The Boxmasters | 
| Artist: The Boxmasters
Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 1585
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
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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 10 more reviews...
 THE BOXMASTERS ROCK!!! November 16, 2008
S. Saltarelli (San Antonio, Texas)
I happened to see Billy Bob and the Boxmasters being interviewed on a morning San Antonio TV show. I am a big movie fan of his and the show was at a small venue, the Scout Bar, and somehow I managed to persuade my husband to go with me. We both loved it and I bought their CD during intermission between the 2 sets. You could tell that Billy Bob really loved what he was doing and every band member was awesome. Now my husband is a die-hard SRV fan, and we have been to a lot of concerts, but this one remains at the top for me. Sadly, the cd is not getting the play and coverage it deserves, and I still get the raised eyebrows and weird looks when I talk about the cd, but you have to hear them to believe it. Some of the covers they did in the second set are not in the cd and I would love to be able to get them. Thanks Vanguard Records and Boxmasters!
Great -- Zevon-influenced October 12, 2008
AC (Little Rock, AR)
This is a great album. It's sincere and darkly macabre at once. In that way, and in Billy Bob's voice, the music reminds me a little of Warren Zevon. Of course, Billy Bob worked with Warren Zevon and the two were friends, so that would make sense. The video for "The Poor House" has the same sensibility -- the cutaways to Billy Bob's nodding head are creepily hilarious. (The guest drummer in that video has a great British Invasion move, too.)
So anyway, this is a good purchase. I'm glad it's doing reasonably well on the charts. It probably couldn't have been a best-seller -- the Boxmasters, like Zevon, are just too far ahead of the times.
 I hate country music....especially the "twangy" stuff September 22, 2008
MykDude (Fayetteville, TN)
I went to go see the Box Masters in concert at Merrimack Hall in Huntsville Al for one reason. I liked Billy Bob's movies...it was a small venue and I might be able to meet him and get an autograph or two. Who knew that I would actually enjoy the friggin show?!? It is very rare that I see a group not knowing ANY of their songs and after one show I go to the lobby and buy a CD. It doesn't have the commercial appeal that Garth Brooks or Hank Jr. would pull but the songs are very real. You listen to them and if it doesn't apply to you...it applies to someone you know. It has this neurotic "last grasp" feel to it....like mixing the group "Everclear" with "Johnny Cash". I think the with the right exposure tracks 1-4 of their original stuff could easily be country hits.....and tracks 5 and 6 could resonate as bar room anthems across the country(like friends in low places sort of thing). There is quality to this CD and the live show and I think any doubters will be pleasantly surprised
awesome August 21, 2008
magdelene
i ADORE this album and i'm not even a country music fan. i saw these guys in Sellersville, PA (philly 'burb) on 8-19-08 and they were wonderful. can't wait to see them again. i'm listening to it right now :)
How can you not smile? August 20, 2008
Walter (NYC)
Often times I approach albums from actors with tremendous trepidation and skepticism. A good actor does not a good musician make. I have a stack of albums at home to prove it (Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Keenau Reeves, echhh!). But what happens when the music is so good, the songwriting is so tight and the talent is so spot on that you forget that an actor is doing it? What happens is pure genius! The new album by the Boxmasters is steeped in tradition and yet sounds cool and contemporary. In the great tradition of American roots and rockabilly, Billy Bob Thornton and his henchmen have put out a record that is almost too good to be true. You not only get killer originals but a disc of covers that are interpreted so well, you almost think they were written by the band themselves.
It started with "Private Radio" and I must say I have enjoyed Billy's musical journey immensely. Like characters in his films, he changes personas with such grace and agility that you can't help but be breathtaken. The band is hot, tight and if you see them live, you couldn't find a more talented bunch if you tried. See them and buy a bunch of copies and give them to the people you love! Music really is food for the soul, and this album is the best southern meal you can have!
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