Upon opening, a lone whistle leads into a stripped down acoustic number penned for a high school sweetheart-turned lifelong love in “Into the Now."  Things take a dogleg turn quickly at the second bend, with a herculean epic, “Scared of Nothing” -a proverbial middle finger to the rampant hurricanes plaguing Florida's gulf coast. Nate gives a nod to his local-living legend cohorts in “Coach's Catchup” -a sort of, how-to for happiness, and the swamp-hop banger, “Follow the Wildman” -a toast to the defenders of the Everglades. The singer/rapper is deliberate as he bellows “Big sugar/big growth/big problems floating up the coast”  in the funky “Little Streams” a call-to-arms confronting the water quality issues of the sunshine state and the transgressors held responsible.  The listener's faces light up with smiles in the “go-to” live show standard “Ochoppee” -where the lyric takes things back to a simpler time with a ride down a lost highway to visit old acquaintances.  All in all, the ear-worm melodies on the record would be a fitting soundtrack for Andy and Opie's whistling walk to the fishing hole. In the title track, the baritone crooner claims “Sometimes life is good and well/ sometimes it's pain and sorrow/ take it day by day/ tailgating for tomorrow."  Rose colored glasses shade a bright, sunny future on the horizon for the author, and this album is a beacon of hope for it's audience. The closer,"Sea & Sunshine" is a somber maritime send off to the folks and friends met along the way, admitting “I ain't as tuff as I once was/things grow harder in time” -ending with a Hawaiian inspired guitar solo and a bid farewell,"I couldn't have done it without you/until next time."      
         (Hector Berlioz-The Musical Times)

8 Sea & Sunshine

7 Ochopee

6 Follow the Wildman

5 Coach's Catchup

4 Tailgating for Tomorrow

3 Little Streams

2 Scared of Nothing

1 Into the Now

Gator Nate's first solo effort, featuring an original blending of  country, blues, rock, hip-hop and funk elements, making a Jambalaya of SWAMP MUSIC!  www.GatorNate.com  facebook.com/Gladezmen  youtube:  Gator Nate Gladezmen  ENJOY EVERY DAY!

14 Adrift

07 Dam Ol' Fishin' Song

04 The Beast

2013 copyright by Swamp Song and GatorNateAugustus. Featuring an antiquated field guide to modern cryptozoology (CryptoZoo!), a classic American tale of southern life and love(Queen Of Belle Mead), a handy "how-to operate" for all Citizens Band operators looking to expand their trucker/CB vocabulary(Alligator Radio), a synopsis/editorial on today's most unbelievable television programs(Reality Sham), a day in the life of an Everglades air-boat captain(Who Swampin' Now?), a hard rockin' love song, reminding all mankind that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, dedicated to a lost love-lot lizard, written off as merely a lonely truck stop hooker by most(Sweet Pea) an exciting journey into survival and overcoming odds, from the bowels of Badluck Woods, down to the mangrove mazes of 10,000 Islands, lost in the lowlands, but for good?(All Night Adventure), a massive mix-up of genre benders and sharp tounged liars gouge, featuring the guitar riff written by the ghost of Elvis Presley(Nimrod's Kingdom), an epic ode-to-psyclebillies, and all bikers alike, the officially unofficial M.C. anthem(Kickstands Up)
ALSO FEATURING drums by WILLY MATT(aka Ho-Bag the Honey Badger) awesome singing by GATOR KATE(aka Kate Schirard) upright bass thumpin' by DODO(Scotty Dorris) artwork and voice-overs by Danny Argote (Webbworks Tattoo)  available for purchase or download @ www.GatorNate.com 

03 Cryptozoology!

19 Kickstands Up

15 Snowbirds

14 All Night Adventure

11 Alligator Radio

10 Queen Of Belle Meade

08 Reality Sham

05 Mama Hokie's Beer Worms

04 Who Swampin' Now

16 Nimrod's Kingdom

02 Born To Raise

18 Warpath

www.GatorNate.com to purchase album or download the whole catalog! 

10 Smoke & Joe

16 Gladez Hellraisers

11 Nightcrawlers

06 Burnin' Oil

05 Scallium Anarchs

04 Grand Vision

03 Gator Augustus

...Nate “Gator Nate” Augustus, is a prolific musician exploding onto stages via the swampy, backwater ‘hood of the 10,000 Islands & The Everglades. Native to southern Florida, the music transcends into an epic opera of the lowland lifestyle that captures the fortunes and trials of the outlaws that lived it. From the blow of his harmonica, or the busting of rhyme, and the charismatic style of his slide guitar...Nate is a whiskey drinkin’, guitar slingin’, shit talkin’, ramblin’ renegade, never willing to hold back! When he’s not wrastlin’ gators, he’s out spreading his own brand of psycho swamp music...almost a mythical legend in these parts, a man-beast of many talents, bard/gypsy/poet/preacher/musician/madman.
It's moonshine for your ears!
A wake-up call to all other bands to be yourself! 

Gator Nate Augustus

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