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Triangle Tapes '93

here are a couple of samples from Tony Madejczyk's cassette reviews from Spectator volume 15, number 50. Tony, if this is a problem, I will take it down. here we go...

Kurt Fortmeyer

Works in Progress is a rough mix of a CD/cassette that may or may not be called Tuneslinger, or Junk 'em if They Can't Take Folk, or Do Your Thing. Produced byVince Brooks and Kurt at Moon Cricket Studios. In "Pretty Flannel Nightie" a bluegrass fiddle plays happily while Kurt sings, "You can use some thermals for your heart."

Kurt's certainly mellowed over the years and his voice goes down like some good sour mash. Kurt's bluegrass-tinged country is put together like a good car. It gets you there. "Do Your Thing" is about live and let live: "I don't care what trip you're on, just don't park it on my lawn."

There's a lovely duet with Teresa Williams in "Make the Pieces Fit." When do we send him to Nashville?

Bil Jenko

Bil sent in a compilation of artist's he's had the pleasure of recording in his studio. "Sex in a Bottle" is metal funk from Winston-Salem's 4-Play, blurring genres. Very clean sound, some cool guitar effects.

"South 421" is written and performed by Jenko and Don Griffis in rockabillytexass-wingfunk style. It's bizzare, like a pedal steel hooked up to a synthesizer. Bil's tape is one of the many pleasant surprises in a project like this.

Pete Leary

Pete's gentle prodding humor may seem coy or unbearable to the fast-paced set, but I can imagine him cutting up crowds young and old with his tunefullness and everyday observations. Kind of like Boxcar Willie meets Jimmy Buffett. Pete points out the theraputic benefits of shopping at "The Hardware Store" where right is right, especially that measuring edge over there on aisle 6. This is full length with tunes, like the PC-inspired "If You Say Stop (This Man Will)," where Pete rocks and lays down the law. No means no, and don't expect him to talk you out of it.

After "Hardware" my fave is "Duct Tape," written by Greg Brown. After all it's what holds the world together.

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