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Playing Eugene Feb 23rd

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THIS JUST IN...THE STRANGE TONES AND THE VOLCANO VIXENS CAPTURED LIVE AND IN PERSON BY FAR AWAY FILMS. BE SURE TO MUTE OR PAUSE THE SONG PLAYER ABOVE BEFORE STARTING.
WE'RE BACK!!!! AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH OUR ARCH NEMISIS..."THE MAN"... WHO HIJACKED OUR AND DELETED OUR ACCOUNT...THE FORCES OF GOOD HAVE TRIUMPHED. WE HAVE WON THIS ROUND...BUT THE STRUGGLE CONTINUESNEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE EDGEFIELD RING IN THE NEW YEAR IN STYLE... IT'S A LEGENDARY STRANGE TONES' VOLCANO PARTY! AS YOU KNOW THE STRANGE TONES SHARE THEIR VOLCANO HIDEOUT AS WELL AS THEIR LARGER MISSION WITH THEIR PARTNERS THE VOLCANO VIXENS...VIOLET AND VIVIAN! WHAT THE STRANGE TONES DO WITH THEIR ONE OF A KIND SOUND THESE LADIES DO WITH THEIR ORIGINAL DANCES...LATE NIGHTS AFTER MUSICAL PERFORMANCES OR OTHER SONIC CRIME FIGHTING DUTIES JULIE, SLIM, JD, ANDY, VIOLET AND VIVIAN RETURN TO THEIR UNDISCLOSED SECURE LOCATION... THEIR "HOME SWEET VOLCANO HOME"WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS A MATTER OF SPECULATION AND RUMOR... BUT WE KNOW IT CONSISTS OF ORIGINAL DANCING, CRIME-A-BILLY MUSIC AND EXTREME FUN... WELL...THE VOLCANO PARTY IS COMING TO YOU AND MCMENAMIN'S EDGEFIELD TONIGHT 9:00PM!!!! DON'T MISS IT! This just in... Click here to listen to The Oregonian's OregonLive Podcast about The Strange Tones brand new CD "We're On Our Way" by Don CampbellOCTOBER 6TH IS THE WORLD DEBUT OF "WE'RE ON OUR WAY" AND THE AMAZING VOLCANO VIXENS (FEATURING OUR FRIENDS...VIOLET AND VIVIAN!) THANK YOU DI OF "THE RAZOR & DI SHOW" FOR PLAYING THE STRANGE TONES ON WLUW 88.7 CHICAGO! HER SHOW HAS A VERY COOL FORMAT...GOOD MUSIC! SHE PLAYS A GREAT VARIETY OF DIVERSE MATERIAL...SO BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT!HUGE THANKS TO YANNICK!!! HE IS THE HOST OF THE GREAT RADIO SHOW "A DATE WITH ELVIS" AND HE'S BEEN PLAYING MATERIAL FROM CRIME-A-BILLY ON JET FM 91.2 NANTES FRANCE. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT HIS SHOW! Want your very own copy of a Strange Tones CD? Click here to get it now from CDBABY.COM!"Crime-A-Billy" charts at NUMBER 11 in "TOP BLUES EN LA FM NATIONAL DE ESPANA" (SPAINS FM BLUES CHART)Huge thanks to VICENTE of LA HORA DEL BLUES!STRANGE TONES ARE 2005 and 2006 MUDDY AWARD WINNERS FROM THE CASCADE BLUES ASSOCIATION FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY BAND! and ELECTRIC GUITAR!WE EXTEND THANKS TO ALL OF THE CBA MEMBERS FOR VOTING FOR US TWO YEARS IN A ROW...WE NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD HAPPEN...THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!FEEL FREE TO USE ANY OF THESE SONGS ON YOUR MYSPACE PROFILE... Check Out "Crime-A-Billy"... the low budget web video from the title track of The Strange Tones new CD (clicking on this will open a new window) FIRST PAUSE THE SONG IF ONE IS PLAYING!!! "I'm in the cult man, I'm in the cult! Guitar Julie tell me when I drink the Kool-Aid!!! I've got eyes as big as pie plates behind this CD!" Thayrone-X Host of Bone Conduction Music Show WAAM 1600 Ann Arbor, MI NEWS UPDATE -STRANGE TONES FEATURED ON MASSIVE ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN RADIO STATION WAAM 1600AM - "THE BONE CONDUCTION MUSIC SHOW" HOSTED BY THE LEGENDARY CRAZY MAN THAYRONE -X... Hop on over to Thayrone's crazy site and click check out the playlist..."Crime A Billy" may be their latest CD but this music will live on to become classic Americana. Superbly Sinful! PORTLAND ROOTS MUSIC PROJECT"The Strange Tones are a fine funky band that plays rockin' roots music with the fervor of true believers. Their sound is stripped of gratuitous flash because these guys know Jimmy Reed's secret, that one note is better than a hundred, especially if it's the perfect one". John Foyston, THE OREGONIANThe Strange Tones turn in a rip roaring, label defying bunch of great tunes PORTLAND BLUES.COM"Best bass man I know." SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINSMembers of The Strange Tones have performed with or shared the bill with Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, Jeff Healy, Long John Baldry, Guitar Shorty, J.J. Malone, Troyce Key, Johnny Shines, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Robben Ford, Otis Clay, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Joe Louis Walker, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, Little Charlie and the NightcatsCrime-A-Billy has erupted from the great Pacific Northwest! Spawned like a crazed salmon in a river of whiskey and microbrew this CD swims against the currents of mainstream music. Your iPod may try but The Strange Tones and this new CD defy a quick and easy classification. Well schooled and respected in the blues scene, the band has created its own sound by blending blues, rock-a-billy, surf, swamp, R&B, and even a sonic tip of the hat to the likes of the hardboiled Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe. The result is a combustible one-of-a-kind album.

