Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series

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Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series
Cover album by The Residents
Released	1986
Genre	Rock

Stars and Hank Forever was the second (and last) release in the American Composers Series by the avant garde band The Residents. The album was released in 1986. This particular release featured a side of Hank Williams songs and a medley of Philip Sousa marches. This was also the last studio album to feature Snakefinger.

Kaw-Liga is based on the rhythm to Michael Jackson's Billy Jean and did well in Europe; it is as close as the Residents ever got to a bona fide commercial hit.

The "Sousaside" features sound effects recorded by Philip Perkins to create the effect of a marching band on a happy occasion; "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was released in a mix without the effects as the B side to the Kaw-Liga 7" single.

[edit] CD track listing

1. "Hey Good Lookin'"
2. "Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)"
3. "Kaw-Liga"
4. "Ramblin' Man"
5. "Jambalaya"
6. "Sousaside"
   1. "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine"
   2. "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
   3. "El Capitan"
   4. "The Liberty Bell"
   5. "Semper Fidelis"
   6. "The Washington Post"

[edit] Notes

The part of "Sousaside" listed as "El Capitan" is actually "The Thunderer".

The Dutch releases on Torso Records added one bonus track: "Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)".

The Residents
Album era (1972-1980)
Meet the Residents (1974) | Not Available (1974, released 1978) | The Third Reich 'n' Roll (1976) | Fingerprince (1976) | Duck Stab/Buster & Glen (1978) | Eskimo (1979) | The Commercial Album (1980)
Performance era (1981-1990)
Mark of the Mole (1981) | The Tunes of Two Cities (1982) | Intermission (1983) | George & James (1984) | Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? (1984) | The Big Bubble (1985) | Stars & Hank Forever (1986) | God in Three Persons (1988) | The King & Eye (1989)
Multimedia era (1991-1996)
Freak Show (1991) | Gingerbread Man (1994) | Bad Day on the Midway (1995) | Have A Bad Day (1997)
Band era (1997-2005)
Wormwood (1998) | Icky Flix (2001) | Demons Dance Alone (2002) | Animal Lover (2005)
Storyteller era (2006-present)
The River of Crime (2006) | Timmy (2006) | Tweedles (2006)
Related articles
Snakefinger | N. Senada | Vileness Fats | Ralph Records
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