Southern Culture On The Skids
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
Southern Culture On The Skids walks the line between serious band and novelty act. I'd say they're on the right side, but sometimes it's hard to tell. Serious or not, it's a lot of fun. Think of it as a cross between The Bottle Rockets and The B-52s. Just as the name implies, Southern Culture On The Skids is something of a caricature of life in the American South. You don't have to look much further than album titles like Too Much Pork for Just One Fork and Liquored Up & Lacquered Down to see what I'm talking about. Doublewide and Live might be a good place to start if you're looking to take in a little Southern Culture.
Artist's Info
Website: scots.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: Kudzu Records
Genre: Rock ’ Roll, Alternative Country
If you like this, look into: The Bottle Rockets, Old 97's, Pokey LaFarge
Bio (From the artist's website)
The Chapel Hill, NC trio Southern Culture On The Skids has been spreading the rock and roll gospel since 1983. Rick Miller – guitar/vocals, Mary Huff – bass/vocals and Dave Hartman – drums, play a greasy mix of surf, rockabilly, R&B and country fried garage with a side of psych. It’s a musical gumbo Miller calls, “Americana from the wrong side of the tracks.” For over 30 years, the band have toured everywhere from the NC Prison System to Mt. Fuji, Japan, delivering what Rolling Stone calls “a hell raising rock and roll party.” (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
DIG THIS (2013): Almost 20 years after Southern Culture on the Skids released their third album, Ditch Diggin', the band decided to take another look at the material, and 2013's Dig This could more accurately have been called Ditch Diggin' 2.0. For Dig This, the band re-recorded the 13 original tunes that appeared on Ditch Diggin' (not bothering to revisit the Link Wray and Louvin Brothers covers that appeared on the 1994 album), and while Dig This doesn't sound exactly like the earlier album (they juggled the sequence, making the listening experience noticeably different), for the most part the arrangements and performances follow the template of the older recordings, though the pedal steel on "My House Has Wheels" is a new and nice touch, and guitarist Rick Miller now calls up the spirit of "Eight Miles High"-era Roger McGuinn in his solos on "Lordy, Lordy." — AllMusic.com
Others
Southern Culture on the Skids (1986)
Too Much Pork for Just One Fork (1990)
For Lovers Only (1992)
Ditch Diggin' (1994)
Dirt Track Date (1995)
Plastic Seat Sweat (1997)
Liquored Up and Lacquered Down (2000)
Live At El Sol (2002)
Mojo Box (2004)
Doublewide and Live (2006)
Countrypolitan Favorites (2007)
The Kudzu Ranch (2010)
Zombified LP (2011)
