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Date : 7/31/2009  --  Time : 10:07:57 AM
 
Artist     : Pine Hill Haints
Album      : Ghost Dance
Source     : CD
Year       : 2007
Genre      : alabama ghost country music
Label      : K Records
ID         : KLP186

AMG        : http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fuxzlhldje
Info       : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pine_Hill_Haints
MySpace    : http://www.myspace.com/pinehillhaints
Reviews    : http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Pine-Hill-Haints&id=198
           : https://venuszine.com/articles/music/sounds/3145/The_Pine_Hill_Haints
           : http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11169-ghost-dance/

Show Review : http://ninebullets.net/archives/the-rock-report-the-pine-hill-haints-the-orpheum-ybor-city

Encoder    : EAC V0.99pb5
Codec      : lame 3.98.2 -V 1 --vbr-new
Quality    : VBR, average 195kbps, joint stereo

ID3-Tag    : Yes, Version 1 & 2.3

Posted By  : Catbird on July 31, 2009
Ripped By  : Catbird on July 27, 2009

Posted to  : alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.indie
             alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.2000s
             alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.americana

Included   : This Info-File (NFO)

Tracklisting
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01 (2:14) Spirit Of 1812*
02 (1:56) For Every Glass That's Empty
03 (2:07) I Never Thought The Day Would Come When You Could Hate Me So Dearly
04 (1:34) Say Something, Say Anything
05 (3:12) St. Louis Blues
06 (2:10) Phantom Rules
07 (2:04) When You Fall
08 (1:28) Death By Stereo
09 (2:10) Garden Of The Dead
10 (2:01) Whisper In The Dark
11 (2:57) You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
12 (2:45) Catfish Angels
13 (2:05) St. James Infirmary Blues
14 (2:18) Cuckoo Bird
15 (2:09) Columbus Stockade Blues
16 (2:31) Walkin' Talkin' Deadman
17 (3:53) Ol' White Thang Blues
18 (1:53) Raggle Taggle Gypsy
19 (0:55) Leo O'Sullivan's Story
20 (2:32) Wake Up

Playing Time : 44:54
Total Size   : 62.2 MB

* watch 'em do this song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ0IzKp1jxw


"Let’s not forget the context. With this recent influx of bands that, when described, "folk" and 
"punk" come up in the same sentence, the Haints have been hard at work and play for years. 
It’s this seasoned, large-brush approach that illustrates how big a force the Haints have become musically 
and how broad-scoped Ghost Dance really is. It’s like walking into your favorite roadside restaurant 
during a long drive. Generous portions. Diverse, but down home menu. Expertly spiced, simple food. 
Well-worn linoleum, but sparkling clean. Wonderful, personal service, no forced grins or 
minimum amounts of flare enforced. Ghost Dance is, thankfully, long. Twenty songs gives them 
time to set the stage, fill your head, and take you to their home, which is as much a time as a place. 
It’s a collection of original pieces, a Riverboat Gamblers cover, and traditionals revisited. 
And then it struck me, something that’s been staring me in the face for some time. The Haints are to the South 
what the Pogues are to Ireland. Not only do they have a deep respect of what came before--and their musicianship 
is as impeccable as it is diverse (mandolin, washtub bass, banjos, and bodhran)--but they tap into 
that originating spirit so much, they can’t help themselves from reshuffling the deck and 
lighting small fires under themselves so they don’t get asphyxiated by the past. This record’s 
like watching a fire all night. Crackles and blazes giving away to smoldering and smoking, 
and the next morning, its memory is still being carried around in your clothes. Fantastic."
Razorcake Review ( http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=13744 )


On Nov. 11, 2007, the Wildman and I went down to Charlotte to the Milestone (http://themilestoneclub.com)
to see Th' Legendary Shack Shakers. The Pine Hill Haints opened for them. I've been a fan ever since I heard
the first song they performed that night...rushed to the merchandise table to get this album as soon
as they finished (which was too soon). As we listened to this on the way back home, the Wildman
told me that he was gonna need a copy of this for his truck...that's the highest praise he gives
any artist. 

I may be prejudiced 'cos this is a Southern band who plays music that captures the Southern Gothic spirit
that was a part of my youth...in the South where they'd put up a li'l coconut up in the corner of the ceiling,
and this coconut had a macabre, grisly face painted on it; at bedtime they'd tell ya how that thing
was actually a shrunken skull and go on to tell ya how it got that way. We southern [CENSORED]ren got
ghost stories instead of lullabies. This music is as intrinsic to the South as the Spanish moss,
honeysuckle and kudzu, campfires and catfish, cricket and bullfrog choruses, watermelon and wild muscadine.
I love it.

(BTW, "haints" is southern for "haunts", or ghosts. It's a brooding, stormy morning here in the Appalachians.
I couldn't imagine a better day for this.)

I've held back on posting this 'cos frankly I don't reckon most folks in usenet will care for it. The sound
quality ain't great. It's not grand, textured, sophisticated sound. But it's true, and that's what I love.

The Pine Hill Haints are currently on tour. If you like this, please go to their shows and buy their music.