BAWN IN THE MASH: Welcome to the Atomic City

Bawn in the Mash

Welcome to the Atomic City

© 2006 Wes Kaintuck Music/Bawn in the Mash (837101243926)

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Bawn in the Mash's first album 'Welcome to the Atomic City'

tracks

1 Sail Away Sally
2 The Land Between the Rivers
3 Tow
4 Musical Moon
5 Paducah
6 At the Hotel Irvin Cobb
7 Poundcake
8 Livin' in Yesterday
9 Hey John
10 Mary Jane
11 Past the Painted Wall
12 The Nuclear Waltz

notes

Bawn in the Mash is set to release their 3rd independent album 'Confluence' January 17, 2009. Produced by Chris Henry and recorded August 11-17 at Bawn in the Mash world headquarters in Paducah, the album once again will feature the artwork & design of Darin Shock, and contain all new original material performed by Bawn in the Mash. A confluence is defined as the flowing together of two or more streams. With producer Chris Henry at the helm, Confluence takes listeners on a trip down distributary into uncharted waters, channeling wavelengths & frequencies previously unheard or recorded. With the release of Confluence, Bawn in the Mash will have published over 60 original compositions with Wes Kaintuck Music (BMI), their independently owned publishing company. In addition, mandolinists Tommy Oliverio and Chris Henry are set to release two albums at the beginning of 2009: Whoever You Want it to Be, a collection of insta-instrumental compositions recorded by the duo, and Sadie's Inner Thoughts, a compilation album. Bawn in the Mash's first release, Welcome to the Atomic City (2006), was produced & recorded by the legendary Col. Dan Knowles. Welcome to the Atomic City is a collection of 12 original compositions that historically interpret & fictitiously describe events that have occurred during the last 150 years in Western Kentucky. Living downtown Paducah, the group spent much time absorbing inspiration from the Ohio, Tennessee, and Clarks Rivers. Songs like Land Between the Rivers, Paducah, Past the Painted Wall, The Nuclear Waltz, & At the Hotel Irvin Cobb pay tribute to a land faded & forgotten in favor of the notion of progress in America. Regionalistically conceptual, the album is highly textured in local vibrations . During the recording of Welcome to the Atomic City, the band frequently showcased the material aboard the Delta Queen Steamboat and River Barge Explorer. Produced by Grammy winning recording engineer Phil Harris, Hurry Up and Wait was recorded in May 2007 at Battle Ridge Studio, located outside Nashville, Tennessee. Spending two weeks at Battle Ridge was creatively stimulating, resulting in an album featuring 16 original compositions with special guest appearances by Donnie Herron (BR5-49, Bob Dylan Band) Tyler Grant (Drew Emmitt Band, Emmitt Nershi Band, Tavern Grass), and Chris Black. Two weeks before the recording session, Multi-instrumentalist Brey McCoy joined the band, learning most of the material on tour and in the studio. Still in their first month of utilizing electricity, BitM had developed a unique genre fusing sound that appears throughout Hurry Up and Wait. Bawn in the Mash went on to perform 110 shows in 2007, sharing the stage with Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Vince Herman, New Riders of the Purple Sage, John Cowan Band, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Jamie Hartford, Justin Townes Earle, Donnie Herron, Tyler Grant, Great American Taxi, Wayward Sons, New Monsoon, and many others, ending the year with two sold out Station Inn performances with Casey Driessen. In June of 2008, the song Little Piece of Paper was featured in Global Rhythm Magazine. In addition, Josh Coffey's name made its big screen debut in the Mike Myers movie 'The Love Guru'. If you listen closely, you can hear his fiddle on Foggy Mountain Breakdown during the bar fight scene. Nathan Blake Lynn's solo debut Two Catfish and a Bluegill was released August 21, 2008, and features 17 original tracks from the Paducah, Kentucky native and Bawn in the Mash guitarist.

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  • author: Sara

    You guys are thee shit! Please come to Springfield IL, i love you music :)

  • Highly Recommend!!
    author: Keith Wallace

    This band is a must listen to all of those that love great bluegrass alternative music. Fans of the Old Crow medicine Show will love this CD!

  • ...and 1/2.... Relaxed sparkle and a friendly intimacy
    author: Joe Ross

    Playing Time – 48:05 -- Together as a group since 2005, Bawn in the Mash kicks off their set with a hand-me-down, “Sail Away Sally,” that appears to be a nod of respect for western Kentucky’s traditional music roots, spirits and distillates. Their original acoustic music with elements from various genres has some relaxed sparkle and a friendly intimacy. Bawn in the Mash is Josh Coffey (violin, mandolin), Nathan Lynn (guitar), Tommy Oliverio (mandolin), Alex Faught (banjo), and Eddie Coffey (bass, guitar). In some songs, Coffey and Oliverio share the mandolin breaks. All band members have compositions on “Welcome to the Atomic City.” A few have catchy little melodies that are carefully cultivated, even if they don’t have them fully polished instrumentally and vocally. Still, their wry quirkiness creates an earthy kind of ambiance. “Livin’ in Yesterday” has doo-wop vocals with the dichotomy of twin fiddles to build a mood for a love-starved and deserted drunkard. The rough edges of Oliverio’s “Musical Moon” are smoothed with his own conversational vocal refrain. Produced by old-time banjo champ Dan Knowles of Tennessee), the band recorded “Welcome to Atomic City” in ten sessions over a three month period. Alex Faught’s instrumental “Poundcake” is a clever tune that gives everyone a piece of the action. The album’s intent was to historically interpret and fictitiously describe events that could have occurred during the past 150 years around western Kentucky. “At the Hotel Irvin Cobb” speaks to a 1937 flood, cats and dogs sleeping on the roof, and being able to get anything you want at the historic inn. With an appeal to younger crowds, a ditty like “Hey John” gives every instrumentalist in the band a chance to wash a few blues away with their breaks. Nathan Lynn does most of the lead singing, and he is able to describe some picturesque storybook scenes in songs like “The Land Between the Rivers” and “Tow” and “Paducah.” Their homebase of Paducah, Ky. lies in a region called the land of four rivers (Clarks, Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland). Eddie Coffey sings his own “Mary Jane.” What he lacks in vocal grace is replaced with a directness and grit. An interesting sparse duo arrangement of “Past the Painted Wall” teams Josh Coffey’s lead vocal and mandolin with his father Eddie Coffey’s bass and guitar. Not a wildly triumphant debut, but still they manage to put their own original stamp on string band sounds in a musical makeover that is “bawn in the mash.” As their music continues to brew, distill, refine and purify, it will only get better. They have managed to extract an essence of western Kentucky’s traditional heritage and condense it all into something of their very own. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

  • what a great cd
    author: Bigz

    this cd has been in my player constantly since i received it 2 weeks ago, i know almost every song by heart now... its a great album, it reminds me of home... thanks guys!

  • great sound
    author: cherie watson

    I received this cd as a gift and must say I love it. Original songs are great. Love the instrumentals...some very talented artists!!!

  • Amazing, great original songs played with talent
    author: barbara rapp

    This is a must have cd for anyone who appreciates good instrumentals, great original songs and all delivered with their own unique style and sound The music is even better when you hear them live

  • awesome, a great craic to listen to
    author: Nick & June... Cork Ireland

    easy listening, loved the banjo mandolin and bass sounding similar to irish trad.

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