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| "THE DOUBTFUL GUEST" |
| *Updated* January 2006 |
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| -- HEAR THE DOUBTFUL GUEST -- |
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| * Please visit the website of this amazing band here: The Doubtful Guest Official Website * This band is on MySpace, here: The Doubtful Guest MySpace Page |
| Josh Ritter Fansite, Doug's Jukebox, free mp3 downloads, soundclips. Currently featured is M. Ward. M. Ward "Transistor Radio" "Transfiguration of Vincent" "End of Amnesia." M. Ward mp3. |
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| "Business" |
| from the album "Volume 2" (2005) |
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| Don't you hate hearing just 30 seconds of a song? These are extended sound clips of songs on The Doubtful Guest's album "Volume 2", and can also be heard on their website. Here, they are in a random order and blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah? |
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| Full Mp3 Download |
| This is the song that did it for me. Just the clip of this one had me hooked. And 'The Guest have been kind enough to allow me to offer it up here, as a full mp3 download. Hope you dig it... |
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| If you like what you've heard here support his great band by spreading the word, buying an album, or seeing them in concert! |
| "Doug's Jukebox" at The Josh Ritter Fansite is a place to hear, enjoy, and perhaps discover some other great artists and their music. Whether they are underrated indie artists or bonafide legends, they're artists I'm passionate about. Maybe you will be too? |
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| November, 2005. This is a unique installment of "Doug's Jukebox." If you've been a visitor toThe Josh Ritter Fansite or DougRice.net for awhile, you know I've been offering mp3's and extended sound clips of artists that I'm crazy about - in the hopes that others will, like the saying goes above, "hear, enjoy, and maybe even discover" some of these other great artists and their music. This current Jukebox offering is definitely all three of those things, especially "enjoy" and hopefully "discover." |
| About a month ago, through Josh's fan community, I came across a band from England called "The Doubtful Guest." On their website, I heard soundclips from their album "Volume 2". I fell out of my chair. I searched online to see where their albums were being sold and when I could see them live. Couldn't find much. I emailed them and learned that they're an unsigned band. I fell out of my chair again. Loyal Josh Ritter fan Andy Hill - who is the band's cheif songwriter and singer - sent me their cd. I listened to it straight through, fell out of my chair (a third time), and have been listening to it almost exclusively since then. |
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| So what's so good about 'em and why do I dig 'em so much? Well, for starters: Andy Hill is blessed with a wonderfully thick and cutting voice that shines on both the band's awesome rockers ("Moment of the Year") and sweet ballads ("Head on Backwards"). The guitar work is some of the most tasteful guitar touches and solos and hooks that I've heard in a long while. The songwriting is accomplished on all the songs, with lyrics that paint wonderful pictures, maintain a sense of humor, and know when to just come out say what they mean. |
| And ah, their style... they take familiarly welcome, tried and true, and even diverse genres like alt-country, soul, folk, rock, and blues and combine them into one big ole sound. The result is not only a record of incredible diversity, but SONGS of wonderful diversity that often shift gears between these genres - within their three minutes of play time. They're a folk band. They're a blues band. They're a jam band. Whatever. They're a sweet band. |
| I encourage everyone who visits this site to give a listen to 'The Guest below. Perhaps you'll dig and appreciate them as much as I do. If you do, spread the word about them. Post on some message boards, play the mp3 below for friends, go see them if you're in the UK, order the cd online at their website, or at least enjoy their tunes. I certainly do. |
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| For more extended clips of the songs on "Volume 2," visit The Doubtful Guest's website. |
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| "Hosanna" |
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| *** UPDATE (January 8, 2006) *** |
| For the first time ever on the dougrice.net Jukebox and BY POPULAR DEMAND, we have a world premiere that you can only hear on this site. Many people have heard The Doubtful Guest here, loved it, and like me have demanded more from 'em. So Andy Hill and The Doubtful Guest have graciously supplied us with an unreleased song to play here on the Jukebox. It's another gorgeous 'Guest song that showcases Hill's fantastic voice, songwriting, and that distinct Doubtful Guest "sound." Thanks, guys. You're one of the best kept secrets in music... |
| "Nothing Plus Nothing At All" by The Doubtful Guest |
| More Music: A "Doubtful Guest" Exclusive Premiere! |
| [exclusive premiere at bottom of page] |
| * Email Andy Hill and the Doubtful Guest: here |
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