Fri 14 Dec 2007
The Muggs – Humble Pie, Cactus, and Free Have Nothing On The Muggs
Posted by A1 Mark under PodcastNo Comments
If you love Love Sculpture, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown or any of the above menchened bands you have a new must have band, The Muggs.
I asked Tony if he could tell us anything about their song “White Boy Blues”?
Tony said: “SIT AROUND ALL YOU CHILDREN AND I’LL TELL YOU A TALE!
THE YEAR WAS 1999, DANNY AND I ( TONYMUGGS) WERE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT AT A BLUES BAR IN GREEKTOWN CALLED ‘THE MUSIC MENU’. BILL HEID, A FAMOUS BLUES, JAZZ PIANIST WAS GIGGING THAT NIGHT. AT SOME POINTBETWEEN SONGS, HE MADE THIS REMARK, “HERE’S A SLOW BLUES THAT THOSE LONG HAIRS RUINED BACK IN THE DAY.” SO DANNY AND I CO-WROTE THE LYRICS AS A REBUTTAL TO SUCH ACCUSATIONS BEING THAT WE’RE WHITE BOYS AND WE HAD LONG HAIR.”
What can your Muggs & Muggettes do to help The Muggs become more popular ?
Tony: “FIRSTLY, PLEASE GO ON LINE AND PURCHASE OUR LP, A TSHIRT AND LIVE DVD/DOCUMENTARY IF YOU ARE ABLE.(THEY MAKE PERFECT CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFERS!) REALLY, WE OWN OUR 1ST LP WHICH MEANS THAT 100% GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR POCKETS. IF ENOUGH FANS BUY OUR LP AND MERCH, THEN WE WILL HAVE MONIES FOR A VAN, INSURANCE, GAS, HOTELS…..SO WE CAN COME TO YER TOWN AND TOUR REGULARLY. SECONDLY, WORD OF MOUTH. I’M GUESSING EVERYONE THAT IS GONNA READ THIS IS SHIT COOL AND IS ALREADY LISTENING TO MUSIC THAT MATTERS AND NOT LISTENING TO THE 85% BAD MUSIC ON THE RADIO. PLEASE, JUST TELL YER FRIENDS THAT THERE IS AN UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT OF MUSIC THAT IS RELEVENT. WE MAKE THIS MUSIC BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. IT’S URGUNT. IT MATTERS.”
Please tell your friends call the radio stations and buy there CD. Lets make the Muggs As big as they should be.