Smokin' Taters! is an album by the Kentucky-based cowpunk band Nine Pound Hammer.[4][5] It was released in 1992.[6] The band supported the album with a European tour.[7]

Smokin' Taters!
Studio album by
Released1992
Recorded11–13 July 1991
StudioCoyote Studios[1]
GenreCowpunk
LabelCrypt Records[2]
ProducerMichael Mariconda
Nine Pound Hammer chronology
The Mud, The Blood, and The Beers
(1988)
Smokin' Taters!
(1992)
Hayseed Timebomb
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Some demos were recorded in Glasgow in 1990.[8] "Long Gone Daddy" is a cover of the Hank Williams song.[9]

Critical reception

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Trouser Press wrote that the album "smokes out of the speakers with redoubled purpose and fluid, road-tested rockabilly punk."[6]

Track listing

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  1. Long Gone Daddy
  2. Cadillac Inn
  3. Everything You Know Is Wrong
  4. Feelin' Kinda Froggy
  5. Don't Get No
  6. Folsom Prison Blues
  7. Turned Traitor For A Piece Of Tail
  8. I'm On Fire
  9. Wrong Side Of The Road
  10. Head Bangin' Stock Boy
  11. Surfabilly
  12. Weasel, The

Personnel

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  • Blaine Cartwright - Guitar
  • Rob Hulsman - Drums
  • Matt Bartholomy - Bass
  • Scott Luallen - Vocals
  • Bill & Michelle - Backing Vocals
  • Michael Mariconda - Producer
  • Albert Caiati - Engineer

References

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  1. ^ "Nine Pound Hammer: Has it BEEN 25 years? Already?". Ace Weekly. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "NINE POUND HAMMER "SMOKIN' TATERS" CD". Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  3. ^ "Smokin' Taters - Nine Pound Hammer | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2020-08-19 – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "Nine Pound Hammer | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  5. ^ "Smokin' Taters by Nine Pound Hammer". Melody Maker. 68 (2): 30. Jan 11, 1992.
  6. ^ a b "Nine Pound Hammer". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  7. ^ McQueen, Tracy L. (November 15, 1991). "Owensboro 'cow punks' go overseas to hammer on door to success". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 1D.
  8. ^ Tunis, Walter (May 6, 2005). "A Hammer and a Mouse". Weekender. Lexington Herald-Leader. p. 4.
  9. ^ Eastman, Jason T. (March 16, 2017). "The Southern Rock Revival: The Old South in a New World". Rowman & Littlefield. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2020 – via Google Books.
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