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Howdy Ranchers,

Doc here with another EP for you.

This month’s selection offers two live tracks with 15 years between them, one holding a clue as to the musical direction your favourite cowboys would take.The rollicking version of “Rock ‘n’ Star” from the 2017 Shiine On Festival in an out of season Minehead. We’d a great time waiting to headline one of the stages on the Sunday afternoon… perhaps too good a time. Most of the band had stayed up to all hours partying with chaps from Cud. Anyway, for all that, we went down a storm. Our Coldplay at Glastonbury moment!The version of Teenage Fanclub’s “Star Sign” is not the one from our first LP but a version performed by me, the Doc, at Birmingham’s Glee Club in 2002. CHiPs and Bobby P were sitting in. This was back when I invented Ed Sheeran and those guys were in The Toques. You’ll hear CHiPs disloyally mock me for forgetting the words. Also included is the full band demo of House of Love’s “Girl With the Loneliest Eyes” from early 2017. I think this is better than the LP version.

Keep on truckin’, Doc. 

x

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Howdy Ranchers,

Doc here with another EP for you.

In the great cosmic battle between me and CHiPs, the first track on this EP is evidence of one I won. His demo of The Wedding Present’s Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft was beaten to the punch by my Brassneck so never saw the light of day. Next up is Tired, by The Swede and vocalist Clair Horton. The lyrics are original, but it makes the cut on account of the tune being borrowed from Billy Mahonie’s ‘I, Heston”, with their blessing. We finish up with my original demo of William It Was Really Nothing, which was what we worked up to be the opening track of our True Adventures EP.

Keep on truckin’, Doc. 

x

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Howdy Ranchers,

It’s that time again, three more deep reaches to the back of the IC barn.

We start off EP7 with another of ChiPs’ wall-of-sound demos. If memory serves, this version of The Longpigs “On and On” was intended for LP2 – but slipped through the net. I like this a lot but I really need to have a word with ChiPs, in what planet is Todd Rundgren country?

“Monkey Gone to Heaven” sees CHiPs once again take the lead in our private war as to who gets to a particular band first. He’d already done “Here Comes Your Man” you see. I’m so pleased you get to hear this though. It’s always the same when I start investigating a new tuning – this is Open D – the first thing I do always turns out nicely and then… that’s the end of it.

Finally is The Swede’s demo for Jesus Jones’ International Bright Thing. Typically simple but oven ready demo from the Black Country Kenny Rodgers. I always enjoy playing this one live, although we decided to have a stop-start guitar solo before the middle 8 which I’d estimate I get through with no f*ck ups once in every 5 attempts.

Next time friends

Take care, Doc x

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Howdy Ranchers,

It’s that time again, three more deep reaches to the back of the IC barn.

First is my version of Fiction Factory’s “Feels Like Heaven”, a one off 80s hit from Perth post punk band Fiction Factory. I worked this up in 2015, when IC was still just an idea, just because I loved the tune so much. 

Spider is a great banjo piece from The Swede’s 2009 solo album “Everything is for the Best” – sounds like a hoedown in an eastern European principality that doesn’t exist anymore. 

Finally this month is an acoustic version of our cover of the Artic Monkey’s “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”. If you’ve seen us live a few times, you’ll know this is a mainstay of our set. But this version, straight from the IC Ranch clubhouse – it’s like Elvis’ Jungle Room with less astroturf  – has a great skiffle vibe. 

Next time friends

Doc x

PS. These EPs are exclusive to members of The Independent Country Bandcamp Ranch, our Bandcamp subscription service. The advert below tells you all about that. Why not join today?

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