From: David Sarno <dsarno@pipeline.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 23:41:13 -0500
Message-Id: <199411150441.XAA22697@pipe1.pipeline.com>
To: ftp@locust.cic.net
Subject: (Fwd) The Bowler Boys  
Status: O

Forwarding mail by: pauls@cic.net () on 11/7/94 10:56:08 PM
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THE BOWLER BOYS
Austin, TX

This quirky 7 piece is one of the growing  number of Texas ska 
bands.  I'm not quite  sure what ship landed at the lone-star 
state,  but it brought with it some true ska fans. 
Unfortunately, this band suffers from a  common ailment of ska 
bands.  Simply
stated, one should be particular when filling  the lead vocal 
position.  The music is pretty  good.  A few interesting 
variations which  make them sound somewhere in between the  
English Beat and late Madness.

Their only recording available is a cassette,  
WORD-SOUND-POWER.  This six song
tape is the only thing I've heard from them. There are a few 
interesting items on it.  The  song, "From Cairo With Love," is 
this great  JB tribute.  There is also a hidden (well, not  
that hard to find) cover of Laurel Aikens  "Sally Brown."  It's 
pretty mediocre.  It  breaks my one rule about American ska
bands:  never cover a song unless you can
get near the original.  Let's face it, "Sally  Brown" is a 
tough song to improve upon. Furthermore, they make lyrical 
changes, and  they are beyond annoying.  O.K. enough
harshing.

CASSETTE: WORD-SOUND-POWER
1/2* (Bowler Boys, PO Box 50512,
Austin, TX  78763) N/A