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The Mother Hips
Days Of Sun & Grass

Compil. 2011 on The Mother Hips Records label
Rock (Psychedelic Rock, Country Rock, Folk Rock, Rock’n’Roll)

Limited Edition 4-CD Box Set. Includes 80 page booklet. Limited to 1000 copies. To commemorate 20 years of California Soul, The Mother Hips released a limited edition 4-CD box set entitled 'Days of Sun & Grass' containing unreleased outtakes, demos, B-sSides and live cuts from 1990-2001.' The band and their archivist uncovered countless hours of tapes from the Mother Hips vaults to come up with the 4-plus hours of all unreleased music chronicling eleven years of the band's history.  The collection is spread out over a 4-CD set - each CD representing a different era of the band’s career. Volume One traces the bands’ evolution at Chico State University from 1990 - 1992 when founding members Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono were an acoustic duo and includes early sketches of fan favorites illustrating the progression to their four-piece rock 'n' roll band. Volume Two concentrates on their road-weary hard-partying major label days and includes outtakes from this period’s recording sessions.  Volume Three focuses on their sobered-up days releasing records for independent labels and when their songwriting became more concise and focused.  Volume Four is a radio appearance CD most notably featuring the first known interview with Bluhm and Loiacono while they were students in the Chico State dormitory and within a week of their first show together when they were known as Ali and the Cats, and is very telling of what's to come.  Along with the 4 CDs, the box set includes cover art from Sierra Nevada Brewery artist Jason Roberson, an 88-page booklet containing vintage photos, posters, press articles, and extensive liner notes on each track from the band and those associated with the recordings, and paints a vivid aural and pictorial history and explaining why the band has been so special in the early years as well as proving why they are even more relevant today.

Musicians

	The Mother Hips , *1991 US album by, songwriter
	Isaac Parsons b, voc, songwriter
	Tim Bluhm voc, g, *1970 US songwriter
	Merle Travis g, voc, 1917-1983 US songwriter
	Greg Loiacono voc, g, songwriter
	Erik Bluhm , songwriter
	Jack Chick , songwriter
	Paul Hoaglin voc, songwriter
	Danny West g, p, vc, songwriter
	Donny Farmer , songwriter
	Mark Brewer , songwriter
	Dennis Linde voc, b, 1943-2006 US songwriter
	Gene Clark voc, tam, 1944-1991 US songwriter

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