THE WITCH DOCTORS: Barroom Science, Dying Penniless and Insane

The Witch Doctors

Barroom Science, Dying Penniless and Insane

© 2003 Theron E. Hughes

CD permanently out of stock. Sorry!

Way strong Mojo, ritualistic barroom blues healing.. This is the white hot blues juice, Detroit grind at its best.. You need one for the home AND one for the office.

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**THIS CD IS SOLD OUT. YOU CAN STILL GET MOST OF THE TRACKS ON IT AS DIGITAL DOWNLOADS. PLEASE DO BUY OUR OTHER CD, 'I AIN'T GOT NO JOB!'. AND DO BUY OUR DIGITAL TRACKS OFF OF BOTH OF OUR CDS AT THE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTORS LISTED ON THIS SITE. THANKS FOR DIGGING THE WITCH DOCTORS!**


Let me start by saying your hair looks fabulous today. And I ain't just saying that.

I put The Witch Doctors together in 1996. It started out as a Tuesday night 'drink beer and piss off the neighbors' kind of pro musician jam at my crib. I rounded up a bunch of pals from three different Detroit area working bands that wanted to play for kicks on their off nights. I hadn't played pro in ten years. I dropped out of the music business completely in the mid '80s but got bitten by that 'where's the beer and what time do we get paid?' bug early on in The Witch Doctors' life cycle. One thing led to another and being the benevolent dictator and type A personality I am, the band took gig-worthy shape and started working every weekend. And we worked a number of week day nights too (at one point, five nights a week--wives and girlfriends simply loved that...). I lost count but I think the guys on this cd make up the tenth iteration of my band. Some Witch Doctors got it, some didn't (I've hired and fired some of the best.). The Witch Doctors on this project get it.

Doug Wolgat and Harry Rodman got no holes in their souls. Doug and Harry know what time it is. They are strong players with good attitudes-a very rare combo in the whacked out world of the music business, a business eclipsed in insane monkey-logic nature and twisted inner workings only by that of the crack whore business. Nobody in this band overplays. The Witch Doctors are about the groove. That's what it's all about. Always has been, always will be about the rollin' barroom science groove. The Witch Doctors band is in very large part an extension of my radio show, The Bone Conduction Music Show. The Witch Doctors do bone conduction music. Greasy music with a backbeat, it's the real deal. I thank Doug and Harry for helping me push forward the white-hot blues juice in smoke filled hellholes weekly. It's a pleasure to work with these loveable little knuckleheads. Keep up the good work, guys. You both deserve raises. And special thanks to Renee and Maureen for not hiding their car keys and letting them out on Friday and Saturday nights.

I think you will not only like but also dig deep the 14 tunes we are tossing into your music hopper. It is a long and arduous journey toward the ultimate music goal of dying penniless and insane. The Witch Doctors are up to the task.

Let me take this opportunity to encourage you to support REAL music every chance you get. Get out and see live music at least once every two weeks if not more often. Hit a corner bar, park yourself in a naughahyde booth or on a bar stool, get a beer or two and hang with the band. Do NOT request a song, unless it's a song that the band does as one of their own. Let the band do the unique thing that is theirs and theirs alone. Listen to and appreciate what's in front of you, what's going on at the moment--not what you think should be going on. You start screaming 'Play some Skynard, man!!' or 'Play some Stevie, dude!!' and I'll whip your ass with car antenna. Don't make me come over there. Support barroom science every chance you get.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to do the boogaloo. See you at the club,

Thayrone X
Chairman and Minister of Information, The People's Ethnic Gender Coalition of Choice and Non-Choice for Diverse Rainbow Movement and Environmental Sexual Justice of Color
The Witch Doctors are made up of only the finest ingredients. Collect all three action figures!! The Witch Doctors are:

Thayrone X: Guitar, vocals
Doug Wolgat: Bass
Harry Rodman: Drums, maracas

Special guest artist, the fourth Witch Doctor, Freeway: Microphone bumping, dog tags, plastic bottle, and positive waves

* All songs produced, arranged, recorded, mixed, mastered, twisted, and stroked with the sanctified chicken bone: Thayrone X and The Lovely Linda Prescott, The Field Marshal of Marketing for The Bone Conduction Music Show
* Cover photo: Larry A. Peplin
* Liner photos: Larry A. Peplin, Linda Prescott

Recorded, mixed and mastered at The Blues Compound of Love in The Elmore James Memorial Production Facility, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Way strong Mojo, ritualistic barroom blues healing, The Witch Doctors --we care and we can help.

