10231 - ARTIMUS PYLE - ARTIMUS VENOMUS (2007)
ARTIMUS PYLE
''ARTIMUS VENOMUS''
MARCH 13 2007
58:12
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1 Artimus Venomus 05:07
2 Brother Walk On By 04:54
3 Blood Sucking Weasel Attorneys 05:54
4 Dead Rock Stars Windows 05:15
5 Spit 06:02
6 Can't Get Off With Your Shoes On 02:57
7 Million Dollar Farm 04:48
8 I LIve In Jerusalem 04:14
9 Trust #3 04:47
10 Knock Me Down 03:38
11 Makes More Rock 03:28
12 Antivenom 07:03
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John Austin/Guitar
Tony Black/Vocals (Background)
John Boerstler/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Lee Bogan/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Mike Boling/Organ
Joey Bounocore/Vocals (Background)
Sammy Bounocore Jr./Vocals (Background)
Sammy Bounocore Sr./Drums, Vocals (Background)
Kimball Collins/Vocals (Background)
Eric Crabtree/Vocals (Background)
Gregory Crabtree/Vocals (Background)
Larry Crabtree/Vocals (Background)
Cheryl Crabtree-Trumpet/Vocals (Background)
Mike Deroches/Piano
Jamie Dose/Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
Jeff Farner/Vocals (Background)
Kelly Fenton/Vocals (Background)
George Festo/Guitar
Larry Goad/Drums, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Slide Guitar
Harry Graham/Guitar
Robert Green/Bass Guitar
Allison Heafner/Vocals (Background)
Boots Hill/Vocals (Background)
John Holder/Bass Guitar
Peter Hyrka/Violin
Bobby John/Vocals (Background)
Frank Johns/Vocals (Background)
Leslie Hawkins Johns/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Ed King/Guitar, Slide Guitar, Soloist
Jim Kirby/Piano (Grand), Vocals (Background)
Buddy Leach/Saxophone
Tim Lindsey/Bass Guitar
Miranda Louise/Vocals (Background)
Brian Mabry/Vocals (Background)
Hal McCormack/Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
Jessica McNally/Vocals (Background)
Kassie Miller/Vocals (Background)
Mysti Moon/Vocals (Background)
Wayne Moss/Guitar
Robert Nix/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Dorsey Parker/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Bruce Pearson/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Jack Pearson/Slide Guitar
Kevin Post/Guitar (Steel)
Artimus Pyle/Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Chris Pyle/Drums, Percussion, Tabla, Vocals (Background)
Marshall Pyle/Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Vocals (Background)
River Pyle/Vocals (Background)
Barry Rapp/Keyboards
Dan Shafer/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Thane Shearon/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Phil Swindle/Guitar
Eric Tolnes/Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar
Rod Vaillancourt/Organ
Lars VanWezel/Slide Guitar
Dixie Weathers/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Mike Weathers/Vocals (Background)
Misty Weathers/Vocals (Background)
Jo Jo Billingsley White/Vocals (Background)
Davidson Wicker/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Adam Wright/Vocals (Background)
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REVIEW
Greg Prato
Usually, when a rock drummer steps out from behind the kit to assume the forefront as a solo artist, it means it's time for fans to run for cover. However, this is certainly not the case with ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd timekeeper Artimus Pyle. It's been a cushy 24 years between Pyle's last solo studio set and the arrival of Artimus Venomus -- but the wait has been worth it. In fact, Pyle's 2007 solo set is arguably the strongest and most Skynyrd-sounding of any of the countless albums that the reunited Skynyrd -- and it's various members' solo albums -- have issued in the wake of Street Survivors. With Pyle having penned or co-penned the majority of the songs (and also handling most of the lead vocals, as well), the album is certainly one of the quirkiest Skynyrd-related releases yet, as evidenced by such tracks as "Blood Sucking Weasel Attorneys" (which begins with brief Frank Zappa-esque dialogue) and "Dead Rock Stars' Widows, Gigolos, Pocket Money." But musically, longtime Skynyrd fans will have plenty to sink their teeth into -- it's all lean, mean Southern boogie throughout, especially the Allman Brothers-esque "Brother Walk On By" and the mean blues of the album-opening title track. If you call yourself a Skynyrd fan, you owe it to yourself to check out this surprisingly strong release by one of the wildest characters to ever pass through the Skynyrd ranks.
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BIOGRAPHY (ARTIMUS PYLE)/AMG
Charlotte Dillon
Many called him the "Wild Man" of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, but Artimus Pyle started out more as a "Country Man." Thomas Delmar Pyle was born on July 15, 1948, in Louisville, KY. He spent many of his childhood hours either on the back of a horse or behind the controls of a bulldozer.
