Lefty McRighty
Lefty McRighty and the Boxcar Cadavers
© 2006 Greg Harris (823173504720)
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Dark, humourous old school country with a punk rock edge
tracks
- 1 Big Nipples
- 2 Bible Wood
- 3 Walk Away
- 4 Help Me See The Light
- 5 Train 69
- 6 Rollin'
- 7 Hepatitis Blues
- 8 I Love You In Pieces
- 9 Spare An Extra Liver
- 10 Heaven
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"When are you going to stop singing about genitals?"
- Lefty's mom
"Lefty and his bandmates are muscular players. Songs like Big Nipples, Rollin’ and Hepatitis Blues move through the abs and delts of a riff-heavy country-rock tune with style."
- Fateema Sayani, The Ottawa Citizen
In 2006, Ottawa’s Lefty McRighty teamed up with friends The Boxcar Cadavers to record his independently released debut album. This recording captures the acoustically pure “let’s-tape-everything-in-the-same-room-at-the-same-time” honesty of early 1950’s rockabilly and country music, and balances this sound with the hard-hitting punk-rock energy of a Lefty McRighty live show.
The end product is a one-of-a-kind sound experience, inspired by the original cow-punks, Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two. Lefty brings a new level of energy to the Cash’s concept of “beauty in simplicity”, adding a healthy dose of punk and metal, all the while staying true to the roots of old-time country and western recordings.
Highlights on this album include a 2-part murder ballad (Walk Away being the justification, I Love You in Pieces the aftermath), a delightful romp about STDs (Hepatitis Blues), and an exploration of sexual themes in the Bible (Bible Wood, slated to be the first single and video off the album).
Lefty has played in every major music club in his hometown of Ottawa (including Barrymore's, Zaphod's and the Dominion Tavern), Barfly, Playhouse, Cafe Chaos and L'Escogriffe in Montreal, as well as the El Mocambo, Cadillac Lounge and the Cameron House in Toronto. Touring plans for 2007 include trips to the left coast, the right coast, and the US.
Since its release, Lefty’s debut album has been:
-featured as Album of the Week (Nov 2) on Country Club, Radio Columbia 106.9fm, in Roselies, Belgium
-charting regularly in the top 30 at CKCU (Ottawa ON)
-charting regularly in Folk and Roots top 10 at CJSR (Edmonton AB) and CKXU (Lethbridge AB)
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reviews
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The real bastard sons of Johnny Cash!!!
author: Alain Joris(Country Music dj)Really great album for real country music fans.....and others!!! A incredible mix between Cash,songwriters from Texas and...punk.Don't miss it folks,it's only one of the best album of this year,and it comes from Canada!!!
The bastard love children of David Allen Coe
author: Boy Howdy, The Nerve MagazineThe bastard love children of David Allen Coe and heaped with the Johnny Cash/Merle Haggard/Waylon Jennings triple topping deluxe sundae mixture…this Ottawa band keeps it simple and actually recorded this album in the same room at the same time (who the f*ck does that these days?) Approaching country/rockabilly from more of a Tennessee Two vs last call perspective. They sound like a Legion party band from the mid-seventies…one raised on Stompin’ Tom and who may have a few Ramones 8-tracks in their Chevy Malibu. Standout tracks include Help Me See The Light and the Commander Cody-like Spare An Extra Liver!
Riff-heavy country-rock with style
author: Fateema SayaniThe Ottawa country trio’s debut falls somewhere between the offerings of the alt-dot elite and those coming from the twangy tribesfolk. Lefty and his bandmates Reverend Boxcar Baloney Lonesome and Cassandra Cadaver are muscular players. Songs like Big Nipples, Rollin’ and Hepatitis Blues move through the abs and delts of a riff-heavy country-rock tune with style. While their music penetrates the cool crust of nu-country, there are one too many genital jokes and musings on the trials of trying to get laid. Though you can’t really knock the band for it; alt-country is way too heavy anyway.
A fine album.
author: Andrew CarverSome may sneer at at the inclusion of jokey tunes like Big Nipples, and grumble about "authenticity" and suchlike, but look at it this way: Johnny Cash never shot a man in Reno, but Lefty might actually be a boob man. You can't get more authentic than that ...