So brief-lived as to never release a proper studio platter, UNHOLY MODAL ROUNDERS came to exist in 1975, when fiddler and banjoist Peter Stampfel and bassist Dave Reisch had left THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS, and disappeared two years later, when the former returned to his original ensemble, so they could be but a footnote in acid-folk chronicles. However, the two complemented the line-up of Michael Hurley and Jeffrey Frederick’s THE CLAMSTONES in 1976 to lay down the “Have Moicy!” album which earned a lot of accolades through the years and saw the collective embark on a short trek to promote this endeavor.
Fortunately, at least one of the band’s shows got recorded – and will see the light of day on September 6th, titled “Unholier Than Thou: 7/7/77” and featuring many more cuts than those from the aforementioned classic and the old ROUNDERS cuts. With 31 tracks accompanied by a 32-page booklet, this double-CD release feels like an offering that’s impossible to refuse.
Unholier Than Thou:
7/7/77
CD 1:
1. Black Jack Davy
2. Beale Street Blues
3. Slurf Song
4. The Minstrel Boy
5. Old Kentucky Home
6. Hoodoo Bash
7. I Must Be Dreaming
8. Goldfinger
9. Crow Black Chicken
10. Give The Fiddler A Dram
11. Kansas City Kitty
12. I’m No Angel
13. Places Where You Never See The Snow
14. Uncle Bob’s Corner
15. Bird Song
16. Army Air Corps. (Wild Blue Yonder)
CD 2:
1. Cajun Polka
2. Dance A Little Longer
3. Cleaning Up At Home
4. Midnight In Paris
5. Sweet Lucy
6. Shake It And Break It
7. Fucking Sailors In Chinatown
8. Jealous Daddy’s Death Song
9. Low Down Dog
10. Oh, Didn’t He Ramble
11. The Twilight Zone
12. New Limehouse Blues
13. Driving Wheel
14. Griselda
15. William Tell Overture Finale (March of the Swiss Soldiers)
