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The Waco Brothers are an alternative country band in Chicago, Illinois, formed by Jon Langford of the Mekons. The group grew out of Langford's wish to play more country-influenced music as the Mekons concentrated more on a punk sound. They were originally put together simply for local Chicago shows, but the success of their Bloodshot Records albums allowed them to tour the US occasionally. Many of the members also participate in Langford's Pine Valley Cosmonauts project.
Their latest album, "Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schuba's Tavern", is a concert recording which Ken Tucker, the pop music critic for NPR's Fresh Air and Editor-at-Large at Entertainment Weekly, described as "country as it should be written and played, with a long memory for roadhouse honky-tonks rather than TV-ready music videos."[1]
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- To the Last Dead Cowboy (Bloodshot Records, 1995)
- Cowboy in Flames (Bloodshot, 1997)
- Do You Think About Me? (Bloodshot, 1997)
- Wacoworld (Bloodshot, 1999)
- Electric Waco Chair (Bloodshot, 2000)
- New Deal (Bloodshot, 2002)
- Nine Slices of My Midlife Crisis (Buried Treasure Records, 2004)
- Freedom and Weep (Bloodshot, 2005)
- Waco Express The Waco Brothers Live and Kickin' at Shubas Tavern (Bloodshot, 2008)
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