Rudi Protrudi & The Tujunga Killbillies "Ladykiller" '99

Rudi Protrudi mixes dark voodoo with traditional country music. The first solo album from Fuzztones' frontman, Rudi Protrudi, is quite a departure from the psychedelic garage grunge that he's known for! Although Rudi sneaks in the occasional fuzz box and combo organ, this is hard-core Country, with stand-up bass, steel guitar, acoustic and electric (Gretsch, baby!) guitars, and that country twang you'd associate with George Jones or Porter Wagoner...
...The songs are quite twisted, and his versions of "Psycho" and "The First Mrs. Jones," are actually quite chilling! Possibly the first garage psych country crossover record! A masterpiece!Around 9/11/2001, something terrible happened. Country music became nationalistic and religious. Honky-tonkers, like myself, have been mystified for nearly a decade by the influx of the southern pop singers deceptively calling themselves country musicians, while rejecting the traditional themes of country songs (i.e. cheating, drinking, heartbreak, etc.). In fact, my fellow honky-tonkers and I long for a return to an era when country music was so well-rounded with its commentary on the human psyche that even the subject of murder wasn’t “off the table.” The album Lady Killer, by Rudi Protrudi, is a fitting answer to that longing and a stark reminder of how insightful genuine country music can be.
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01 Eight Days Clean 02 One Dead Man Ago 03 Dolores 04 Moody River 05 I'm Gonna Kill You 06 River Bottom 07 Julie 08 Before I Kill Again 09 Room 269 10 Love Thy Neighbor 11 Woman, Don't You Ever Laugh At Me