Backyard Tire Fire has to be one of my favorite unheralded artists. The fact that more people aren't tuned into these guys is a damn shame.
They are a rocking little trio from Indiana helmed by Ed Anderson, who is such a prolific songwriter that their road manager once complained to me that by the time they recorded an album he already had a whole new batch of tunes that he played on stage, thus giving them nothing to sell to the throngs of fans who came up after the show wanting to buy the album with "that song" on it. I'd hope those fans picked up one of their other albums. There isn't a stinker in the bunch.
They've wisely measured this output by adding EP releases in between full-length albums, and they're recently announced the lastest EP, Sick of Debt, which is available as a free download on their website.
These are Ed's comments about it:
"We loaded into Oxide Lounge in Bloomington, IL on a cold December afternoon (12.17.07) to record a healthy dose of some acoustic Tire Fire twang. There had always been talk of sitting down in the same room and doing a stripped down recording and we finally found the time to do it! Some of these songs are favorites that have been around for years and never found a place on an album, while others were written only weeks before. All of the tunes feature our good friend Jerry "Muttonhead" Erickson on either dobro or pedal steel guitar and were recorded live with minimal overdubs. The result is a raw collection of some of our finest acoustic material that we decided to make available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Please enjoy and pass it around." - Ed Anderson
Download the EP here.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. "Sick of Debt"
2. "I Only Cry When My Momma's Sick"
3. "Honey to a Be
4. "Cigarettes and Coffee"
5. "Ice Cream Truck"
6. "Lost in Durango"
Here's a video:
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