I'm at Home Getting Hammered (While She's Out Getting Nailed)
Killer on the Lamb
I'm Trying to Quit, But I Just Quit Trying
She Didn't Like Me (But She Loved My Money)
Roy's Ramble
Lord, Don't Let Me Die in a Cheap Motel
Free Bird - Banjo & Sullivan, Collins, Allen
It's a tragic story--struggling musicians who finally experience success only in death, that which they could never achieve in life. Banjo & Sullivan disappeared amid a series of heinous homicides and were basically fo... more »rgotten-?until now, that is.Kentucky-born guitar ace Roy Sullivan was a Nashville session player in the '60s before teaming with Adam "Fingers" Banjo, a banjo picker from Mississippi. Their 1972 debut album, Two Silver Tongue Devils (Who Ain't Got a Clue), was followed by 1974's Wasted Banjos and Drunken Guitars. Sullivan then married Gloria Harrison, a respected studio singer, who joined the group on piano and backing vocals. In summer 1975, "I'm at Home Getting Hammered" hit #34 on the country chart and "She Didn't Like Me, but She Loved My Money" reached #23. In 1977, Banjo married backup singer Wendy Clark and she joined on backing vocals and tambourine.The next year, while touring in support of the latest album Where the End Meets the Road and the single "Lord, Don't Let Me Die in a Cheap Motel," B&S checked into the Kahiki Palms Motel after a rousing run of gigs. While the exact details of the grisly crime are unknown, what is certain is that Gloria, Wendy, and roadie Jimmy Cracker were murdered there by a group later dubbed the Devil's Rejects. Roy and Adam were never found and were presumed dead.« less
It's a tragic story--struggling musicians who finally experience success only in death, that which they could never achieve in life. Banjo & Sullivan disappeared amid a series of heinous homicides and were basically forgotten-?until now, that is.Kentucky-born guitar ace Roy Sullivan was a Nashville session player in the '60s before teaming with Adam "Fingers" Banjo, a banjo picker from Mississippi. Their 1972 debut album, Two Silver Tongue Devils (Who Ain't Got a Clue), was followed by 1974's Wasted Banjos and Drunken Guitars. Sullivan then married Gloria Harrison, a respected studio singer, who joined the group on piano and backing vocals. In summer 1975, "I'm at Home Getting Hammered" hit #34 on the country chart and "She Didn't Like Me, but She Loved My Money" reached #23. In 1977, Banjo married backup singer Wendy Clark and she joined on backing vocals and tambourine.The next year, while touring in support of the latest album Where the End Meets the Road and the single "Lord, Don't Let Me Die in a Cheap Motel," B&S checked into the Kahiki Palms Motel after a rousing run of gigs. While the exact details of the grisly crime are unknown, what is certain is that Gloria, Wendy, and roadie Jimmy Cracker were murdered there by a group later dubbed the Devil's Rejects. Roy and Adam were never found and were presumed dead.
CD Reviews
Genius Movie Tie-In
Jeb Nome | 07/02/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
""Rob Zombie Presents..." a country album. Darn Tootin'! This has been a fairly electic summer for movies. From the last Star Wars, a stylish and smart Batman and finally a long-awaited Romero Zombie film, one other gets forgotten by many except the die-hard horror purist. The Devil's Rejects, Rob Zombie's sequel to the "love it or hate it" House Of 1000 Corpses. Frankly, aside from it's somewhat scattershot execution, love it, and can't wait for the sequel.
But this review isn't for the movie (released July 22nd) but for this bit of ingenius marketing "gimmickery". I only put the word gimmickery in quotations because the words denotes something tacky, which it may be to some who don't get the joke.
What is the joke? Well the premise of it is that Banjo & Sullivan were a country group on the rise when they were slaughtered by the Firely Family AKA the Devil's Rejects in a cheap motel room. The irony was that their posthumous hit was called "Lord, Don't Let Me Die In A Cheap Motel"
Of course there was never a Banjo & Sullivan, they are just a couple sheep that end up killed in the upcoming film. But the music on this short CD (thirty minutes) is real, and performed by a real country musician named Jesse Dayton. And you know what, these are good country songs. They are written and performed beautifully. This isn't the watered-down country you would hear from a Garth Brookes and others of his ilk, but good old dirty, and I mean dirty, country music. Not only is it good country music, but it makes me curious to see how these "good old boys" meet their maker.
Let me say to you Rob Zombie fan out there however, that there is no bone-crunching guitars or gravely vocals nor macabre undertones. This is a straight-up, no chaser country album. And you know what? What better compliment to a straight, no chaser horror movie than this could there?
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One of the best country albums this year!
CJB | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 07/18/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Don't let the fact that Banjo and Sullivan are just characters in a movie jade your opinion of this album, real or not this is one of the best country releases of the year. The songs have a depth to them that a lot of the newer "pop" country acts lack, this is old school country, there is no cursing, no, just drinking, degrading women, sex, homophobia, trailer park ideals taken to the max and upmost offensive level.
If you enjoyed the Devil's Rejects or if you're a fan of the way country music should be, buy this album!"
Another great Zombie creation
Matt Clark | Dayton, OH USA | 07/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Wait...an album from a fictitious band in a fictitious movie? Can you be serious? Well, sorta.
Although this band was conjured from the depths of Rob Zombie's upcoming film "The Devil's Rejects", it really has some heart to it. Being an old-school country fan myself, I can tell you this album is no joke. It's great country music that takes the time to poke fun at itself and the Nashville sound of the seventies. If you enjoy those great, old jukebox ballads give this record a try. I think you'll be glad you did."
I don't give a truck...
Spider Johns | PA | 08/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"So what if Banjo & Sullivan are characters in Rob Zombie's movie The Devil's Rejects. This CD is killer. If you dug Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats, you'll probably like this. If Tenacious D did country, it might sound like Banjo & Sullivan. It is very humorous, well-done country."
Kickass Country!
T. Antush | Puyallup, WA United States | 03/17/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album is a hoot and a hollar! Banjo & Sullivan are gone, horrifically murdered in Rob Zombie's "Devil's Rejects"; but their music lives on here channelled through Jesse Dayton. The ten songs on this album range lyrically from the humorously whimsical (I'm At Home Getting Hammered While She's Out Getting Nailed), to the hauntingly poignant (Lord, Don't Let Me Die In A Cheap Motel), to the inspirational (Free Bird). Musically they demonstrate virtuosity in traditional country stylizing that will satisfy and delight the most downhome Bubba.
So give yourself a treat and buy this cd! Listen to the samples and see for yourself; you won't be disappointed."
Track Listings (10) - Disc #1