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| The Boxmasters | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4652
Category: Music
Artist: The Boxmasters
Publisher: Vanguard Records
Studio: Vanguard Records
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
Label: Vanguard Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79862
UPC: 015707986229
EAN: 0015707986229
ASIN: B0017V8PXA
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | The Poor House - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | Build Your Own Prison - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | I'll Give You a Ring - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | The Last Place They Would Look - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | Shit List - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | I'm Watchin' the Game - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | 20 Years Ago - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | That Mountain - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | The Work of Art - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | 2-Bit Grifter - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | The Girl on the Side - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | No Whiskey in Heaven - The Boxmasters, Thornton |
Disc 2
| • | She's Lookin' Better by the Minute - The Boxmasters, Helms, Jimmie | | • | Some of Shelley's Blues - The Boxmasters, Nesmith, Michael | | • | Memories of You and I - The Boxmasters, Clayton, Lee | | • | Yesterday's Gone - The Boxmasters, Kidd, Wendy | | • | Knoxville Girl - The Boxmasters, Louvin, Charlie | | • | I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Boxmasters, Lennon, John | | • | Sawmill - The Boxmasters, Tillis, Mel | | • | Original Mixed Up Kid - The Boxmasters, Hunter, Ian | | • | House at Pooh Corner - The Boxmasters, Loggins, Kenny | | • | Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) - The Boxmasters, Nesmith, Michael | | • | The Kids Are Alright - The Boxmasters, Townshend, Pete |
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Product Description
Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters sound combines the influence of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kinks, and the Animals, fused with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams. Fashioned after a 1960 s-era mod band (including matching suits and ties!), The Boxmasters upbeat rhythms and infectious arrangements contrast sardonically with the very dark themes they explore lyrically.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Too good! December 27, 2008
Too good for words! Just because this guy made it in the films-arena first, doesn't mean he hasn't got the goods here! BBT was right into music way before he made it in Hollywood. He was in bands back in the 70's. And he knows when something feels & sounds right. And this is it! No point in me adding a 1000 adjectives to describe this release. It's just plain good! Both discs! Buy it! Listen to it! Enjoy it like I did!
 The Boxmasters November 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was very different. It was rockabilly with some twists. The interlude between songs was the twist. I am glad I purchased it.
country for idiots or idiots do country ? November 21, 2008
Whatever you choose from the title of this review: either way it's a very nice album. Great lyrics and some good ol' country & westernmusic.
THE BOXMASTERS ROCK!!! November 16, 2008
I happened to see Billy Bob and the Boxmasters being interviewed on a morning San Antonio TV show. I am a big movie fan of his and the show was at a small venue, the Scout Bar, and somehow I managed to persuade my husband to go with me. We both loved it and I bought their CD during intermission between the 2 sets. You could tell that Billy Bob really loved what he was doing and every band member was awesome. Now my husband is a die-hard SRV fan, and we have been to a lot of concerts, but this one remains at the top for me. Sadly, the cd is not getting the play and coverage it deserves, and I still get the raised eyebrows and weird looks when I talk about the cd, but you have to hear them to believe it. Some of the covers they did in the second set are not in the cd and I would love to be able to get them. Thanks Vanguard Records and Boxmasters!
Great -- Zevon-influenced October 12, 2008
This is a great album. It's sincere and darkly macabre at once. In that way, and in Billy Bob's voice, the music reminds me a little of Warren Zevon. Of course, Billy Bob worked with Warren Zevon and the two were friends, so that would make sense. The video for "The Poor House" has the same sensibility -- the cutaways to Billy Bob's nodding head are creepily hilarious. (The guest drummer in that video has a great British Invasion move, too.)
So anyway, this is a good purchase. I'm glad it's doing reasonably well on the charts. It probably couldn't have been a best-seller -- the Boxmasters, like Zevon, are just too far ahead of the times.
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