The Sons-in Law Of The Daughters Of The Utah Pioneers
Olympvs Rex And Other Greek Tragedies In Utah
© 2001 The Sons-in Law Of The Daughters Of The Utah Pioneers (634479589195)
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Political and cultural satire to music. Targets: Utah, Sundance Film Festival, Olympics, Aryan Nations, BLM, and Bugs
tracks
- 1 The 'Lympics
- 2 Colorado City
- 3 The War On Bugs
- 4 I'm a Utah Teacher
- 5 Cowboy's, Loving Cowboys
- 6 What the Fetchin' Heck
- 7 Life On the Farm
- 8 Five Days Away
- 9 The Bureau of Livestock and Mining
- 10 Dig It All Up
- 11 Park City Parking
- 12 The Waltz of the Aryan Nations
- 13 Olympus Hanging
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News Item!
Salt City CD, Utah's premiere independent music store, announces its top-selling albums of 2001:
1. Brother, Where Art Thou - Soundtrack
2. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (deceased)
3. Olympvs Rex - The Sons-in-Law of the Daughters of the Utah
Pioneers (top-selling local album ever!)
Salt City CD
900 East 900 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
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THE CRITICS AGREE!
"Why do they even live in Utah? The songs show they have no respect for the state or anyone in it. If they really think we're such morons, they should move someplace where 'sophisticated liberals' of this kind fit in better." Rod Decker, KUTV News
"We now know the source of moral decline in Utah. Maybe the world is welcome here, but NOT the Sons-in-Law of the DUP. Their music is an abomination. Patriarchs need to keep this material away from wives and children." Dr. Scott Leckman, former candidate for U.S. Senate
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Olympvs Rex - LYRIC by Ken Shaw
French visitors during the 2002 SLC Winter Games devoured Olympvs Rex in droves, hailing it as "tres subversive". The Olympics and the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the bizarre culture and politics of Utah, all fall under the satirical scrutiny of the Sons-in-Law, a seditious band of brothers dedicated to shedding comic light on their own homestead. Don't forget to listen to "Cowboys, Loving Cowboys", which is widely purported to have inspired the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain".
Olympvs Rex - MUSIC by Ken Shaw
Anchored by celebrated producer and multi-instrumentalist Bernie Larsen of spinoutrecords.com in Los Angeles, the music of Olympvs Rex defies easy categorization. Rex Flinner brings not only Ry Cooder's Fender Stratocaster (literally!) but a host of traditional bluegrass instruments. It's Cajun, it's Bavarian, it's Honky Tonk, it's Beatle-esque, it's Rockabilly, it's a simple waltz. It's a timeless bit of recent history. It's Olympvs Rex. Roar.
Performed by the Sons-in-Law of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Cast includes:
Ken Shaw: Voice, guitar
Rex Flinner: Mandolin, voice, fiddle, Fender Stratocaster, bass
Bernie Larsen: Percussion, bass, lap slide, piano
Recorded at Spinout Studio in Burbank, California, in 2001
Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Bernie Larsen
Original concept by Ken Shaw and Bradford Ashworth
Design and photography by Emily Smith
Produced by Bernie Larsen
WARNING: THIS ALBUM CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND THEMES WHICH MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN AND CERTAIN ADULTS
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witty lyrical turns and impeccable musicianship
author: Salt Lake City WeeklySatirical bluegrass-folk devotional under the Sons-in-Law moniker out of fear of righteous retaliation (oops, so much for anonymity). Nary a rock in the Zion xeriscape is left unturned as the boys take on polygamy, Utah teachers, gay cowboys, the Grand Staircase, and a laundry list of local politicos. Get one before they all "mysteriously" disappear.
funny and fearless
author: Jeffrey Pepper RodgersA sharp-witted and subversive collection of songs about--take note, Britney and Eminem--the culture and politics of Utah. But you don't have to live next to Idaho to appreciate "The Waltz", complete with cheesy German accent.
GREAT....
author: CHUCK DUSTY DAWG WILSONCAN'T FIND THE 100 STAR BUTTON....SO GUESS 5 WILL HAVE TO DO..........NICE ONE FELLAS
- author: CD Baby
It's not easy being the misfit in Mormon Country... but it sure makes for some creative songs! This political folk is the type that inspires snickering laughter and knowing nods where only humor can give us relief from irritating social realities. Utah Pioneers is tellin' it like it is, letting us take it all in stride and find something good about our neighbors.. and all that.
Love it!
author: Melissa ChacyLove it! I've had a lot of experience with... Utah.. and the truth is out. Freedom of speech reigns! some people get stuck in time warps, (environmental destruction, sexism, patriarchy, oppression, censorship, violence against women, refusing to teach the truths of history and western man's destruction) are totally clueless as to how the REAL world operates. this is what it's like to be one of the few who understands that! 150 stars if I could give it!