Wildfires & Misfires: Two Decades Of Outtakes & Rarities
Compiling cuts from concert tapes, demos, and unreleased studio sessions,Wildfires + Misfiresis more than a trip down memory lane for the Scorchers fan. Including nine pre-1986 cuts and six more from '88 and '89, this anthology of rare recordings portrays both the young, raw outfit that roared to the head of the cow-punk class and the group that stagnated in record-label limbo before its eventual split. Among the highlights are 1983 demo takes onBob Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and theJason Ringenbergoriginal "Shop It Around," and an early version of "Comin' 'Round" (which became "Crashin' Down" onStill Standing). And there's no shortage of intriguing oddities, such as a 1984 Nashville studio cut from drummer Perry Baggs ("If Money Talks"), a 1985 guitar duel between the Scorchers' Warner Hodges and guestLink Wray("Tear It Up"), and an unreleased Ringenberg weeper from 1988 with duet vocals by Hodges's mother, Blanche ("The Slow Train Never Ends").--Anders Smith Lindall