Crank it up.

Contact:
thayrone@thayrone.com

Do not forget to remember not to forget to listen to The Bone Conduction Music Show. It is not only the coolest radio show in America it is the finest radio in all the land.
For stations and times see:

www.thayrone.com

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  • Exactly what I expectedted and more. FAST delivery too.
    author: Rich Jacobs

    Minimal production trickery (no wall of sound)delivers true bar band sound. If you like a little humor your blues try this one. I was so pleased I dropped the fried squirrel I was eatin'. R.J. Rural Missouri

  • Your name reflects the effect you have upon listeners.
    author: Bruce Payton

    Yeah, you cast a spell which cannot be broken until one finally tears himself away from the player. "Barroom Science" is an understatement. You guys really do "get it".

  • Thayrone and the boys rock
    author: James M

    Something original for a change. This stuff is quality with a capital K. Funny without descending into the realm of Dr. Demento. A great listen. Tell yer friends.

  • Best blues for a long time
    author: Pete Mew

    I believe The Witch Doctors, Barroom Science, to be one of the finest in my collection. There are not many CD's containing 14 tracks where I can honestly say I like them all, but this one whatever the tempo, I do. Great blues, extremely well played.

  • Fun & Blues
    author: Eric van den Bosch

    What need I say here? I like humor in music and The Doctors agree and put it in their musical potion. Great Music, Great Singing, Great Moaning, Great Lyrics, Great Humor, Great Blues, Great CD. Every home should have one of these...

  • A MUST BUY CD
    author: ROB

    I checked out some tracks here on cd baby and was crying when I heard these incredible songs. The groove caught my attention first and then the words took over my soul. They ring of truth. Thank you God for this band.

  • must hear, must buy
    author: Rob Jenkins

    This cd has it all... dirty, funny, deep, and it comes straight at you, no need to nod knowingly and say ah, yes, reminds me of... it just is, and is simply great... my kids wont stop playing it, they're 11 and 14, and have both decided to quit school and be just like the Witch Doctors.... so be careful who you let hear it, it has mojo!

  • must hear, must buy
    author: Rob Jenkins

    This cd has it all... dirty, funny, deep, and it comes straight at you, no need to nod knowingly and say ah, yes, reminds me of... it just is, and is simply great... my kids wont stop playing it, they're 11 and 14, and have both decided to quit school and be just like the Witch Doctors.... so be careful who you let hear it, it has mojo!

  • Down and dirty, but smooth, but dirty, but smooth...
    author: Ctownjak

    Typed in "ZZ Top" in the cdbaby, and they referred me here. These blues are rockin', smooth, dirty, hilarious lyrics, and that drummer has a great sounding backbeat. I don't buy CD's anymore, but I may get this one, it is GREAT!

  • Music /Lyrics are real barroom. CD cover frt.&rr. "Fabulous"
    author: Dennis Herman

    The down and dirty "booze" blues sung form the heart. The front and rear CD covers are fabulous. Thayrone just where do come with stuff?

  • author: Benny Jett, Livonia Gazette

    I have been wanting to write about the Witch Doctors band and their new CD called Barroom Science, Dying Penniless and Insane. Which not only features drummer Harry Rodman, who grew up in Plymouth, but the infamous Thayrone X. AKA Terry Hughes. Terry or Thayrone has made the news of late as the host of the "Bone Conduction" radio show, when he got kicked off WEMU-FM. Good news for radio fans is the Bone show has been picked up by Kool 107 WQKL-FM, 107.1 in Ann Arbor. The show will run from 7 till 11 P.M. Sunday nights. Now back to the CD. It turns out, lets call him Thayrone, might be one of the best story tellers in America. Every song on this CD is a story, a classic, that could easily be turned into a movie or at least an American History class an EMU. Like many great American roots recording projects, the instruments and recording are raw, but full of heart and soul. Doug Wolgat and Harry Rodman do a great job as the rhythm section, but it is the stories, the song writing that makes this CD special. The song "Monkey On The Run" is fantastic. If ZZ Top, Chuck Berry or Bo Diddley ever heard it, who knows what might happen. Every song is incredible. Song #4, "Tear Drop in My Eye" is a must have for anyone who has ever had their heart broken. "I heard the screen door slam last night, I heard your car squeal from the drive, I heard the breakin' bustin' glass, sounds like you're finally gone at last." It is truly a beer drinkin' anthem. For more information on the band, the CD, or the radio show see the web site at www.thayrone.com.

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