We got a brand new single out, called The Women 'round Here It's available
as a download only (as is the fashion these days). Click on the downloadmusic
icon below to buy for €0.99 cents or Text music
961 to 57501 to buy. Cheap, isn't it ? Les Keye is taking
production credit, so you can blame him if you don't like it. We've also got
downloadable art work here for you. If, like myself, you get a kick out of
collecting round pieces of plastic, you can always burn the track onto a CD, get
a jewel case and print out the sleeve below. Right click and 'save as'. Hope you
like it.
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Second Preview
Silver & Dust is now available from Amazon.com
Dutch americana website, Altcountry.nl
asked me to write something about my top country album during 2007.
They published it over the xmas, and here's what I wrote.
The
album that really stood out for me in 2007, is not from an up and coming band
from Idaho. It’s not from a grizzled old Texan troubadour. It's the rather
unimaginatively titled "20 Greatest Hits" from Loretta Lynn. Let me
explain.
Like most people I know, I was taken aback by "Van Lear Rose"
when it came out in 2004. Produced by Jack White, it contained some of his
trademark-distorted guitar complete with wailing feedback, but it was still
a Loretta album, and has a bunch of great songs. But it wasn't until earlier
this year when I saw Coal Miner's Daughter that I decided to dig back into the
past. The 1980 biopic stars a young Tommy Lee Jones as Loretta's husband
Mooney and Levon Helm, legendary drummer and singer with The Band as her
Dad.
Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her portrayal of the country star who was married
at 13, had four children by 20 and went on to become one of country music's
biggest stars. A truly remarkable rags to riches fairy tale. So off I went and
got my el cheapo greatest hits piece of plastic, with Blue Kentucky Girl, the
hard talkin' Fist City and her version of She's Got You, the song originally
recorded by her old friend and heroine, Patsy Cline. Listening to proto feminist protest
song The Pill you get the impression that Loretta was, and is no fool. A
tough lady who knows what she wants. Then, a few minutes later you find yourself
not sure if your supposed to laugh or cry with One's On The Way. Her voice cuts
through the occasionally standard backing to tell it like it is. There's no
beating about the bush with the lady from Butcher Hollow. And it's great to know
that she's still out there gigging. When you tell the truth in your songs,
people will always want to listen.
Cheers.... see you out
there...............eamonn
OLD NEWS
old news complied by Åsa
Kärrman
Eamonn On Balcony TV The Video For Rambling Jack
Some new photos from summer dates in Germany on the Photos page
Click on the thumbnail below for the poster for the recent solo tour of The
Netherland, Belgium and Germany.
Last June we made "Woke Up Monday Morning " available as a download for the first time. Originally the opening track on 1999's Long Time Gone
album, this live favourite has long been unavailable.
To buy, click on the image above to download, or if you live in Ireland text 'music
398' to 57501
Visit youtube
to see a video cut together from old
footage.
A
new review for Silver & Dust from Dutch site Alt Country came in this week.
If you can't read Dutch it's not going to make much sense, but it's a good
review. 4 out of 5.
Na drie cd’s heten de Ierse Racketeers opeens Eamonn
Dowd & The Racketeers. Geen idee waarom, want Dowd was altijd al de
grote man. Silver And Dust (Cannery
Row) brengt daar geen verandering in. De man uit County Mayo schreef alle
dertien liedjes, zingt lead en speelt naast gitaar onder meer ook nog bas,
harmonica, fiddle en vibrafoon. In tegenstelling tot voorganger Exit Hellsville
(recensie)
is Silver And Dust wel lastig te categoriseren. Er zit countryrock in de
liedjes, maar zeker zoveel rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly en folk. Zo klinkt de
furieuze opener Ramblin’ Jack precies zoals de titel aangeeft. Shabby Dress is
een Stray Cats-achtige meezinger. Straight Down The Line en Nobody Home gaan dan
weer richting country; het laatste liedje met Johnny Cash-huppel. Gone Again
steekt zowaar Neil Young & Crazy Horse naar de kroon. USP’s van de cd zijn
Dowds stem als een pond roestige spijkers en het ijzersterke gitaarwerk van Dowd
en gast Ger Kiely op elektrische, lap steel en octave gitaar. Soms meen je in de
verte U2’s The Edge te horen, maar dat is geen reden om weg te lopen. In de
liedjes van Eamonn Dowd is het niet gezellig. Wat dat betreft lijkt hij een
geestverwant van 16 Horsepowers David Eugene Edwards. Duivel, Lucifer, dwaas en
moordenaar, allemaal zijn ze welkom. Samen zorgen ze wel voor een energieke,
afwisselende cd die de hoofdweg links laat leggen en prettig vaak de goot
opzoekt. (Peer Bataille)
Thanks to Paul Gallagher, there's a few new/old videos up on youtube. Two
versions of 'Million Miles Away,' one from Irish TV when everybody looked so
young, the other is the 1999 promo video. Type
'Eamonn Dowd & The Racketeers' into the youtube search engine, and you'll
find all videos.
German
website feature the band.
http:/www.wendtour.de/gutaufgelegt/?cat=2
Here's
the recent Hot Press interview. (You can read it easier on the PRESS page)
Also, below is the piece from IMRO magazine MQ.
"Rambling
Jack" is now for sale on download.ie
for only €0.99.
Two new reviews of "Silver
& Dust " have come in from Germany, courtesy of Wendtour and Whiskey
Soda. See the PRESS page. Also, thumbnailed below, are two German press
clipping from a few months ago.
Olaf Tyaransen, respected poet and author, best known for
"The Story Of O" and the controversial "Sex Lines" recently
interviewed Eamonn for Hot Press magazine. The piece was published on November 15
and is now
up on the PRESS page.
