Name: ...I'm A Son Of A Gun [Digipak] *
Brand: BYO Records
SKU: 90972
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...I'm A Son Of A Gun [Digipak] *

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Album: ...I'm A Son Of A Gun [Digipak] *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Phony Drunken Poet
2)	I Sure Enjoyed My Stay
3)	When the Wallflowers Wilt
4)	Move Out of Here
5)	Dusty Roads
6)	Santa Maria
7)	Oh, Sweet Misery!
8)	Bring Me Back
9)	Down Every Day
10)	Dumb Dead Goats
11)	When We Were Kids
12)	On With the Show
13)	Killing on Wall Street, A
14)	Last of the Big Spenders

Album: ...I'm A Son Of A Gun [Digipak] *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Phony Drunken Poet
2)	I Sure Enjoyed My Stay
3)	When the Wallflowers Wilt
4)	Move Out of Here
5)	Dusty Roads
6)	Santa Maria
7)	Oh, Sweet Misery!
8)	Bring Me Back
9)	Down Every Day
10)	Dumb Dead Goats
11)	When We Were Kids
12)	On With the Show
13)	Killing on Wall Street, A
14)	Last of the Big Spenders

Performer Notes

Filthy Thievin' Bastards: Mikey Porter (guitar); Darius Koski (acoustic guitar); Spider Stacy (tin whistle); Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel, Randy Burk, Spike Slawson (background vocals).
Personnel: Darius Koski (vocals, guitar, violin, piano, hand claps, background vocals); Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel (vocals, hand claps); Randy Burk (drums, bongos, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Randy Burk.
Recording information: Stout Recording Studio, Oakland, CA (2005-2006); Westside Studios, Berlin, Germany (2005-2006).
The logical follow-up to 2005's My Pappy Was a Pistol (put together, the album titles form a legendary old country song), I'm a Son of a Gun continues and expands the Filthy Thievin' Bastards' career-long impersonation of the early Pogues. A side project of the Swingin' Utters' Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski that previously existed mostly to showcase Bonnel's shockingly accurate mimicry of Shane MacGowan's vocals (best shown off on the opening "Filthy Drunken Poet"), I'm a Son of a Gun branches out a bit to include elements of other folk and country styles, like the Bob Wills homage "Oh Sweet Misery" and the Nick Cave-like dirge "Down Every Day." I'm a Son of a Gun isn't meant to be taken seriously in the least -- as if song titles like "Dumb Dead Goats" weren't enough of a clue -- but the surprise is how tuneful, memorable and fun these songs are even at their most obviously parodic. This is a genuinely great bit of lighthearted folk-punk, well worth a listen even for those with little use for the Pogues. ~ Stewart Mason

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (p.166) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Reserved strumming and a more upbeat style equally accent singer Johnny Bonnel's easy-on-the-ears delivery."