Iron Horse Records and athensmusic.net announce the release of
Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play The Music Of R.E.M.
Recording of charity tribute concert due on May 29, 2007!
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Iron Horse Records (the label affiliate of essential Athens music clearinghouse, athensmusic.net) will release Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play The Music Of R.E.M., a rollicking, all-star tribute Athens, GA tribute to Athens' #1 All-Stars, R.E.M. Featuring Liz Durrett, Tin Cup Prophette, Bain Mattox, Modern Skirts, Five-Eight, Claire Campbell (of Dark Meat and Hope for agoldensummer), Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers), The Observatory (14 Elephant Six-related band members with Vanessa Hay from Pylon), and various actual members of R.E.M., it's a document of a one-of-a-kind charity tribute show held in September of 2007 that raised $13,000 for charity.
Download: Patterson Hood—"Burning Hell"
On the night of September 12, 2006, eight Athens, GA artists - Liz Durrett, Claire Campbell (Hope For Agoldensummer), Tin Cup Prophette, Modern Skirts, Bain Mattox, The Observatory (featuring 14 members of the Elephant Six collective), Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), and Five Eight - were slated to play the 40 Watt Club for an event that would make a lasting impression on a town known for its musical highlights. The bands were scheduled to cover their favorite R.E.M. songs as part of Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play the Music of R.E.M. The event continued a tradition started in 1992 of holding listening parties in Athens for R.E.M.'s new releases to benefit local organizations, this time for the "best of" collection And I Feel Fine from the band's early years that was released that day.
Net proceeds from the Finest Worksongs release will benefit Community Connection of Northeast Georgia and Family Connection/Communities in Schools, the two organizations who were beneficiaries of the nearly $13,000 raised on September 12, 2006.
Track Listing:
1. Liz Durrett - The One I Love*
2. Claire Campbell - Wendell Gee
3. Tin Cup Prophette - Leave
4. Modern Skirts - Perfect Circle
5. Bain Mattox - Finest Worksong
6. Bain Mattox - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
7. Bain Mattox - Fall on Me
8. The Observatory - Underneath The Bunker
9. The Observatory - Pilgrimage
10. The Observatory - Feeling Gravitys Pull
11. Patterson Hood - So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
12. Patterson Hood - Burning Hell
13. Patterson Hood - Second Guessing Intro
14. Patterson Hood - Second Guessing
15. Patterson Hood - Belong
16. Five Eight - Fiver 8
17. Five Eight - Leaving New York
18. Five Eight - Radio Free Europe
19. Five Eight & Everyone - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Patterson Hood - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville [digital only]
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