Title: Madness of Happiness
Artist: Truckstop Honeymoon
Label: CD Baby
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 606713105829
Genre: Country

"One of the most integrated, enjoyable, counterculture acts around" Dirty Linen Magazine, USA "Bluegrass, punk-rock and a palpable dose of soul" The Pitch, Kansas City MO Hollering with all their hearts over a five string banjo and a doghouse bass, Trucktop Honeymoon live the life they sing about. Touring across three continents with four kids and a truck load of songs, Katie and Mike West tell stories about the strangeness of everyday life. Their music combines elements of bluegrass, music hall jazz and straight up rock'n'roll. Vaudevillian wit and showmanship. Spike their energetic live shows, while the fearless honesty of their songs touches the hearts of listners around the world. "Tales of cheating spouses, bad attitudes, short-change romances, endless asphalt and dodgy diners, all told with a "psychobilly" sense of playfulness, ringing banjo and a bass as certain as a highway centerline" The Herald, Newcastle, Australia. In eleven years Truckstop Honeymoon have released eight CDs and a full length documentary film on Baton Rouge label, Squirrel Records. They perform at International folk festivals, rock clubs, neighborhood bars, house concerts and hay barns from Nebraska to Tasmania. "They spit on enough conventions to keep things interesting" The Onion, Madison WI Truckstop Honeymoon's story begins in New Orleans, where Katie played wash-tub bass and blues piano in the streets of the French Quarter. There she met Mike, who slung a banjo and sold his CDs to tourists as a curative for hangovers and small mindedness. After a court house wedding, they hit the road together. They spent their wedding night in a trucks stop somewhere between Lafayette and the Atchafalaya Swamp. There Truckstop Honeymoon was born. "Charming, incisive and funny" Sing Out Magazine, USA In 2005 Mike and Katie's home and recording studio (the 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor) were washed away by hurricane Katrina. After a few months of living out of their van, they took their young family to the midwest music mecca of Lawrence, Kansas. Here they quickly established a reputation not only as a band, but also as producers of other recording artists. They rebuilt their studio, while continuing to tour Australia, Europe and the US. They even founded the first (and only) annual Mardi Gras parade in Kansas. "It's like the family story hour, a tent revival, a night at a speakeasy, a trip to a house of ill repute and a family picnic all rolled into one." F5, Wichita KS.

Tracks:
1.1 List of Chore
1.2 Watching the Weather
1.3 Sometimes I Cry
1.4 Home Is Not a Hotel
1.5 Little Red Bird
1.6 Sunday in Ponca City
1.7 People in Love
1.8 Couch Surfing with a Family of Six
1.9 The City That You Loved
1.10 Running Like a Child
1.11 Running Shoes
1.12 Don't Put Words in My Mouth
1.13 Lego Airplane
1.14 House of Love
1.15 The Madness of Happiness

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