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Thanks for the update Moon Dawgie!
I have 3 Love Tractor cassetes...two are pure instrumental
and one is a cassette EP with vocals...my favourite Love
Tractor vocal song is their cover of The Gap Band's "Party
Train"...
Love Tractor was mainly a late 80s early 90s instro band
sort of like the Lawndale or Djam Karet...also sort of like
Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet...
good stuff..
--- Moon Dawg <> wrote:
> I used to live in Athens, GA (1988-2000), and became a
> big fan of Love
> Tractor. They had stopped playing when I arrived, but I
> got hold of
> their first three instro LPs (later they switched to
> doing mostly
> vocals). I wouldn't say they ROCK in a heavy way, but
> it's engaging
> stuff, akin to what Pell Mell does (but more melodic and
> less repetitive).
>
> I once interviewed their guitarist Mike Richmond, who
> (live Peter Buck
> once upon a time) worked at the fabled Wuxtry Records.
> He said they'd
> gone vocal because they weren't getting anywhere as an
> instro band. I
> finally got to hear Love Tractor play live once around
> 1999 when they
> re-formed for a few shows. They were tight.
> Interestingly, they went
> back to 90% instrumentals. I think they went back to
> their day jobs
> after that.
>
> --Moon Dawg
>
> --- In , DP <noetical1@y...>
> wrote:
> > ...I am a huge fan of LOVE TRACTOR...the great athens
> > instro band...now they truly ROCK!
> >
> > ...whatever happened to them?
> >
> > dp
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Richard <errant_jedi@y...> wrote:
> > > --- AARON LESKO <xtcguitar@y...> wrote:
> > > > If REM is musically the best band youve heard, you
> > > > haven't heard much. Some of the early stuff was
> > > > decent, but that's about it for them and the fact
> > > > that they are nice people but really they are
> > > > appalling these days.
> > >
> > > I live in Athens, GA where all the REM hullabaloo
> > > started and while I'm not particularly a fan of the
> > > band I'd like to say in their defense that I have
> > > gotten it from several veteran musicians around here
> > > that they do a lot to support the bands that they
> > > like.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >
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