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Artist Biography
by Stewart Mason
Although Knoxville, TN's JudyBats managed a few minor college radio hits, their brand of genial, folk-inflected college rock was rendered passé around the time Nevermind
came out, which limited their commercial success considerably. This was
a shame, because although their albums were extremely uneven, the
group's best tracks were something special.
The JudyBats formed in Knoxville in 1988, initially consisting of University of Tennessee students Jeff Heiskell on vocals, Johnny Sughrue on acoustic guitar, and Ed Winters
on electric guitar. The nascent group took their distinctive name from a
friend's unrecorded song, which featured the line "punch me with a
judybat," a reference to medieval Punch and Judy puppet shows. The trio
slowly added keyboardist Peggy Hambright
(whose occasional violin and backing vocals were an integral part of
the group's early sound), bassist Timothy Stutz, and drummer Terry Casper,
and after a self-released demo cassette attracted considerable local
attention, the group was signed to Sire Records in 1990.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Our Story |
4:34
|
| 2 |
She's Sad She Said |
3:18
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| 3 |
How It Is |
4:26
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| 4 |
Down In The Shacks Where The Satellite Dishes Grow |
4:06
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| 5 |
Margot Known As Missy |
3:24
|
| 6 |
Witches' Night |
6:26
|
| 7 |
Is Anything |
2:54
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| 8 |
Poor Bruised World |
3:03
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| 9 |
Animal Farm |
3:33
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| 10 |
Saturday |
3:30
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| 11 |
Lullaby ~ Weren't We Wild |
4:25
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| 12 |
When Things Get Slow Around Here |
3:41 |