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2/26 New Shows Added to "Shows" Link...
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2/20 New Show Poster Added to "White Owls" Link
Stoney LaRue w/The White Owls at The Exit/In
2/11 New Shows Added to "Shows" Link...CA, TN, TX...more.
2/1 YouTube & Vimeo Video Channels Launched
12/28 Howlin' Wild Featured on "Oklahoma's Top of the Aughts"
Tulsa World / Writer: Jennifer Chancellor
BIO - UPDATED 1.10.2010
It was a breakneck sporadic affair...the recording of TJ McFarland's newest full-length rant Apolitical Blues. Produced by TJ and Will Kimbrough (Daddy, Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider) and tracked in two sessions at EMI's basement Studio in Nashville, the aim from the start was one of urgency and turmoil...
"I met with Will at Ru Sans, a sushi joint in Nashville for some preproduction talk and I told him I wanted a band on this record that could make these songs sound like a drunk pawn shop...he replied with a couple names and mentioned he'd bring in some of his old gear...the day we recorded the studio was filled with old Gibsons, Les Pauls, Harmonys, Silvertones, wine and whiskey...only thing missing was a few old guns and some antique wedding rings."
-TJ McFarland
8 of the 10 tunes (all written by McFarland) were backed by a diverse group including Kimbrough on guitar and backing vocals,
Smith Curry (Kid Rock) on lap/pedal steel and dobro, Billy Mercer (Ryan Adams) on bass and Paul Griffith (John Prine, Todd Snider) on drums, with additional harmonies sung by Bonnie Whitmore and
Amanda Williams. The players recorded live, and on most occasions tracks were approved within the first couple takes in an effort to capture the organic soul of records like the Rolling Stone's Exile on Main Street or Bob Dylan's Bringing it All Back Home. On one occasion the first run through of the tune was ultimately deemed the master track for the record (Lucinda's Wine).
The album concludes with 2 songs in the same vein as McFarland's last release Howlin' Wild. Almost Like Leavin' Home with McFarland on guitar and harmonica and the album's closer Red Wine Blues, a rewrite of the folk traditional standard Cocaine Blues/Coco Blues played along with Smith Curry on dobro.
TJ is currently on the road performing songs from the new record as well as performing with his parallel project The White Owls.
PRESS - UPDATED 1.10.2010
TULSA WORLD
Jennifer Chancellor
Local singer-songwriter TJ McFarland is going places. Mainly, hes going wild on the Internet, recently winning first place in a prestigious BMI music contest, where listeners picked his soulful single, Aint Afraid to Die, over songs from four Nashville singer-songwriters in the country music category. McFarland, also a 2007 Spot Music Award nominee in the singer-songwriter category, is currently in the final stages of completing his next project, Apolitical Blues, a full ensemble affair recorded in Nashville and produced by Will Kimbrough (whos worked with Todd Snider and Rodney Crowell).
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MILES OF MUSIC
Jeff Weiss
Howlin' Wild 2007... TJ McFarland writes small stories of murderers, thieves, and corruption. Influenced by Woody Guthrie and pre-electric Dylan, McFarland continues the tradition of the troubadour or storyteller with his tales of the common man's woes. His rich voice, combining an acoustic guitar and fiddle, allow the words to float forward, focusing on the story. A great step forward from his excellent 2005 release Rosenbum's Gin.
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This Tulsa/Nashville natives new album, Howlin Wild, is terse and charming. It is John Steinbeck writing a Dylanesque post-millennium epic, replete with tales of Kurt Cobain and a girl slain by a streetcar named Desire.
