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Music In Motion: Bush League All-Stars at the Rumba Cafe

In 2017 Bush League All-Stars played a rare live show for the release of their album Summer's Gold at the Rumba Cafe with Bavo Choco. Music In Motion Columbus provided a nice write-up the show, here's a snippet:

Wailing guitars kicked-off Bird on a Wire. The juxtaposition of Spurgeon’s twangy vocal work laid-over a 1990’s post-grunge groove works delightfully. 

After more arcane tax information for the crowd from Spurgeon, the band launched into Liver Spots. The track has a full sound, with the two guitars trading riffs back-and-forth, with a bass groove that chugs along nicely. 

The funkiness of Pixie Dust was next, with Spurgeon reciting the lyrics in an almost spoken word cadence. The tempo was ratcheted higher midway through, as they let loose and rocked.

New Additions: Old Numbers by Bush League All-Stars

Before I started this project, I had no idea who the Bush League All-Stars were other than they contributed a track to a Cringe.com compilation in the early 2000s. All the research and listening I've been doing has finally allowed me to fully dive into the BLAS catalog, both physical and digital, and I'm happy I did. I was already of fan of Dan Spurgeon's work with his brother in Greenhorn, so I was happy to discover even more fun country-ish rockin' from the BLAS albums and other releases. I was able to track down a copy of Old Numbers and it's been in rotation frequently over the months since being added to my Columbus collection.

Know Yer Band: Bush League All-Stars

Band: Bush League All-Stars

Members
Vocals/Guitar - Dan Spurgeon
Guitar/Vocals - Sean Beal/Kevin Happell
Bass/Vocals - Dan Cochran/Jacob Sundermeyer/Thomas D. Schmidt
Drums - Matt Gramly/George Hondroulis
Keyboard - Jessica Faller Schmidt

Releases
1995 - Mashed Potatoes 7" single (Pop Narcotic)
1995 - Old Numbers album (Pop Narcotic)
2003 - What A Mess EP (Bladdernine Records)
2009 - Cedar Knees (Horny Records)
2017 - Summer's Gold album (Not On Label)