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King Tears

King Tears

About Me

Hello there good people reading this. We are thrilled you are here to learn something about our band. It's been one hell of a ride for us and as for right now, King Tears is on hiatus. We'd like to thank you for your support and interest is us. We've got some great songs and a lot of material recorded yet to be finished and yet to be released. I hope that we see you out there around Austin and until that day, "may love ever possess you, may peace come into your heart.." If you can name the man behind that quote then you most likely have this record in your collection.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/6/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/kingtears
Band Members: Cliff Brown Jr.: (The Cunning Runts, The Frydaddys, Jennyanykind, Milton Mapes, Sunset): Guitar, Bass, Keys, Vocals, Drums, etc..

David Hess, aka Dirty Baby: (Super Sonic Uke, Seahorse, Baby Got Bacteria): Guitar, Vocals, etc..

Friends, Contributors and Amazing Musicians:
Roberto Sanchez (Milton Mapes, Monahans): Drums, Percussion
Cully Symington: Drums
Chad Shaw: Bass, Organ
Michelle Anthony: Keys
Kullen Fuchs: Trumpet, Piano, Sounds

Sounds Like: Texas Platters

BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY

King Tears
Rope Chair Needle
Some might mistake Austin quartet King Tears for goths: They're named after a local mortuary, and their debut takes its title from three common methods of capital punishment. Yet there's not a single murder ballad here; even "Heaven or Hell" turns out to be about a difficult relationship instead of any afterlife destination. Conveniently positioned between Moonlight Towers' fuzzy pop and Milton Mapes' grizzled Americana – Towers' James Stevens recorded the album; Mapes' Greg Vanderpool did the cover art – Rope's nine songs are cut from the same rustic cloth. Steady, unforced tempos, and well-placed banjo and harmonica, lend an unmistakable air of Big Pink to the proceedings. "Beg Me to Follow" invites the Grooveline horns inside for some shambling fireside Stonesery, and "Comin' Around" choogles along like John Fogerty bumping into the Faces at last call. If some songs (the title track) are a little too soft-focus at times, their unflagging amiability grants them the necessary leeway. This is music meant for relaxing on the porch, with a tall glass of lemonade or something stronger, whiling away the lazy summer hours in the shade. Indeed, Rope Chair Needle offers precious little to cry about at all.

Discography ::

Down In Luck Ep (2003)
Recorded at Half-A-Warehouse, with Darwin Smith.
This is where their record label gets it's name.
The EP title comes from a homeless woman holding a sign which read::
"Down In Luck."

Rope Chair Needle (2005)
Recorded at The Bridge Studios with James Stevens.
The Title of RCN comes from the common sight of road-side chaingangs
working along the roads and in the fields of Brown's native state
Alabama.

Almost There Records::
Who's Who (2004)
"Legal Matter"
King Tears covers The Who's "Legal Matter"
From their 1965 debut album My Generation.

Turn 1 (2005)
"Socialist Worker"
B-side from the King Tears Rope Chair Needle Sessions.

Record Label: Southern Songs Ltd.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

King Tears : Get Saved Vol.1

Hello Folks,Well, We got the master back for the "Get Saved" EP. This is our third record mastered by Jim Wilson of Airshow Mastering in Boulder, Colorado.  Jim has ears of gold and some damn goo...
Posted by King Tears on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:38:00 PST

November 2007 Update

Hello Beautiful People,My my my it has been a long time coming for an update and what better time now that we are staring down the barrel towards 2008 we at the camp de King Tears thought it would be ...
Posted by King Tears on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:17:00 PST

King Tears : Sessions at CornerWorld

We were recently asked to play the premire internet broadcast of Sessions at CornerWorld. We were happy to olbige. Check us out here. ...
Posted by King Tears on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:39:00 PST

Recording Update

so . .maybe you want to know what's been happening in the camp de King Tears these days, or maybe you don't?? Either way we'd like you to know we've been back in the studio (the new and improved rambl...
Posted by King Tears on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:20:00 PST

King Tears on iTunes

Hello :: You can now buy Rope Chair Needle on iTunes, just follow the link below. King Tears: Rope Chair Needle Enjoy! King Tears ...
Posted by King Tears on Tue, 16 May 2006 10:44:00 PST

New King Tears Tunes @ KingTears.com

For a limited time only visitors to our website can download some tracks we played on KUT's Eklektikos yesterday. The files are a bit large because they are .wav files m(soon to be replaced with MP3'...
Posted by King Tears on Thu, 11 May 2006 07:31:00 PST

King Tears on CNBC :: American Made

Hello,We were recently selected to be part of "American Made" on CNBC. 3 of our songs were selected to run throughout Episode 2. "American Made" is a documentary show all about Entreprenuers. Episod...
Posted by King Tears on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:18:00 PST

Preview of new tunes from King Tears :: Get Saved

Hello, We have posted two new cuts from our forth-coming record, if it's okay to still call releases records.  How about from our new recording.  These are two of the rockers :: Blues in A ...
Posted by King Tears on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:22:00 PST

two show cancellations

and they are :: thursday mar 2 @ the triple crown friday mar 17 @ the hole in the wall thank you for reading and listening. king tears
Posted by King Tears on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:12:00 PST

La Zona Rosa this saturday, come on out . .

hello, we are ramping up to make some public appearances. our first one is this weekend w/ the hackberries and michelle anthony @ La Zona Rosa. We are playing the middle slot and we'd love to have ...
Posted by King Tears on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:45:00 PST