Tom Tuerff
But Wait...There's More!
© 2006 Tom Tuerff (783707304205)
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Arizona's weirdest songwriter and performer is back -- finally -- with his second album of hilarious songs about stuff no one else would bother with.
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Exactly five years after his first CD, "Something To Sell At My Gigs," landed in the hands of lots of people who should know better -- and on radio shows across the country, including the Dr. Demento Show, humorous songwriter Tom Tuerff returns with another sampling of silly songs, "But Wait...There's More!"
"In some ways, this is the album I wanted to make last time," Tuerff says, "and I mean that literally. One of the songs on here was supposed to be on the last album but the fiddle player got sick. And I meant to record another one at the last sessions but I forgot. So they're here now."
And so are 8 more newer songs, all of which show off Tuerff's unique ability to twist the listener's funnybone.
"Catch Phrases," the lead-off song of the CD, garnered airplay on "Dr. Demento" within a month of its release.
Tuerff is a Phoenix-based singer-songwriter whose one mission in life is to not take it too seriously, and to poke merciless fun at people who do.
"I will lampoon anything that won't get a fatwa issued against me," Tuerff said. "I simply observe bizarre human behavior and then I comment on it. I think people get a laugh out of my songs because often, even in very obscure ways, they see themselves in the song."
This can't be exemplified better than in the reaction Tuerff gets to "Sun City Sinners," one of the songs on the new CD.
"I saw a news report a few years ago that our county sherriff was spending taxpayer's money to keep retirees from engaging in public sex," Tuerff said. "My thought was, if they're 90, and they can do it, more power to them. Do it anywhere you want to, you crazy people, you! Needless to say, whenever I play this song for crowds in or around Sun City, I see a lot of nudging and nodding and 'we've done that' glances while they're laughing."
Unlike his first CD, which consisted mostly of just Tuerff and his guitar, "But Wait...There's More!" features quite a few songs with major instrumental backing.
"These songs just worked better with more instruments," Tuerff said. "So I found the best people possible to lay them down and I'm thrilled with the results."
And so will you be, too.
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A funny and very enjoyable must have album.
author: Bruce BrodskyA funny cd, that's most enjoyable, with socially perceptive lyrics. A Folky style of music that can be repeatedly enjoyed. Tom's second effort is great fun and a must have.
A funny and very enjoyable must have album.
author: Bruce BrodskyA funny cd, that's most enjoyable, with socially perceptive lyrics. A Folky style of music that can be repeatedly enjoyed. Tom's second effort is great fun and a must have.
More words of . . . eh . . . wisdom from Tom Tuerff!
author: Sharon ParkerTom has done it again! Lots of laughs on this CD, especially for anyone who has spent any time in Arizona. But there's also a nice, easy, country-but-not-exactly kind of sound that makes it very playable.
Right up there. Need a flashlight.
author: Dr. John der Paint SchnifterThis has got to be among the top 10, dare I say, the top 5 of Tuerff's CD's!
Hilarious as always
author: LumpyTom never ceases to have me rolling in the aisles laughing. Hilarious lyrics, each one of them about the stupid stuff that us humans do every day. Man we're dumb! Thanks Tom, for this latest CD that helps us all laugh at our silly human existance.