Fathers, Sons and Brothers CD

David Lowery Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven to release his new 28track solo album 34Fathers, Sons and Brothers34.34Fathers, Sons and Brothers34 is David039s musical autobiography, celebrating his youth, family, friends and the highs and lows of his lengthy 40year career in the music business.The album combines three of David039s previously onlineonly released autobiographical solo albums In The Shadow of the Bull, Leaving Key Member Clause, and Vending Machine, and also includes four new previously unreleased songs, as well as four newly rerecorded tracksHe039s been writing songs about people on the fringe for damn near a lifetime. 4043 years of detailing the idiosyncrasies of outcasts, losers, freaks and outliers in society in his two acclaimed, if not totally different, bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven.Lowery lets his memory, and pen, traverse back to some of his earliest memories as a child in an English seaside town 34Frozen Sea34. Throughout the length of the album, he chronologically takes us through his youth attending a Spanish bullfight with his family, where he asks 34Papa, do they really kill the bull34 and carries on through his comingofage period relocating to California039s Coachella Valley with his family in the 03970s, as well as a humorous tale of landing in Disneyland jail after getting shtfaced on vodka and mushrooms at the theme park, and standing up to bullies in his disabled sister039s defense.David recalls moving away from his loving parents039 home 34Mom, I039m Living the Life34, starting a band 34I Wrote A Song Called Take The Skinheads Bowling34 and then goes onto detail an early love that sadly disintegrated due to his own selfdescribed anger and selfishness on, perhaps, the album039s most moving track 34Mexican Chickens34.The album further delves into the ups and downs of his music careers with both groups tapping into CVB band tensions on 34We Hate You34 and Cracker039s quick rise to fame in the earlymid 03990s on 34It Don039t Last Long34. He recalls hooking up with his future exwife in Richmond, VA 34Pretty Girl from Oregon Hill34, and details friends Sparklehorse039s Mark Linkous on 34Mark Loved Dogs and Babies34, family, children, divorce and more.By the end of this lengthy, insightful album, you get the feeling that you really know this artist, how he thinks, and have a good sense about who he really is... warts and all. Just as every good autobiography worth its salt does. Thankfully this one just happens to be bound with some truly gorgeous melodies and songs.David Lowery039s new solo album 34Fathers, Sons and Brothers34 will be available as a 3LP LTD Edition vinyl gatefold set with 12page booklet, a 2CD set with 20page booklet.