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| The Boxmasters | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Boxmasters
Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $11.29
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1461
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79862
UPC: 015707986229
EAN: 0015707986229
ASIN: B0017V8PXA
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new factory sealed 2 disc set. Tiny hole on back of box.
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | The Poor House - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | Build Your Own Prison - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | I'll Give You a Ring - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | The Last Place They Would Look - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | Shit List - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | I'm Watchin' the Game - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | 20 Years Ago - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | That Mountain - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | The Work of Art - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | 2-Bit Grifter - The Boxmasters, Thornton, B. | | • | The Girl on the Side - The Boxmasters, Thornton | | • | No Whiskey in Heaven - The Boxmasters, Thornton |
Disc 2
| • | She's Lookin' Better by the Minute - The Boxmasters, Helms, Jimmie | | • | Some of Shelley's Blues - The Boxmasters, Nesmith, Michael | | • | Memories of You and I - The Boxmasters, Clayton, Lee | | • | Yesterday's Gone - The Boxmasters, Kidd, Wendy | | • | Knoxville Girl - The Boxmasters, Louvin, Charlie | | • | I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Boxmasters, Lennon, John | | • | Sawmill - The Boxmasters, Tillis, Mel | | • | Original Mixed Up Kid - The Boxmasters, Hunter, Ian | | • | House at Pooh Corner - The Boxmasters, Loggins, Kenny | | • | Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) - The Boxmasters, Nesmith, Michael | | • | The Kids Are Alright - The Boxmasters, Townshend, Pete |
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Product Description
Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters sound combines the influence of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kinks, and the Animals, fused with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams. Fashioned after a 1960 s-era mod band (including matching suits and ties!), The Boxmasters upbeat rhythms and infectious arrangements contrast sardonically with the very dark themes they explore lyrically.
Album Description
Two CD set. Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters, composed of W.R. 'Bud' Thornton (drums, vocals/background vocals), J.D. Andrew (electric/acoustic guitars, bass, background vocals) and Mike Butler (electric guitar, lap steel, obro). The 23 tracks on The Boxmasters feature original songs penned and co-penned by Billy Bob Thornton and J.D. Andrew. They also include some classic cover tunes with a distinctive flair. The Boxmasters was produced by W.R. 'Bud' Thornton and GRAMMY-winning engineer J.D. Andrew. The idea of The Boxmasters came to Billy Bob while he was working on his previous solo album, Beautiful Door, which received ritical acclaim and was voted one of the Top 10 Americana albums in 2007 by GRITZ magazine.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Good, solid roots music June 17, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of Billy Bob Thornton's music ever since I stumbled across PRIVATE RADIO at the local Wal-Mart several years ago (a copy was tucked away behind some more contemporary country CDs). I picked it up, gave it a spin, and was forever changed. BBT doesn't give a rat's petoot what you think of him; he makes music like he wants. Each one of his four solo albums has sounded different than the other: RADIO was mostly acoustic, THE EDGE OF THE WORLD was more pop/country, HOBO was rather bluesy, and BEAUTIFUL DOOR leaned heavily on folk.
Thus, it comes as no surprise that The Boxmasters' self-titled debut album sounds completely different than anything BBT has put out before (despite the fact that it revists RADIO, thanks to an up-dated and electrified "That Mountain," sans the spoken intro). Along with guitarist/bassist J.D. Andrew and lead guitarist Michael Wayne Butler, Thornton (drums and lead vocals) has created an album that dwells within the confines of the Bakersfield Sound, with a few forrays into Sixties pop coming near the end of the first disc. The first disc is certainly the album's highlight: 12 originals, all written or co-written by Thornton (with a couple co-writes going to Andrew) that deal with the highs and lows of hillbilly life. Some of them are laugh-out-loud hilarious; some of them are the dark and depressing material that Thornton has previously explored (PRIVATE RADIO is not an album to listen to while you're depressed). It's be a bit of a challenge to go through the first disc and pick highlights; they are all stellar tracks, expertly written and performed.
The second disc features 11 cover tunes, and this is where THE BOXMASTERS flounders a bit. The trick is to listen to the second disc (titled "Theirs") as a whole. If you do this, it sounds like a garage band playing a medley of some of their favorite songs by other people. I'm sure that was the idea; it would have been better to make disc two one long track. It just seems a bit too experimental, if taken track-by-track. Best to take it in as one long, continuous listen. That'll give you time to savor some of the more minor details, such as the murder ballad "Knoxville Girl" segueing into the Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," or Loggins and Messina's "House at Pooh Corner" given an up-tempo country shuffle (not to mention Thornton going "Pooh! Oooooh!"). If you take disc two for what it is--a group of buddies enjoying the music that inspired them--you'll appreciate it more.
Still...it's the first disc that will hold your attention. As well it should. Billy Bob Thornton and the guys aren't going to become filthy rich off this record--let's face it, radio won't play it. It's "too country." It's uncensored. It's raw and real and gritty. It's good, in other words. The Boxmasters have created some real, genuine country music, minus the glitter and glammer that comes with pop-culture influence. You can take this record as another BBT release, or you can look at the group as a band; either way, you're bound to appreciate what Thornton and his cohorts have crafted. Take a few listens. Laugh a little. Cry a little. Either way, you're going to think a lot. And you're going to have a damn good time.
ROOTS COUNTRY - BILLY BOB A TRUE HILLBILLY June 11, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
WELL THIS SOUND AUTHENTIC TO ME, SOME GOOD HUMOR, SOME GREAT PEDAL STEEL, NICE HILLBILLY COUNTRY RENDITIONS OF SOME OLD CLASSICS. BILLY BOB IS A TRUE HILLBILLY. ALL SONGS HAVE A NICE BRIDGE CONNECTING EACH OF THE SONGS, IS A NICE CONTINUUM. A THROW BACK TO THE OLD DAYS OF EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH BLAND COUNTRY ROCK OF TODAY. I HAD TO SCRAPE MY SHOES AFTER LISTENING TO THIS ONE. IS SPLIT ON TWO DISC "OURS" AND "THEIRS"......... THEIRS ARE REMAKES OF SOME STANDARDS INCLUDING THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT AND I SAW HER STANDING THERE, AN IAN HUNTER SONGS, AND TWO WRITTEN BY MIKE NESMITH (NO MONKEY-ING AROUND HERE!). ANYWAYS I LIKED IT! THE KINDS OF SONGS YOU HEARD IN THE "DEW DROP IN" BACK IN THE DAY!
wow! cool sound June 19, 2008
I stumbled on this group yesterday and i can't stop listening. I am going to run out and get the CD today. Neat mix of rockabilly and retro. Reminds me of Lyle Lovett or Buck Owens. Fun!
 This Band is Off the Hook June 23, 2008
This CD Rocks. Lyric writing is clever and Billy Bob owns the Microphone. JD Andrew adds great color on Guitar and vocals. This brings hill billy rock to a new level. Can't wait to see them in concert!
Go see them in person!!! June 24, 2008
I was in the Late Late Show audience for their performance on the show June 19th!! Billy Bob Thornton is such a versatile entertainer! Loved his chat with Craig Ferguson...very open and humorous. Then with a change of clothing, the Boxmasters began to give us a musical experience that when I heard the opening rhythm I was ready to dash out to buy the CD! Being a teen in the 60's, the influences of the mod bands & hillbilly & meaningful lyrics of folk songs were relevant to me as well, so this is a very refreshing and unique combination of sound! After watching the show via TIVO when I returned home though, the sound was absolutely electric in the studio...not so great in my living room! If people get the chance, catch the BOXMASTERS in person!!!
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