on Green Cookie records, on the trailer of Scott Beck & Bryan Wood’s new movie "The Bride Wore Blood".
About the movie: The Bride Wore Blood draws inspiration from the Italian and American Westerns of the 20th century. The story opens as The Hired Gun (Travis Shepherd), a bounty killer, is enlisted to protect The Bride (Christy Sullivan). He has one objective: protect her at all costs. The assignment takes a drastic turn when The Bride vanishes -- and her body appears in an abandoned train yard. The Hired Gun must find the killer and avenge her murder. However, as he embarks on his new mission, he soon discovers The Bride's true past. Suddenly, The Hired Gun finds himself trapped in a place where death is a currency and justice is a thing of the past.
Please visit the
http://www.thebrideworeblood.com/
for more informations about the movie.
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It's certainly the best spaghetti western album that Enrio Morricone never made and, to my ears at least, better than any of the albums hi did make. This is because it is intended for listening to rather than as an accompaniment to pictures. If you have any spagwest albums you certainly need this one too. If you ever fancied trying one and weren't sure where to start, then this is the place. Ok hombre?
--Alan Taylor - Pipeline magazine [UK]
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From Belgium, The Moe Greene Specials play cinematic instrumental surf and spaghetti western tunes that evolve almost symphonically, with trumpets doubling the guitars. Musical influences vary from Calexico-style desert songs to Stax soul to Dick Dale.
zptduda.com, USA
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The Moe Greene Specials have found a label home with Green Cookie, and it's a good thing too. Their moody and dramatic form of spaghetti western deserves a wide audience. Incidentally, a Moe Greene Specials is being shot in the eye, which is a Godfather reference.
--Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 7240, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-7240 [USA]
The Moe Greene Specials play a seriously moody and dramatic form of spaghetti western, with multiple guitars that create a thick wash of sound, and bass and drums, and accompanied by horns that add to the Morricone experience. This unreleased album is really fit for a film score.
1) Rich throbbing vibrato and acoustic guitar dramatically introduce "The Vast Land" with a real spaghetti western sound. Slow and intense, yielding eventually to a horn section that makes the connection to the cowboy operas even more direct. Moody and sad. It winds up with a faster verse with great drums and energy.
2) "Maplewood Drive" Wonderfully textured acoustic guitar chops under electric guitar lead in this mid-tempo drama. The horns add sophistication and sadness. Heavy, yet ringing with emotion.Spaghetti Western Instrumental Stereo
3) "Malibu Rendezvous" This is a jazzy little scene of sundown at legendary Malibu, with an eye on smooth seductive sounds. Very sensual and enjoyable.
4) "Quintana Sixteen" With a sense of danger and pomp, "Quintana Sixteen" seems ready for a film scene. More of a dramatic backdrop to a distant journey to destiny than a song really, but very effective.
5) "Rain Scene Take 9" is just what it seems - rain gently falls while a brief progression plays on acoustic guitar.
6) "Sacramento" is an adventure for the open road, with a real sense of motion and the wind in your hair. Very tasteful, and alive with breathing vibrato and rhythm. A splendid song that moves moderately fast, then drops to a slow ordeal of drama for the break.
7) Nasty feedback opens "A $1000 Ride Pt. 1" against great drums and stinging whammy. Big drama and danger all around. Mid-tempo serious and moody.
8) "A $1000 Ride Pt. 2" starts out with a banjo and reverbed guitar chops, brings in a country rhythm. Once the lead guitar comes in, it becomes a cactus romp of pure pleasure. Very scenic, with wonderfully fluid guitar lines.
9) "The El Monte Case" Heavy thunder from tom toms and bass and low down throbbing vibrato, a slow pace that conveys utter sadness. More than a dirge, "The El Monte Case" is a stunningly visual track issuing up a scene of the journey to or from a funeral at Boot Hill.
10) "Julia's Waltz" Jaws harp and accordion bring on the waltz that lays out a sullen mood.
11) "Santo Trafficante" Castanets and ringing chords, then a Spanish rhythm and rich spaghetti western melody. A sad, yet sensual song with an enveloping sound.
12) "Esperos De Oro" is a slow moving song of guitar and vibrato chords, horns and slight optimism after a down mood.
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It has been some time, since we heard of them but finally these guys are here again to present their first Full album. TMGS are definitely grown since I first met them on the Russ Meyer Pussy Galore tour. Since then lots of things happened, the most significant: the line-up changes during the years. But they are also musically grown. From simple surf tunes in the beginning over some self penned instro tunes until this: a 12-track album full of spaghetti western music with influences from Morricone till Calexico. This top-notch musical ride is a movie without images, a story without words, but mostly a score without a film. If you dig old spaghetti westerns, or the soundtracks of it, then you will love TMGS, cause with their mix of guitars, trumpets, bass and drums spiced up with a banjo and congas they have a perfect blend of sleazy, instrumentals that make us think of the old Italian movie days.The album is very coherent and it's hard to tell you what my favourite track is. To my honest opinion I would say the complete album but that' would be not fair. So for the sole reason of the banjo (it really does remind me on 16 horsepower at certain times) I pick track 8 "A 1000 Dollar Ride pt II" as hot pick of the album. But that is very personal choice. As said before the Calexico experience is never far away and can be found for sure on track 11, "Santo Trafficante". The music on this album goes perfectly together with the weather we had the last days and it emphasise the hot feeling even more. Opening track "Vast Land" is a typical spaghetti tune complete with dramatic sequences and trumpets to add the Morricone experience, while track 3 "Malibu Rendezvous " start fishing again in the Calexico well. The self-titled album by the TMGS will be released on green Coockie records mid june, and some of the tracks, including "A 1000 Dollar Ride pr II" can be downloaded from their website. I give these guys a big 5 and that's only because I can give them a 6 or more.
--Mr Blue Boogie / www.billybop.be
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From Belgium, The Moe Greene Specials play cinematic instrumental surf and spaghetti western tunes that evolve almost symphonically, with trumpets doubling the guitars. Musical influences vary from Calexico-style desert songs to Stax soul to Dick Dale.
--zptdudamusic.com
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"I'm a big fan of spaghetti and there's some very cool spaghetti on this CD! So, that makes your songs extra special to me! When I received the CD in the mail and first played it, as soon as the CD began and the very first chord of "The Vast Land" played, I had a big smile on my face. By the time the cool horns came in, I was
astounded! Each time I listen to this CD I hear new things. As I told my listeners tonight, I'll be playing all of these songs on my Tsunami Soul show. I hope that helps in some small way to "spread the word" about The Moe Greene Specials. You deserve a lot of success with this CD. This is my favorite album."
--Tom Hinders WOBC 91.5 FM USA radio [http://wobc.org]
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