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Above the Wreckage

by Jeremy Ray & the Howdy Men

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    Jeremy Ray & the Howdy Men - 'Above the Wreckage'
    Edition of 200 LP's on 'Pacifico Green' vinyl with new artwork.

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    Limited Edition 'Above the Wreckage' cassette!

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The Woods 03:37
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...if this never ends, that would be too soon.
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Above the Wreckage 02:52
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...i'm like a three piece suit on a nudist beach.
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HitchHiker 03:04
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...what the hell happened while we were gone?
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Municipal Stadium 02:44
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...when MJ came to town he left for 0-3.
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Devil Girl in Milwaukee 04:49
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...son, maybe you should try this.
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High Class Broken Machine 02:52
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...i'm always looking for a joke in the liner notes.
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The Last Take 02:55
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...I put that old couch out on the street
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Waking Up Better 02:41
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...I dance the fool, just like I sing these blues.
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Optimus Blues (Christmas 1970) 05:26
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...who I was, I can't pretend to know
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Pacifico & Lime 03:56
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...just like Dusty Rhodes daddy

about

Howdy friends…your ole pal jRay here.
So here’s the story and I’m gonna tell ya…

One of my favorite Atlanta bands is called Pony League and one of their best songs is called ‘Carolina Highway’. About five years ago, Pony League & I came together for the first time and played The 529 in East Atlanta Village. For the next few years we sporadically played local shows under the moniker Jeremy Ray & The Carolina Highway. Having Pony League back me up and play my songs felt like a dream. A dream where after being in bands for over 20 years I was finally hearing my songs for the first time. In November of ’18, we even played a couple of songs I wrote for Amanda at our wedding (The Woods & Waking Up Better).
My dad even got up and played a couple 60’s tunes with us, it was so rad. I’ll never forget it.

Cut to about a year later and we’re at Standard Electric Audio with Damon Moon making our first record. We started recording in May of 2019 and by the end of the year, we had ourselves a record. Near the end of tracking, I asked my friend Derron Nuhfer if he would add saxophone to a couple songs. I sent him the whole record and told him to do whatever he wanted, so he sent back amazing parts on every song. Thus, joining the band and even mastering the record.

In October of ’19, we played our first gig as a six piece band and unknowingly our last one as The Carolina Highway. 2020 hits and we’re getting ready to send this record off to the pressing plant, but the world changed & that never happened. The week before the coronavirus hit the states, I get the best news of my life. I’m gonna be a dad!

I could’ve easily released this record during the pandemic, but that would’ve been wrong. It needed to come out when all of us could be together. Fast forward to November of 2021 and the record is still in the queue, just fallen down a few rungs. I’m focused on my family and my career as a visual artist when I get asked to play the Chomp & Stomp Festival in Cabbagetown. It’s my favorite Atlanta fest and I’m so stoked! I send this text to the band… “Howdy Men, y’all feel like playing a gig?!”

25 months since our last time playing together and we’re back. Our first gig as Jeremy Ray & The Howdy Men and it ruled!
So we kept jamming, started putting together some new songs, played some really cool shows and realized it was time to get this record out.
What better excuse than turning 40 do you need to finally get some shit off your chest?

October 21st, 2022. ‘Above The Wreckage’ album release party at The Earl in East Atlanta! It feels so good & weird to even type that out, but I am ready & honored to celebrate this music & this artwork. So many beautiful people contributed to this record, it’s theirs as much as it is mine.
‘Above The Wreckage’ was made in Atlanta, Georgia by:

The Carolina Highway, The Howdy Men:
Gus Fernandez: piano, keys, organ, celesta, vocals.
‘Fireball’ Jay Howell: drums, vocals.
Charlie Mills: lead guitar.
Derron Nuhfer: saxophone, engineering, mastering.
Jeremy Ray: songwriting, singing, acoustic & electric guitars, synth, samples, bass on ‘Devil Girl in Milwaukee’.
Mason Turner: bass.

With a little help from our good friends:
Damon Moon: engineered and mixed this whole record, he also played the telecaster on a couple parts, did a little singing and made some wicked cool sounds using some wicked cool gear in his studio, Standard Electric Audio. Steve Seachrist & Katie Butler helped us big time with pre-production at Radon Recordings, They also played pedal steel guitar & sang on ‘Devil Girl in Milwaukee’ & ‘Optimus Blues’. This edition of 40 hand-made, lathe cut records and 50 cassettes were pressed by the hand of Tyler Bisson at his studio Audio Geography in Providenc, RI.

Artwork, Design, Text, Type, Printmaking & Assembly
by JEREMY RAY.

I know this is just another thing in a world full of things, but it means something big to me, so thank you...
The biggest love in the world to my main man, Levi Sting Ray. I love you so much son, these last two years have been everything. Amanda, you're the best mom & partner of all time. I love you too! Much love to my family for all the support over the years. Mom, Dad, The Pitts, The Etheridge’s, Sadie, Caesar, Lulu… love you all very much.

Love to all of my soul brothers & sisters in Atlanta & beyond:
The Howdy Men: Jay, Gus, Mason, Charlie, Derron, y’all are the best fucking band in the world and I love you guys! Steve & Katie and the entire Radon family, that basement is my favorite place in the world. Nothing but love to the Evan Stepp & the Piners fam, Former Sinners of the Future, W8ing4UFO’s, Ben Trickey, Dakota Floyd
& Soda Prints, JLazz and the Reconciler crew, JV and the New Junk City crew, The Sheffield’s, The Chumblers, Jason Waller, Justin Green, Lee Bains & the Glory Fires, Brad Cochran, Robbie Horlick and Book Club, Five Hundred Bucks, Davey Burdon, Kelsey Wilson, Greg Ellis & Motel Glory, Sinners & Saints, Five Eight, Damon, Wiggins & the entire Earl family, David & Deron for being the best god (damn) parents around, Ryan and the DreamNow crew, The EACC, Scott Kittel, Nicole Frady, Fogus, Kapelski, Bentley, Bellini, Brower, Kent, Brett, Henry, Andy, Palmer & all the old Homegrown fam. Kisses to the misses.

May we all continue to move forward & push through.
Let’s never settle and evolve whenever we can.
Let’s stand tall above the wreckage in our lives and build something new together. Forever grateful & I love ya.
jRay (8.10.22)

Dedicated to my sweet Mama Ray. {12.1.51 – 8.15.22}
No more pain, no more suffering.
We miss you, we love you.

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released October 21, 2022

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'TIME FOR NOTHING'
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'P.C.Q.B.'
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'NO DISDAIN'
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'MUNICIPAL STADIUM'
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