Quaalude County Country Band, 2005

Slow Down the Hoe-down. QCCB held down Tuesday nights at the 3B from 2002-2005, and a Sunday stint at the Grand Ave Ale House before that. It began in the 90s in an attic on High Street. Tuesday's first set usually got started around 10:30 or 11, garnering an audience of only the minimally employed and chronically drunk. Between sets featured touring and local bands such as Drunk Horse, Bar Tabac, Juanita Family and Friends, High Tower, and so many that can't ever be recalled. Quaalude's second set was usually a mess though the brilliant moments shined even brighter at 1:30am. The sets featured rotating guests from local acts. QCCB performed country standards at glacial speed by Willie, Hank, Prine, Dylan, Ween, Beck, and Hedwig, as well as originals.

This recording session went down in Christian Danielson's living room in 2005. It was some sort of three way barter. Quaalude had previously played Christian and Angela's wedding. The recording was free. The painter Michael Costello sketched the session and created a huge, beautiful painting (also featuring the married couple) in exchange for some recording time for Michael.

The full session is 2 cdrs in length and features many of the songs that Quaalude Co. regularly featured at their Tuesday night residency at the 3B Tavern.

Kevin Wharton - bass, vocals
Spencer Willhoft - acoustic guitar, vocals
Ben Wildenhaus - lap steel, electric guitar
Jeff Gray - mandolin
Farrah Halsey - drums

Here are five bright moments given a home at archive.org.

1. Southern Girls (Cheap Trick)
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2. Carly's Song (lyrics by Spencer's ex-girlfriend, hate letter set to music by Spencer Willhoft)
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3. Moonshiner (traditional, Dylan's take)
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4. Hands on the Wheel (Willie Nelson)
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5. No More Whiskey (lyrics by Kevin Wharton, music by Ben Wildenhaus)
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Download Disc One here:
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1. Wild Side of Life
2. West Virginia
3. Tombstone Rose
4. Sugar Daddy
5. Southern Girls
6. Sound of Rain
7. It Hurts So Much (To See You So In Love (So Soon))
8. Sleepwalk
9. Oldest Baby in the World
10. No More Whiskey
11. No Direction But Down

Download Disc Two here:
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1. Help Me Scrape the Mucus Off My Brain
2. Moonshiner
3. Lost Cause
4. Long Road Ahead
5. Hollow Log
6. Hands On The Wheel
7. Going Going Gone
8. The Ecstasy of Gold
9. Carly's Song
10. Benstrumental
11. Baby in the Navy
12. Just As I Am