HOWLIN' WILD
...is a glance, a shock, a breeze, a daymare belonging to a pack of hungry thieves, murderers, corrupt priests and hobos in holy garb. Its a first attempt at murder. The murder of that which binds the child-like mind. The realist lives in a square leaking house with his plump wilted wife Iris and from a slick leather chair regurgitates out of print sermons to a congregation of two, one fortunately deaf and the other with flees. I am attempting to walk down main street naked, basking in the twilight glow of high expectations and limited options. I've seen the ghost and he is becoming more physical with each passing breath. I will give him a copy of this record and I believe he will offer me a toke or a glass of warm Beaujolais. He is always alone and humbled penny-less. He has come to the realization that everyone he's met including himself is not devoid of hypocrisy, but that is no reason to remain silent. This is imperfection, this is growth, this is honest and revealing. This is also a stone shattering glass in the middle of a dark, dark night. I am not Oscar Wilde. This is more than just a joy ride. -TJ
I'm goin' back to the woodsGoin' back where I belongI'm goin' back to the woodsGoin' back where I belongGonna change my directionGonna sing a different songI got no money for the meterI got no money for the tollI got no money for the meterI got no money for the tollThey done got all my possessionsNow they're comin' for my soulI done burned my registrationI done gave up on the manI done burned my registrationI done gave up on the manI don't wanna be no democratDon't wanna be no republicanI'm goin' back to the woodsGonna go live up in a treeI'm goin' back to the woodsGonna go live up in a tall treeMaybe I'll start believin' in governmentWhen they start believin' in me
I'm goin' back to the woods
Goin' back where I belong
Gonna change my direction
Gonna sing a different song
I got no money for the meter
I got no money for the toll
They done got all my possessions
Now they're comin' for my soul
I done burned my registration
I done gave up on the man
I don't wanna be no democrat
Don't wanna be no republican
Gonna go live up in a tree
Gonna go live up in a tall tree
Maybe I'll start believin' in government
When they start believin' in me
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HOWLIN' WILD Lyrics
Featured Video: "Never Know Better" By The White Owls
Live _ The Basement / Nashville, TN 1/16/2010
THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL
VIMEO (HD) CHANNEL
3/3 - Shawnee, OK - Firelake Casino
Solo Acoustic
3/16 - Nashville, TN - The 5 Spot
White Owls w/Deleted Scenes
3/18 - Nashville, TN - EXIT/IN
White Owls w/Stoney LaRue
3/19 - Durant, OK - Diamond Back Lounge
Duo Band Show (Guitar & Drums)
3/20 - Durant, OK - Diamond Back Lounge
3/27 - Watertown, SD - Dakota Sioux Casino
Full Band Show
3/29 - Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindsley
In the Round (Acoustic) w/Dameon Allensworth,
Amy Stroup, and Mark Lonsway
4/17 - Shreveport, LA - CMT Crossroads Bar
4/21 - Shawnee, OK - Firelake Casino
4/22 - Tulsa, OK - Red Rock Canyon
Duo Acoustic Show
4/23 - Miami, OK - Buffalo Run Casino
4/29 - Pala, CA - Pala Casino & Resort
5/18 - West Siloam Springs, OK - Cherokee Casino
5/20 - Tulsa, OK - Red Rock Canyon
5/21 - Oklahoma City, OK - Mama Rojas
Duo Band Show (Guitar/Drums)
6/1 - West Siloam Springs, OK - Cherokee Casino
6/3 - Tulsa, OK - Red Rock Canyon
6/5 - Watertown, SD - Dakota Sioux Casino
6/30 - Houston, TX - Dosey Doe's
Solo Acoustic Show
7/29 - West Siloam Springs, OK - Cherokee Casino
9/13 - Moorhead, MN - Greater Moorhead Days
10/4 - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa State Fair
Exit/In - Nashville, TN - w/Stoney Larue & The Arsenals
The White Owls are...
TJ McFarland (vocals/electric guitar)
Smith Curry (steel/electric guitar)
Billy Mercer (bass/harmony vocals)
Brad Pemberton (drums)
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
3/16 THE 5 SPOT (NASHVILLE) W/DELETED SCENES
3/18 EXIT IN (NASHVILLE) W/STONEY LARUE
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