This is a track that I had forgotten about for quite a while, an unreleased recording by my old band the Kennett Brothers. The song is the Clash’s Combat Rock classic, ‘Atom Tan‘. The basic tracks for this were recorded during the Clinton administration, so my memory is a bit sketchy, but here’s the personnell to the best of my recollection:

• Ryan “The Viper” Jerving, PhD: Vocals
• Edward Burch: Vocals
• Jay Bennett: Guitar and Banjo
• Kenneth Rainey: Bass and Jawharp

There were a couple different engineers involved. Jay engineered the raw tracks, including his own parts. I engineered the annoying shit in the background, and I think John Peacock engineered most of the vocals. The mix is mine, and serves as exhibit ‘A’ in the lengthy list of reasons why I should not mix records. It hasn’t been mastered, so the volume is a little quiet. Play it loud.

We played this song the first time we ever played in Chicago, at a big benefit held at the Fireside Bowl. That was the show where I got stigmata while playing the pedal steel. But that’s another story for another day.

Download: http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/uploads/kennett_brothers_-_atom_tan.mp3