Silver & Dust is now for sale on Itunes
Album "Silver & Dust" available NOW from CDBABY. In all good record shops in Ireland this week. On special offer in Mojo Records, Crown Alley, Dublin.(distributed by Claddagh Records 01 6774943). Released in Germany on Cannery Row Records (distributed by Pool) Release date 12 October 2006
The
IMRO website have a news item on the band here.....
http://www.imro.ie/newstastic/news.php?item=9427
Click on
the thumbnail below for a review of Exit Hellsville, from the new issue of
French Country magazine Le Cri Du Coyote (#92).
Exit Hellsville is now available for sale
digitally on Apple iTunes, MusicIsHere
& MusicNet
The Racketeers have become a member
of myspace.com, click on the link below to become our friend
http://www.myspace.com/theracketeersireland
Exit Hellsville is now on sale online at CD Baby
for
$12.99
The new album "Silver And Dust" will be released in Germany on Cannery
Row Records on October 12, to coincide with a gig at Cafe Zapata in Tacheles,
Berlin. Visit Cannery Row here.... http://www.canneryrowrecords.com/releases.html
The Irish release will be on Spellbound, distributed by Claddagh Records. We
expect it to be available from record shops in early September, and available
online at around the same time from CD Baby. It will also be available as a
digital download from Apple I Tunes, Music Is Here and Music Net.
A review of Eamonn's gig at Peanuts, Greiz Germany on
Firday June 2 is now on the PRESS page. Thanks to
It's
good to hear that Mark Verbert at Radio ZRO in Belgium is still flying The
Racketeers flag. A scan of his playlist tells us he played 'Trouble Around The
Bend' from Exit Hellsville on his show last week.
Exit Hellsville is still getting air-play on Canadian college radio. Several
DJ's at CKCU (Carleton University Radio, Ottawa) have taken to the band,
including John Westhaver, Dave Aardvark, Mike Houston, Steve Kirkland and
Jennifer Priest.
We're also on the radio in Norway. Ruben Edvin at Radio Sentrum, Kongsvinger has
been playing tracks from Exit Hellsville on his show.
A new review from the gig in Peanuts, Greiz (Germany) is now up on the
PRESS page. Thanks to Karsten Schaarschmidt for sending over the review and the
photos.
The Galway Advertiser ran this story..................
http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie
Sligo paper The Scene published this article a few weeks back. The piece was in
the printed edition too. http://www.scene.ie
Finnish band Projekt have recorded a version of "Woke Up Monday
Morning" . You can listen to it here. http://www.viamedia.fi
It's a cool version too.
Swedish label Dusty Records have released
"Rockin' At The Barn Volume 4." It's a highly recommended 21 track
compilation featuring American, U.K. and Swedish alternative country acts. And
one Irish band...The Racketeers !!
It's got Rod Picott, Bob Cheevers, Pilgrim and a host of other great folks worth
checking out. The Racketeers track is the previously un-released "I Don't
Want To Talk About It." The CD is available in all good record shops in
Scandinavia, or you can buy it here directly from Dusty Records..............
http://www.countryrockspecialisten.se/
Our track has been getting lots of positive feedback. Thomas Kaldijk has been
playing it on his Dutch radio shows on Radio Parkstad in Veedam, and Radio Lok
which is braodcast from Kanaalstreek. Jose Antonio Bonassi Roldan in
Cadiz, Spain has been playing the track, as well as tracks from "Exit
Hellsville". In Belgium Ray Pieters has been playing us on Goldenflash
FM103.4 broadcasting out of Antwerp with a listener ship of 200,000 !!
Closer to home, Niall Toner Snr., John Walshe on FM104 and Dan Hegarty on 2FM
are taking care of business.
Dan Hegarty has sent us his 2000 review of "Long Time Gone" which was
published at the time in Local Ireland. You can read it on the PRESS page. These
day's Dan is a top D.J on 2FM...and he's been playing the new LP on his show !!
Dan's show goes out Tuesday - Friday, 12 midnight - 2a.m.
To read Eamonn's story on the making of Exit Hellsville click
here.
The single, "I Don't Know You
Anymore" clocked up airplay while we were on the road in Sweden
and Finland. Today FM , DSCR, East Coast Radio and Mid West have all
played it. As have Niall Toner Snr. on his Lite FM Show Thursdays and Sundays,
and of course the folks down at Phantom FM.
The U.K. based publication Rock'n'Reel, have given "Long Time
Gone" a great great review. Read it here!
We've added a new page called The
Other It goes off on a tangent all of its
own and contains links to stuff that has little or nothing to do with music. You
might like it and you might not.
Two reviews of "Long Time Gone".... one from irishbandslive.com, and
one from UK magazine, Rock 'n' Reel, are now up on the 'Press'
page.
The Handstand is an anarchic online journal for authors of political
enquiry, poetry, philosophy and art. Edited by poet and painter Jocelyn
Braddell, the June issue, amongst other things, hosts a gallery of paintings by
Eamonn, some dating back as far as 1986. Over the years he has exhibited at
various shows including 'Western Artists' at the Galway Arts Festival ('86
and '87) 'Framing Dowd', at the Head Gallery, Ormond Multi-Media Center, Dublin
1995, and 'Eamo' at the Front Lounge, Dublin 2000. Check out the current issue
here... The
Handstand . To find the paintings, go into the
archive and check June 2002.
By coincidence, Jocelyn sent us word on the Rense
website, the same week occasional Racketeers
drummer, Henrik Mattson sent us the link. So if conspiracy theories your
thing..... 
