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About Me

Thaddeus was born the son of a preacher in rural Kentucky. He traveled with his parents for his whole upbringing, from Kentucky to Louisiana, Mississippi, back to Kentucky, then on to France, Benin, and Cote d'Ivoire, never staying in one place for longer than three years.He began performing at age five in a rural Kentucky diner, continuing to sing professionally in his father's various congregations around the world.At age 16, in Cote d'Ivoire, he played for his first drunks and fell in love with them. Subsequently, he began writing his first songs, at the same age, inspired by the ocean, skateboarding, girls, gospel, marijuana, and the plight of the poverty-stricken nations he had visited, and he hasn't stopped.Since then, he has performed as far east as Nigeria and as far west as Arkansas. Many lo-fi recordings have been in circulation for 15 years, but in 2003, he began work on his first full length LP, What it Was Like, which was released in 2004.Thaddeus is currently shopping his second major recording, recording the third record, and writing the fourth. The moniker, "Oldman Lowdown," is derived from a combination of a Jack Kerouac quote and a tribute to the aging drunks, pimps, whores, preachers, poets, prophets, junkies, refugees, hustlers, gamblers, revolutionaries, and other general ne'er do wells he has encountered during his travels.This site is an outlet for demos of songs already recorded professionally and old lo-fi recordings.To purchase a CD, contact Thaddeus as soon as possible.

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Member Since: 9/11/2006
Band Members: Thaddeus- guitar, vocals, harmonica others include: Rick "duck" Hackworth, Thommy Goodwin Jr., Robert Cramer, Neil Bell, Fred "Mgangi's Dog"Hanchett, Philip Hart, Helen Blythe-Hart, Nathan Fitch, Scott Thompson, Stefens Hardin, Raphael Fraisse, Gerald Evans, Chainsaw Red, Robbie Cosenza, Jeff Wilburn, Smitty, James Rodgers, John Rodgers, Paul Kidwell, Young Sean, Ol'Shawn Spencer, Tom Coply, Meredith Freeman, Ryan "red" Kindry, Chris, Steve Belew, Chris Sullivan, Lance Denison, Ibrahima Cissoko and the ones I forget but their names will come to me.
Influences: Butthole Surfers, Tom Waits, Bird, Diz, Max Roach, Will Oldham, The flaming Lips, The Smacks!, all three Hanks Neil Young, Robbie Cosenza, G.G. Allin, Earl Crim, Nelson "panty melter" Felix, The Magnolia Electric Co., Alasdair Roberts, Russell Holbrook, Me, Charley Patton, Fred Mcdowell, Son House, Hasil Adkins, Jon Spencer, The BJM, Rolling Stones, Neutral Milk Hotel, Vladimir Visotsky, Fela Kuti, Steve Belew, Thommy Goodwin, Big Youth, Scratch Perry, Bad Brains, H.F. Thiefene, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Larry Norman, Sonic Youth, The VU, the Sex Pistols, The Dead Kennedy's, The Dead Milkmen, Dinosaur JR, Sebadoh
Sounds Like: Rock and Roll
Record Label: 100% independent at the moment
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Fuck Wichita Kansas and that damned union rescue mission

hiya folks drop me a note and I will send you a copy of my new song 10m+ concerning a tail chase that landed me in deep shit but taught me a valuble lesson about some of Zappas folks. love me or...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:24:00 PST

calm

a bientot cheres when you get a chance listen and enjoy or don't Thaddeus bartholomew GREEAR
Posted by oldman lowdown on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:13:00 PST

quest a freak demo and studio

Well folks this song was originally entitled ouest a freak but due to a glitch in the art work my close and personal friend J. Todd Dokery entitled it Quest a freak. The demo was reorded at the mansio...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:07:00 PST

the kentucky moonshiner live

This is one of my all time favorite folk songs. This was recorded around 2000 2001 at a club now known as the Dame it was then called Dante's. The staff is Meredith Freeman keyboards, Tom Coply Bass, ...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:17:00 PST

La Cote D'Ivoire

This is a reading from one of my books, accompanied by drums and bass. The book is called Last Call for Alcohol and was published in 1999. recorded in the mansion circa 2002. i thank wild turkey and h...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:45:00 PST

Threshold Blocker fo real

This is the released version. The staff is Robbie Cosenza on drums and backing vocals, Chris Sullivan on lap steel, moi on guitars bass and vocals. Enjoy or don't Thaddeus
Posted by oldman lowdown on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:43:00 PST

threshold blocker narco demo

This is some of my best songwriting. It was written in the mansion on the hill in Georgetown, KY circa fall 2002. I was at a low point. I had just finished campaigning for my dear friend Ga...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:30:00 PST

Review of What it Was Like by Paul Kopaz

Oldman Lowdown (Thaddeus)What it Was Like This independent release by Georgetown-basedsinger-songwriter Thaddeus Greear is well worth asecond and third listen. Work...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:37:00 PST

Pocket of Quarters

This song was written in Georgetown, KY circa 2001. There are two versions posted the demo and then the released version. The demo was recorded by moi in the basement studio using a computer mi...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:48:00 PST

live at the livewire summer 2005

I can never forget that night. I had been up for two days thanks to a colombian friend who we will call juan valdez and was drinking early times to get right. No sleep no food plenty whisky and ...
Posted by oldman lowdown on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:43:00 PST