When Pyle was nine years old, his mother bought his first musical instruments, some bongos. Three years later his father got him a used set of drums. It wasn't long before young Pyle had put together his first band, the Thom Thumbs.
In the late '60s, fresh out of high school, Pyle joined the Marine Corps. He was in training to be sent overseas when the Vietnam War ended. As soon as his enlistment was up, Pyle returned his attention to music and education, taking up the drums again and enrolling in the Tennessee Technical College. This was the place where he went from being Thomas Pyle to Artimus Pyle, teasingly giving the nickname after the virgin Artimus.
In the early '70s, Pyle landed gigs in bands like Charlie Daniels' and the Marshall Tucker Band. With a little help from Daniels, Pyle got to show off his talents to Ronnie Van Zant, performing with the Lynyrd Skynyrd band in Jacksonville at the Sergeant Pepper's Club. At the end of 1974, when founding member Bob Burns parted from Skynyrd, it was Pyle who was called in to fill his shoes. He toured with the band, recording a number of albums, up till 1977, when a plane crash instantly snuffed out the lives of three members, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and his sister Cassie. Road manager Dean Kilpatrick was also killed.
Pyle and other members survived the terrible crash, but the band didn't. Pyle, never one to call it quits, went on with his music the best he could. In 1981 he put together the A.P.B. with members like Darryl Otis Smith, John Boerstler, and Steve Lockhart. The A.P.B. is sometimes called the Artimus Pyle Band, sometimes All Points Bulletin. A year later, the group released a debut album, A.P.B., under the MCA Records label. Some of the tracks fans will find on this offering are "It Ain't the Whiskey," "Rock and Roll Each Other," and "She's My Baby." In 1983, the band released a second album, Nightcaller.
Four years later, Pyle joined the Skynyrd Tribute Tour, and even recorded another Skynyrd album in 1991 before leaving the group. A concert set, Live from Planet Earth, by the Artimus Pyle Band was issued in 2000, and after a 24-year hiatus, a new studio album, Artimus Venomus, appeared in 2007 on Cleopatra Records.
There is a second generation of Pyles making progress in the world of music. Artimus Pyle's two oldest sons: drummer, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Marshall Daniel Pyle and older brother Christopher Chapel Pyle, who can play the trumpet, flute, guitar, and of course the drums.
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BIO/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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''ARTIMUS VENOMUS''
MARCH 13 2007
58:12
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1 Artimus Venomus 05:07
2 Brother Walk On By 04:54
3 Blood Sucking Weasel Attorneys 05:54
4 Dead Rock Stars Windows 05:15
5 Spit 06:02
6 Can't Get Off With Your Shoes On 02:57
7 Million Dollar Farm 04:48
8 I LIve In Jerusalem 04:14
9 Trust #3 04:47
10 Knock Me Down 03:38
11 Makes More Rock 03:28
12 Antivenom 07:03
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John Austin/Guitar
Tony Black/Vocals (Background)
John Boerstler/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Lee Bogan/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Mike Boling/Organ
Joey Bounocore/Vocals (Background)
Sammy Bounocore Jr./Vocals (Background)
Sammy Bounocore Sr./Drums, Vocals (Background)
Kimball Collins/Vocals (Background)
Eric Crabtree/Vocals (Background)
Gregory Crabtree/Vocals (Background)
Larry Crabtree/Vocals (Background)
Cheryl Crabtree-Trumpet/Vocals (Background)
Mike Deroches/Piano
Jamie Dose/Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
Jeff Farner/Vocals (Background)
Kelly Fenton/Vocals (Background)
George Festo/Guitar
Larry Goad/Drums, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Slide Guitar
Harry Graham/Guitar
Robert Green/Bass Guitar
Allison Heafner/Vocals (Background)
Boots Hill/Vocals (Background)
John Holder/Bass Guitar
Peter Hyrka/Violin
Bobby John/Vocals (Background)
Frank Johns/Vocals (Background)
Leslie Hawkins Johns/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Ed King/Guitar, Slide Guitar, Soloist
Jim Kirby/Piano (Grand), Vocals (Background)
Buddy Leach/Saxophone
Tim Lindsey/Bass Guitar
Miranda Louise/Vocals (Background)
Brian Mabry/Vocals (Background)
Hal McCormack/Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
Jessica McNally/Vocals (Background)
Kassie Miller/Vocals (Background)
Mysti Moon/Vocals (Background)
Wayne Moss/Guitar
Robert Nix/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Dorsey Parker/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Bruce Pearson/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Jack Pearson/Slide Guitar
Kevin Post/Guitar (Steel)
Artimus Pyle/Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Chris Pyle/Drums, Percussion, Tabla, Vocals (Background)
Marshall Pyle/Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Vocals (Background)
River Pyle/Vocals (Background)
Barry Rapp/Keyboards
