PC Software: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 File Type: FLAC Compression 6 Cd Hardware: Plextor PX-716SA Plextor Firmware: 1.11 (Final) Cd Software: Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 EAC Log: Yes EAC Cue Sheet: Yes Tracker(s): http://fr33dom.h33t.com:3310/announce; http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce; http://inferno.demonoid.com:3391/announce Torrent Hash: 573E4EA11E896C25B3D6708F5F63A347827C4E05 File Size: 309.57 MB Year: 1997 Label: Eminent Records Catalog #: (forgot to write down – friends CD)
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I just have to say this is one of my favorite albums of all time, especially from the 90’s and been meaning to torrent it for the last couple of years. Canadian Roots-Rock just doesn’t get any better than this. Now he’s in Nashville and I’ll be picking up some more of his albums in the future. I also saw him live in Edmonton summer of 2002 at The Sidetrack Café (RIP), puts on one hell of a show. If you’re a fan of Mellencamp, Springsteen, Earle and the like then this is for you.
Kit
From MikePlume.com:
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by Mike Plume as told to Mike Plume
The first seeds of the Mike Plume Band were planted in September of 1985 when I met Ernie Basiliadis at High School football tryouts in Bonnyville Alberta, Canada.I had just moved to Bonnyville from Moncton, New Brunswick in Eastern Canada.
Ernie and I formed our first band and played around town thru our high school years. In 1989, I was teaching guitar lessons in Bonnyville and one of my students was a 13 year old kid.
Enter future bass player Derek Mazurek.
In 1993 I put out my first album (Songs from a Northern Town) and began to tour around Western Canada. I lost touch with Ernie.
In ’94 I was looking for a guitar player and offered the gig to Derek. He said “No”. Mazurek, who, oddly enough, was playing in a band at the time with Ernie said he would fill in until I found someone. Derek and Ernie said they knew of a guitar player from Fort McMurray Alberta.
Enter Dave Klym.
The gig was his by the second or third note. The band that Derek and Ernie were playing in fell apart. Mazurek now in need of a gig took the bass spot the second it opened up. I again lost touch with Ernie (he does that sometimes).
Over the next year or so there were numerous lineup changes in the M.P.B. I didn’t see the forest for the trees. I didn’t hear the beat for the drums, if you will. Enter, finally and again, Ernie. We did our first official gig together in May of 1996. In 1997 we put out two albums “Song And Dance, Man” and “Simplify”
Somehow we managed to play just shy of 200 one niters all across Canada and Europe. In 1998 we made our first jump into the USA. Toured like fools in a hurry and played 225 shows. We also recorded a new album called “Steel Belted Radio EP”. In 1999 we played 249 one niters. “Song And Dance, Man” was released in the USA on Eminent Records in June of ’99. In 2000 we played another 220 shows.
Unfortunately, in April of that year Derek Mazurek had decided to make his exit from the band.He got married and decided to see what living a life in one town for more than 12 hours felt like. No harm, No foul. But it certainly rocked the band and not “rocked” in the rock and roll sense. I, for one, was heartbroken. We trudged on.Enter Meck Myers on bass guitar.
We recorded “Fools For The Radio” in November of 2000. We released it on September 11th, 2001. Once again, the band was rocked and not “rocked” in the rock and roll sense. We did our last show on October 25th 2002 in Wakefield Quebec. I was tired and in desperate need of a break. Exhausted. Confused. Broken hearted. So, after, give or take, 1200 shows in 8 years we called it a day.
Dave, Meck and Ernie continued on without me. They call themselves the Populars. Meck left the Populars in May of 2006. Enter Ben Wilson on bass guitar.
Over the last 6 years I’ve played 100 shows, tops. I left Nashville in May of ’03. We moved to Toronto. My wife and I had a daughter (Ruby) in July of ’04. I found out what it was like to live in a town for more than 12 hours. I liked it. I liked it a lot.
We did a reunion show in July of ’04 for no other reason than the hell of it. What a blast. We did a second show in May of ’05. Two hours long. No set list. No rehearsal. Nothin’ but net. Like falling off a rock. Like rolling down a hill.
My family and I moved back to Tennessee in August of ’06. Suddenly I was back in the business of writing songs for a living. A couple of phone calls in the early part of 2008 lead to the idea of maybe doing a new record in May.
I never thought I’d be at this point again. I never thought I cared this much about it.
I was wrong.
Hey Ho Lets Go.
-Mike
Song & Dance, Man 1997
Recorded in April of 1997 in Edmonton, Alberta. Released in August of 1997. Produced by Marek
This was the beginning of a crazy time for the Mike Plume Band. We recorded this album (at least our parts) in about a week in early April. We had a good batch of songs and Marek did a fantastic job producing this adventure. He’s a goddamned genius. Anyway, “If There Ever Was A Fool” was the first song written for the record. It was written in November ‘93 the week “Songs From A Northern Town” was released. The rest of the songs were written between March of 1996 and April 1997. The last song written was Silver Lining. The music was written during pre-production and the lyrics were written in the studio ten minutes before we recorded it. Probably the best song I’ve ever written.
Tracks:
Rattle the Cage Something to Say If There Ever Was a Fool Girl in Green Wind at My Back Alcohol Take Me With You Oblivion Simplify Rich Man Silver Lining
Enjoy Mike Plume :)
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