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--- DP <> wrote:
> ...I am a huge fan of LOVE TRACTOR...the great
> athens
> instro band...now they truly ROCK!
>
> ...whatever happened to them?
>
> dp
Hey Dave, you got me there. I've never heard of Love
Tractor. If you've ever heard of the band Pylon,
whose heyday was back at the dawn of The B-52's and
REM, I work with the guitar player, Randy, and he's a
font of information about Athens bands since the late
70's so I'll ask him about on Monday. Chances are if
the've played here he knows them and has the albums.
Richard
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R.E.M. recorded a very surfy instro song called White Tornado (also listed as
"Generic Surf" on sleeve). Not much reverb, but great surf drumming, lots of
energy, probably around mid-80's. It can be found on Dead Letter Office. A B-
side/outtakes comp with a couple of Velvet Underground covers too.
jEk
--- In , Richard <errant_jedi@y...> wrote:
> --- 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
>
> Hey Dave, you got me there. I've never heard of Love
> Tractor. If you've ever heard of the band Pylon,
> whose heyday was back at the dawn of The B-52's and
> REM, I work with the guitar player, Randy, and he's a
> font of information about Athens bands since the late
> 70's so I'll ask him about on Monday. Chances are if
> the've played here he knows them and has the albums.
>
> Richard
>
>
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I have a 45 that I bought in the 80s that has that song on the b-side.
It was more upbeat than their usual stuff.
For anyone who hasn't heard onld REM, it's pretty good, but you have to
be in the mood for it. Don't think of that shiney, happy, bs crap.
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.
> >
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Richard:
I have heard of Pylon...and old Love Tractor seems like the
same vintage...circa b-52s...
dp
--- Richard <> wrote:
> --- DP <> wrote:
> > ...I am a huge fan of LOVE TRACTOR...the great
> > athens
> > instro band...now they truly ROCK!
> >
> > ...whatever happened to them?
> >
> > dp
>
> Hey Dave, you got me there. I've never heard of Love
> Tractor. If you've ever heard of the band Pylon,
> whose heyday was back at the dawn of The B-52's and
> REM, I work with the guitar player, Randy, and he's a
> font of information about Athens bands since the late
> 70's so I'll ask him about on Monday. Chances are if
> the've played here he knows them and has the albums.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
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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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i know i have a love tractor album somewhere. let me dig around and
see if i can find it.....carol
