GREG ASHLEY & THE WESTERN PLAYBOYS - s/t LP tropicalia the Routes managed more than

the Routes managed more than a one hit wonder

-cum-Chicago shop Permanent Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a stellar collection of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for the 11-track compilation

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McKinley Mitchell - No Love

GREG ASHLEY & THE WESTERN PLAYBOYS - s/t LP tropicalia the Routes managed more thanHighly recommended. Together with the Western Playboys, you can hear the dusty technicolor Rio Grande flowing in the veins of these new recordings. Many of these songs are Greg's indomitable take on waltz, country swing and golden honky tonk greats like Stonewall Jackson and Charlie Walker, but lest we forget the cover of Estrus records' finest garage rock nihilists The Makers. This 12 EP plays out from start to finish like a band in a washed out juke