Dan Shafer/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Thane Shearon/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Phil Swindle/Guitar
Eric Tolnes/Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar
Rod Vaillancourt/Organ
Lars VanWezel/Slide Guitar
Dixie Weathers/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Mike Weathers/Vocals (Background)
Misty Weathers/Vocals (Background)
Jo Jo Billingsley White/Vocals (Background)
Davidson Wicker/Drums, Vocals (Background)
Adam Wright/Vocals (Background)
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REVIEW
Greg Prato
Usually, when a rock drummer steps out from behind the kit to assume the forefront as a solo artist, it means it's time for fans to run for cover. However, this is certainly not the case with ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd timekeeper Artimus Pyle. It's been a cushy 24 years between Pyle's last solo studio set and the arrival of Artimus Venomus -- but the wait has been worth it. In fact, Pyle's 2007 solo set is arguably the strongest and most Skynyrd-sounding of any of the countless albums that the reunited Skynyrd -- and it's various members' solo albums -- have issued in the wake of Street Survivors. With Pyle having penned or co-penned the majority of the songs (and also handling most of the lead vocals, as well), the album is certainly one of the quirkiest Skynyrd-related releases yet, as evidenced by such tracks as "Blood Sucking Weasel Attorneys" (which begins with brief Frank Zappa-esque dialogue) and "Dead Rock Stars' Widows, Gigolos, Pocket Money." But musically, longtime Skynyrd fans will have plenty to sink their teeth into -- it's all lean, mean Southern boogie throughout, especially the Allman Brothers-esque "Brother Walk On By" and the mean blues of the album-opening title track. If you call yourself a Skynyrd fan, you owe it to yourself to check out this surprisingly strong release by one of the wildest characters to ever pass through the Skynyrd ranks.
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BIOGRAPHY (ARTIMUS PYLE)/AMG
Charlotte Dillon
Many called him the "Wild Man" of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, but Artimus Pyle started out more as a "Country Man." Thomas Delmar Pyle was born on July 15, 1948, in Louisville, KY. He spent many of his childhood hours either on the back of a horse or behind the controls of a bulldozer.
When Pyle was nine years old, his mother bought his first musical instruments, some bongos. Three years later his father got him a used set of drums. It wasn't long before young Pyle had put together his first band, the Thom Thumbs.
In the late '60s, fresh out of high school, Pyle joined the Marine Corps. He was in training to be sent overseas when the Vietnam War ended. As soon as his enlistment was up, Pyle returned his attention to music and education, taking up the drums again and enrolling in the Tennessee Technical College. This was the place where he went from being Thomas Pyle to Artimus Pyle, teasingly giving the nickname after the virgin Artimus.
In the early '70s, Pyle landed gigs in bands like Charlie Daniels' and the Marshall Tucker Band. With a little help from Daniels, Pyle got to show off his talents to Ronnie Van Zant, performing with the Lynyrd Skynyrd band in Jacksonville at the Sergeant Pepper's Club. At the end of 1974, when founding member Bob Burns parted from Skynyrd, it was Pyle who was called in to fill his shoes. He toured with the band, recording a number of albums, up till 1977, when a plane crash instantly snuffed out the lives of three members, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and his sister Cassie. Road manager Dean Kilpatrick was also killed.
Pyle and other members survived the terrible crash, but the band didn't. Pyle, never one to call it quits, went on with his music the best he could. In 1981 he put together the A.P.B. with members like Darryl Otis Smith, John Boerstler, and Steve Lockhart. The A.P.B. is sometimes called the Artimus Pyle Band, sometimes All Points Bulletin. A year later, the group released a debut album, A.P.B., under the MCA Records label. Some of the tracks fans will find on this offering are "It Ain't the Whiskey," "Rock and Roll Each Other," and "She's My Baby." In 1983, the band released a second album, Nightcaller.
Four years later, Pyle joined the Skynyrd Tribute Tour, and even recorded another Skynyrd album in 1991 before leaving the group. A concert set, Live from Planet Earth, by the Artimus Pyle Band was issued in 2000, and after a 24-year hiatus, a new studio album, Artimus Venomus, appeared in 2007 on Cleopatra Records.
There is a second generation of Pyles making progress in the world of music. Artimus Pyle's two oldest sons: drummer, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Marshall Daniel Pyle and older brother Christopher Chapel Pyle, who can play the trumpet, flute, guitar, and of course the drums.
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BIO/WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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