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Member Since: 9/23/2005
Band Website: strangetones.com
Band Members: GUITAR JULIE - LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR SUBURBAN SLIM - LEAD & RHYTHM GUTAR JD HUGE - DRUMS ANDY STRANGE - FENDER BASS, BOTTLENECK GUITAR & HARMONICA AND FOR THE REALLY, REALLY BIG SHOWS... ON REALLY, REALLY BIG STAGES... THE STRANGE TONES PARTNERS IN CRIME-A-BILLY... AND ROOM MATES IN THEIR VOLCANO HIDEOUT THE VOLCANO VIXENSFEATURING VIOLET AND VIVIAN VIXEN. DO NOT LET THE FRINGE FOOL YOU!!! THESE TALENTED WOMEN ARE AS SERIOUS AS THE STRANGE TONES ARE WHEN IT COMES TO SONIC CRIME FIGHTING!

Influences: Blues, Surf, Swamp. Rock-A-Billy,Instro,Reverb,Tremolo
Sounds Like: Sonic crime fighters armed with Fender tube amps. The reverb, and tremolo set to stun or slay...depending on the situation. These are vintage sounds but lively tones battling the forces of musical evil: formula, corporations, and compliance. Straight 12 bar blues band??? NO...bluesy but not straight! Instro-surf??? SOMETIMES but not all night. Rock-a-billy??? Been sighted in the county limits but they don't live there! What the hell is it then? It's The Strange Tones and their brand new cd ...WE'RE ON OUR WAY!
Record Label: Meteor Sonic Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Strange Tones review and music on "Next Big Thing"!!!!

Here a review from the very cool podcast NEXT BIG THING! What's NEXT BIG THING? it's where "music tourism, independent music where genres, tribes and coolness mix." ... Thanks Martin and NEXT BIG THIN...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:34:00 PST

The Strange Tones receive excellent review in "Blues In Britain Magazine"

Check out this review we received in "Blues In Britain" magazine. Not bad for an employee owned and operated Crime-A-Billy band!The Strange Tones - We're On Our WayMeteor Sonic Records - no catSince t...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:47:00 PST

The Strange Tones make the C.B.A. Hall of Fame!

That's right The Strange Tones were just inducted into the Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame. The band won their third Muddy Award in a row for "Best Contemporary Act" (2005,2006 and 2007) earlie...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST

The Strange Tones win Two Muddys for Second Year in A Row!

Thank you C.B.A. members for voting us "Best Contemporary Blues Act" and Slim "Best Electric Guitar" for the second year in a row. We were very suprized and thankful! The Cascade Blues Association rea...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST

Our latest CD is Number 11 on Spanish Radio Blues Chart

That's right! The Strange Tones' CD "Crime-A-Billy" charted at number 11 nationally in Spain on the FM Blues Radio charts. The band is working on setting up some summerime dates and we will keep you p...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST

The Strange Tones receive two CASCADE BLUES ASSOCIATION MUDDY AWARD NOMINATIONS!

The Strange Tones are nominated for two prestigious Cascacde Blues Association Muddy Awards for BEST CONTEMPORARY BAND and BEST ELECTRIC GUITAR! The C.B.A. is a great organization that has helped crea...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST

The Strange Tones CD Review from "La Hora Del Blues" -Barcelona Spain

We just received this review from "La Hora Del Blues" and our entire cd...yes we said our entire cd "Crime-A-Billy" will be featured on 96.6 FM. BARCELONA (SPAIN) on Friday May 19th. Check out http://...
Posted by The Strange Tones on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST