This classic track has been a favorite of our live set - both my bands play it, The Derangers and Los Texicanos. Produced and mixed by Drew Townson w/ Drew on main guitar, Rev Al Harper on guitar, Adam Cat on bass and Pauly Gallo on drums. Recorded by Paul in his basement. This is the first new Derangers recording in many years and will be featured on our upcoming CD on Deep Eddy records, coming in early 2014. Ooops! Did I just let a cat out of the bag? 

The Derangers - Wichita Lineman

An out-take from the Schemer's latest album, "The Last Beach," this is an alternate mix not found on the CD. Recorded by Emerson Torrey at Satellite Studios, East Greenwich, RI, mixed "The Lair," Rockland, MA by Drew Townson, assisted by John Songdahl. Copyright 2015 by Mark Cutler, all rights reserved. 

The Schemers - "Hammer In My Heart" Subterranean Mix

Written by Ward Hayden, produced by Drew Townson, and featuring Duke Levine on guitar. 

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Written by HIXX, produced by Drew Townson, from the forthcoming album, "Meth Bender."

HIXX - Sixx-Pack In My Casket

Bobby Brady and his kids singing old country-folk tune. Produced by Drew Townson. Co-produced and engineered by Adi Luv at Banana Town studio, Watertown, MA.

The Brady 5 - Seven Bridges Road - FinalMaster - MP3

Produced by Drew Townson and Adi Luv

Recorded and mixed by Adi Luv, BananaTown Sound, Watertown, MA

Drew - All electric guitars, baritone, bass, vocals
Adi - Acoustic guitar, drums/percussion

Take Me Back to Tucson

* Used a new parallel compression technique to give the bottom end a little more punch and fatness. 

Produced by Drew Townson and Adi Luv

Recorded and mixed by Adi Luv, BananaTown Sound, Watertown, MA

Drew - All electric guitars, baritone, bass, vocals
Adi - Acoustic guitar, drums/percussion

Take Me Back to Tucson, remastered, Jan 5 2018*

Has Celtic Surf been done yet? Fun on a snowed in day. Happy St Paddy's Day!

The Foggy Drew

Recorded by Drew Townson in 96K live at the Knickerbocker Music Center in Westerly Rhode Island. Greg's vintage Selmer tenor sax was recorded (and mixed)with an all-tube signal path featuring the lush sound of the Sontronics Mercury Tube Condenser mic.

Greg Piccolo Trio - Who Did This? - EXCERPT

Produced by Drew and Greg Piccolo. Recorded at the legendary Knickerbocker, Westerly RI. Tracked and mixed by Drew Townson. All copyrights reserved.

Greg Piccolo Trio - "Slow Walk" EXCERPT

My heart had just been broken when I heard this Hal Ketchum song on the radio. Had to do my own version to help get through the grief of losing her.

Drew, Past the Point demo 1993. Lost Rarity.

Inspired by the lore of the Finger Lakes, both sad and beautiful. The Seneca Indians who lived on their sacred shores said the Finger Lakes of upstate NY were created when the Great Spirit put his hand down on the earth, making the long thin impressions with his fingers. One could say they also look a lot like tears. This is among the most wistful tracks I ever wrote, and it still gives me melancholy, almost haunted feeling, as if the ghosts of the past were rising up like mist from the lake. 

The Derangers - Tears of the Seneca

Originally tracked in 2010 by my band Twang 'em High. Thought it needed a little more volume and "pop".  Here it is, re-eq'd and compressed on my laptop using Reaper.  The track is really about impressions of Albuquerque and New Mexico, where we lived briefly in the 90's. "Rise in to the sky - ride in to the blue" refers to the hot-air balooning that's so popular there. "Etchings in the red stones" are the petroglyphs we saw in palces like Puye and Bandolier. 
Copyright 2009 Drew Townson. Drew - vocals and guitars, Al Harper - harmony guitar, Steve Latt - steel, Chick Deptula - bass, Paul Gallo - drums. 

Los Texicanos - Arizona (remaster)

2) Los Texicanos - Cigarettes and Rain
C 2007 Drew Townson, Altitude Music, BMI

V1
I’ll take two packs of Parlaiments she tells the clerk
And lights one up as she leaves wicked late for work
That night while she sits playin’ KENO at the bar
She drinks cheap wine and dreams of goin’ somewhere far
Some paradise where the nights are long and hot
And a dangerous affair there with a rich man on a yacht
Till then she dreams and drinks away her pain
In the lonely town of cigarettes and rain…

V2
A drunken cop is stealin’ triple overtime
Sleepin’ in his cruiser on a detail night
He hides the Irish Whiskey in his coffee cup
Its guys like him’s the reason crime is goin’ up
An after-hours bar is down this alleyway
They let him drink till dawn he never has to pay
That’s how we roll here on this broken train
Stuck in the town of cigarettes and rain

Bridge
Down in the town of cigarettes and rain
Play your lucky number pour your troubles down the drain
On a dead-end street where the doors are locked in fear
And every day we wash away the shit
With one more beer….

V3
Its way past midnight down at Ol’ Fitzgerald’s Bar
Where a man is singin’ songs and playin’ guitar
They pay him twenty bucks and all that he can drink
Ol’ waiterss gives him whiskey, he gives her a wink
He wonders how he ever wound up in this dive
Should moved to Hollywood when he was 25
But now he’s got not one damn thing to gain
In the nowhere town of cigarettes and rain
In the dirty town of cigarettes and rain
In the lost and lonesome town
Of cigarettes
And rain….


2) Los Texicanos - Cigarettes and Rain - Master

1) Los Texicanos - She’s The Reason (That I Drink)
© 2009 Drew Townson, Altitude Music, BMI

V1
There’s the barstool, where I’m gonna sit
There’s the shotglass, with my name on it
There’s the bottle, gonna crawl inside
To drown the memory, of the love that died…

Chorus:
She’s the reason that I drink
Why my life is on the blink
Gonna get so gone that I can barely think
She’s the reason that I drink…

V2
There’s a picture, right beside my bed
Of the girlfriend, who dances in my head
So good together, so long ago it seems
Baby’s cryin’ haunts my lonely dreams

Chorus

Bridge:
Pour me another Johnny Walker Red
I hope he walks that girl right outta my head
Hey there barmaid, you’ve got pretty eyes
Just like hers, before I told the lies
Before the tears she cried…

Solos

V3
Dear Old Grandad, sing me a lullaby
Time to say goodnight, please turn out the light
Yes I did her wrong, I know I let ‘er go
Whiskey River take me slow
Lay me low

Chorus, out



1) Los Texicanos - She's the Reason (I Drink) - Master

From the LP "No Power Steering" copyright 1997 by Laurie Geltman.  Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Drew Townson. All star band: Scott Mitchell - drums, Brian Karp - bass, Dan Kellar - fiddle, Jim Gambino - organ...And the star of our show, Laurie on guitars and vocals! 

Laurie Geltman - Bobby Called From Texas

Circa 1990, recorded live in the studio at Newbury Sound with Drew at the console. All star band with Billy Conway on drums, Jim Mouradian on bass, Adam Steinberg and Johns Curtis on guitars with Larry Luddecke on keys. Patty nailed it in one take! http://www.pattygriffin.com/ WHAT A VOICE!


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