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EMAIL: gitgoner@aol.com
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- www.criscuddy.com/EPK
- www.criscuddy.com
- www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CRISCUDDY
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- www.artistdirect.com/artist/cris-cuddy/3277470

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CRIS CUDDY : TIME BOMB BABY

The new cd TIME BOMB BABY by Vanishing Castle artist Cris Cuddy marks a jubilant return to Nashville and his partnership with roots producer George "Tonechap" Bradfute, multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin.

1. ALL THE PAIN (Money Could Buy) - 3:22
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
In the style of classic reggae including the magic saxophones of The Bradfute Bros., this song is based on the story of Christina Onassis.

2. LET’S GET DRUNK TONIGHT - 3:37
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
An exuberant party song for those who want to join their friends and chase their troubles away.

3. JERRY LEE AND ELVIS - 3:39
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A rockabilly style tribute to two of the greats and the beginnings of rock'n'roll plus a hats-off to seminal city of Memphis.

4. **** KICKIN’ ANGEL(McCreight/Cuddy) 3:24
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A furious rockin' and tongue-in-cheek rant about the price to pay for bad behavior featuring blistering slide guitar by the Tonechap.

5. NOWHERE TOWN - 3:30
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
Sometimes we all feel we live in a Nowhere Town at times but life is what you make it.

6. HEARTACHE - 3:42
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A dreamy, heart-breaking ballad of lost love featuring the gorgeous steel guitar of Fats Kaplin.

7. IN MEXICAN TOWN (Russell deCarle/C.Cuddy)- 3:11
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A mariachi tinged celebration of the vibrancy and hope emanating from this magical spot in Detroit City.

8. DRINK UP AND BE SOMEBODY - 3:28
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A joyful and breezy song about a simple solution to a sad situation.

9. NASHVILLE STAR - 3:55
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A gritty view of the price of fame through the eyes of a former country music star.

10. I’M ALONE AGAIN (Tonight) - 3:53
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A lovely ballad and portrait of life and love in the digital age orchestrated beautifully by George and Fats.

11. THIS LITTLE WORLD - 3:36
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A moving tribute to this beautiful world we live in, and a sad comment on those who use it for their own gain with no thought to the consequences.

12. TIME BOMB BABY - 3:35
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A furiously rockin' song about raging hormones and the inevitability of love.

13. NO STARS IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT (MacGonigill/Cuddy) - 3:37
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A tribute to legendary Opry stars Minnie Pearl and Hank Williams with gorgeous fiddle and steel guitar by Fats Kaplin.

14. THERE GOES MY MIND AGAIN - 4:09
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
A classic sad love song with echoes of the great Don Gibson.

15. AN OLD MAN WITH THE BLUES(McCreight/Cuddy) - 3:39
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
The too-true story of the rise and fall of a popular artist in the country music world, featuring banjo and fiddle by Emory Lester.

16. ALL THE WILD THINGS COME OUT AT NIGHT - 3:31
Cris Cuddy
Vanishing Castle
It's a brand new world when the lights go down and the night people hit the scene.

17. IM ALONE AGAIN ORCHESTRAL - 0.45
A little refrain of this glorious melody by the wonderful orchestra on this song, featuring Fats Kaplin and George Bradfute.









THE BAND:
Cris Cuddy - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Emory Lester - Fiddle, Banjo
Frank Watt - Vocal Overdub, Overdub Edits
James McKenty - Vocal Overdub Recording
George “Tonechap” Bradfute (Webb Wilder, Paul Burch..) - Guitars, Saxophone, Bass, Harmony Vocals
Luther Bradfute - Piano, Organ, Saxophone
Fats Kaplin (Tom Russell, Jack White etc) - Pedal Steel, Violin, Mandolin, Accordion
Rick Lonow (Jamie Hartford etc) - Drums
Buzz Thompson, Bobby Watson, JP Hovercraft (of Max Mouse and the Gorillas) background vocals on This Little World and Let's Get Drunk Tonight
Taryn Engle - Harmony Vocals on Time Bomb Baby

Produced, Recorded & Mixed by George Bradfute at Tone Chapparal Studio
Executive Producer: Cris Cuddy for Vanishing Castle
Cover Design: Anne Hoover Design

Dedicated to: Jesse Winchester, Lonnie Mack, Ron Casat.
Thanks to George, Fats, Luther, Rick and Emory, Frank, James, Taryn, The Great Gorillas and Jackie Wimbush.

Cris Cuddy Biography
Cuddy's previous three mellower acoustic CD's have seen his songs featured on the Grammy nominated "North by South" cd by IBMA winner Claire Lynch, and others recorded by artists as diverse as Americana and Bluegrass Artists like IBMA Winning Guitarist Jim Hurst (ex-Claire Lynch sidekick) who ripped it up with his firey version of “Long and Lonesome Old Freight Train”, IBMA Winners The Spinney Bros. who chose the moving “Sally’s Waltz”, in addition to Juno Award Winners Prairie Oyster who aced “Tom Cat” and “Long and Lonesome..”, and songwriting great and mentor Mickey Newbury who used Cris’s “What if Frankie Doesn’t Like It” (and yes, it's about Old Blue Eyes) as a segue on his masterful “Long Road Home”. And there are more in the works..

“As Usual The Unusual” this cd veers from the furious rockin' "Time Bomb Baby" and “**** Kickin' Angel" through the tribute to classic Opry favourites like Minnie Pearl "No Stars in Nashville Tonight", the exuberant "Let's Get Drunk Tonight" to the joyful "Drink Up and Be Somebody", the testament to the vibrancy of "In Mexican Town" and the remembrance of the embers of Rockabilly "Jerry Lee and Elvis”, on to the reggae-like story of Christina Onassis "All the Pain That Money Could Buy", all leading up to the dreamy, heart-breaking ballad “Heartache”.

This collection features a dazzling cast of musicians including guitars, saxaphone and bass by George “Tonechap” Bradfute (Webb Wilder, Paul Burch..), the piano, organ and saxophone of Luther Bradfute, pedal steel, violin, mandolin and accordion by multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin (Tom Russell, Jack White etc), Rick Lonow on drums (Jamie Hartford etc) and Emory Lester on banjo.

“Tortured-with-a-twist-honkey-soul-twang”
Glenn O’Brien in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine

“Van Morrison meets Elvis Costello”
Brian Ahern Grammy Winning producer of Emmylou Harris etc.

DJ’s & CD Reviewers Say :

"If there’s one thing everyone should agree upon, Cris Cuddy’s CD is never boring. It’s indie music, a mixture of blues, rockabilly, and a little Mexican and calypso and other styles you may not describe. He switches tempos and styles and keeps it all interesting from start to finish”
Larry Stephens, The Lonesome Road Review

“The Best Kept Secret” could actually apply to Cris Cuddy
Kerry Doole/New Canadian Music

TOP 5 wonderful songwriting & the man knows how to sing them
JackGarrison //WFIT

“ A kaleidoscope of styles........a panorama of subjects ”
Arthur Wood, FOLKWAX Reviews Editor

“I don’t know where it came from..it’s so good I don’t care”
David Pilot, Rockzilla

“The kind of delicious sprawl Ryan Adams might have created if only…”
Americana UK

“Top 5 Best of the Year” … Fresh Air, CBC