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For now this is a one-off project - a tribute to Country-/Novelty-singer-songwriter Roger Miller, made by two friends from the DIY underground.
Mathias Kom is a Canadian musician, songwriter and academic. He releases most of his efforts as The Burning Hell. His work has received many accolades for its wit, humour and wordplay, as well as for his bariton vocals.
Toby Goodshank is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Toby Goodshank made his high-profile musical debut playing acoustic guitar in The Moldy Peaches. He has a prolific solo career, recording 14 albums in a five-year span and touring Europe with artists including Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson. He has since become a prominent voice in the underground NYC music scene. Goodshank is also adept at pen-and-ink drawing, and usually designs packaging for his records. He has written a number of comics, and has designed merchandise and cover art for several other artists.
We hope, hat he is not an unknown to you. Otherwise you may dig here:
Roger Miller at Wikipedia,
Mathias Kom about Miller Time:
" Many years ago I did a short tour with Toby through some small, strange places in Spain and southern France. Of course, it was a treat to hear Toby Goodshank songs every night, but he also occasionally covered songs like "My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died" or "Tom Green County Fair," and as a fellow Roger Miller enthusiast I’ve been wanting to collaborate on a project like this with Toby for ages. I guess it took the pandemic to give us both the time. We did this all rather casually and slowly, sending bits of songs back and forth to each other down the special information superhighway that links NYC and Prince Edward Island.
Gradually each song took shape, Toby and I inspiring each other to add or subtract parts based on what the other had done. We started by each choosing a batch of songs we wanted to tackle, but we also allowed ourselves to stray off course from time to time. Roger Miller has such an exhaustive catalog of greatness that we could record a dozen more albums like this and still be struggling to narrow down the material. Like Toby, the first Roger Miller songs I ever heard were the ones he wrote for Robin Hood; I remember the prison scene with Miller as Allan-a-Dale the rooster singing "Not in Nottingham" making an especially vivid impression on my tiny child-mind. Then it was years before I heard anything else, but as soon as I did I knew I had found a favorite songwriter.
Every Roger Miller song contains such perfectly proportioned doses of humor and sincerity, silliness and gravity. His songs are endlessly relatable and deeply strange, and he sings as though he’s always winking at you, letting you in on the joke and inviting you, daring you to join in."
MILLER TIME LIVE
Mathias Kom & Toby Goodshank will play a set of Miller Time songs supporting The Burning Hell on these dates
Wed., 28 Sep DE - Nürtingen, Provisorium | Tickets
Thu., 29 Sep CZ - Praha, Kampus Hybernska Hlavní Město | Tickets
Fri., 30 Sep AT - Wien, Replugged | Tickets
Sat., 01 Oct DE - Fürth, Kulturort Badstraße 8 | Tickets
Sun., 02 Oct DE - Dresden, Ostpol | Tickets
Mon., 03 Oct DE - Berlin, Kantine am Berghain | Tickets
Wed., 05 Oct DE - Hamburg, Molotow | Tickets
Thu., 06 Oct DE - Hannover,Feinkost Lampe | Tickets
Fri., 07 Oct DE - Bremen, Schule 21 | Tickets
Sat., 08 Oct DE - Bremen, Schule 21 | Tickets
Sun., 09 Oct NL - Rotterdam, Koffie & Ambacht | Tickets
Tue., 11 Oct UK - Nottingham, The Old Cold Store | Tickets
Thu., 13 Oct UK - Glasgow, The Glad Cafe C.I.C (night1) | Tickets
Fri., 14 Oct UK - Glasgow, The Glad Cafe C.I.C (night2) | Tickets
Sat., 15 Oct UK - Newcastle Upon Tyne,Cluny | Tickets
Sun., 16 Oct UK - Halifax, Town Festival | Tickets
Mon., 17 Oct UK - Manchester, Deaf Institute | Tickets
Tue., 18 Oct UK - Bristol, presented by Here Comes Midnight | Tickets
Wed., 19 Oct UK - Lewes, Con Club | Tickets
Fri., 21 Oct UK - London, Bush Hall | Tickets
DOWNLOADS
album INFO/linernotes PDF
album CREDITS PDF
artist photo b/w - JPG
artist photo 4c - JPG
album cover - JPG
“Dang Me” Radio Single - WAV
artist: Mathias Kom & Toby Goodshank
title: Miller Time
label: BB*ISLAND (LC 52171)
Tracklisting:
01./A1. Oo-De-Lally
02./A2. Dang Me
03./A3. Tom Green County Fair
04./A4. Fair Swiss Maiden
05./A5. You Can’t Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
06./A6. When Two Worlds Collide
07./B1. King Of The Road
08./B2. Dad Blame Anything A Man Can’t Quit
09./B3. Not In Nottingham
10./B4. My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died
11./B5. Walking In The Sunshine
All songs written by Roger Miller except where noted
Personnel: Toby Goodshank, Mathias Kom
with TJ Huff, Leslie Graves, Kimberly Haven, Angela Carlucci, Frankie Sunswept
Arrangements: Mathias Kom, Toby Goodshank
Engineers: Frankie Sunswept, Mathias Kom
Mixing: Frankie Sunswept, Mathias Kom, Toby Goodhsank
Mastered by Frankie Sunswept for Sunswept Sounds
Art Direction & Layout: T.J. Huff, Logo by Toby Goodshank
(c) & (p) 2022, Mathias Kom/Toby Goodshank under exclusive license to BB*ISLAND
* LC 52171 * All rights reserved * Made in the EU *
LP: cat# BBI 0461, barcode: 4260064994615
CD: cat# BBI 0462, barcode: 4260064994622
digital: cat# BBI 0463, barcode: 4260064994639
distr.: (UK) Shellshock/Proper, (FR) Kuroneko, (IT) Goodfellas, (CH) Irascible, (BEN) Konkurrent,
(DE/AT/Export) Cargo/375media, (digital) The Orchard.
Label contact: Quintus Kannegiesser quintus@bbisland.de / ph: +49-176-766 146 06
BB*ISLAND * Moorburger Elbdeich 273H * 21079 Hamburg * Germany * https://bbislandmusic.com
