Keepin' it Steel, by The Re-mains

Keepin' it Steel

by The Re-mains

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Keepin’ It Steel is the Re-mains’ debut album, featuring 8 tracks of original material, all genuine country rock straight from the coal-face.

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1.	Endless Mystery 04:49	buy track
2.	You always know when I'm lyin' 04:59	buy track
3.	Take it as you find it 05:52	buy track
4.	She never done nobody wrong 04:10	buy track
5.	Always workin' 03:05	buy track
6.	E-mail 04:27	buy track
7.	You look like Keith Richards 04:51	buy track
8.	Ballad of a Wong'un 04:14	buy track

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Country rock’n'roll begins in the accelerator. Press it down moderately hard as you motor across the Great Dividing Range. Ease off as you plummet towards Uralla, or in the other direction, gallop by Bolivia, mindful of the kangaroos arrayed in ranks, saluting ere they make the mad dash to glory.

Head out west, to Nymagee and beyond. The ghost of a shearer, white-eyed, will join you in the passenger seat. Nod hello, and keep driving, to the coalface.

At the coalface of country rock’n'roll it is frequently dusty, dry and hard work. Beware of burrs in the boxer shorts, dirt in the engines, dust in the amps. You may take the stage uncertain why the endless miles, the untold broken strings.

But take a break, have a sandwich, sleep it off. Steer your motor to the City Tavern in Peel Street, Tamworth. Have Mark Savic’s son pour you a beer. Sit back and regale yourself with the careening, shambolic strains of country rock’n'roll. Johnny Cash. Jon Spencer. Johnny Green. Bob Dylan. Ragadoll. The Australian Beefweek Show. Tonchi. The Re-mains. Identify. Taste the stench of cordite and ozone. Drink of the fluids amber, pale, spirituous and sweet emanating from the bar. Breathe deep. That’s the sweat of country rock’n'roll.

credits

released August 1, 2002

Mick Daley - acoustic guitar, vocals
Leigh Ivin - steel & electric guitars, backup vocals
Nathan Nancarrow - double bass, backup vocals
Shaun Butcher - banjo
Nick Edin - drums

All songs by Mick Daley

LIVE AT BEACHCOMBER DRIVE

Recorded by Simon Greaves, May 2002.Mixed by Leigh Ivin and Simon Greaves. Mastered by Michael Worthington at Rocking Horse. Thanks to Ronny Rindo, Mark, Georgina & Michael Sacic, Big Vern, Rev Kev, J, Bella and Balfe.

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The Re-mains NSW, Australia

The Re-Mains are renowned as the hardest driving independent band in the country when they first started their country rock and roll crusade in 2002. They boast that they’d played more rodeos, outback dives and inner city hellholes than any other band in Australia. Five albums, two EPs and more drummers than Spinal Tap. Banjos, pedal steel and balls to the wall country rock and roll. ... more

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