KC Bowman - Pioneer Playfaire

Here is another compilation by one of my personal favorites, KC Bowman. KC is one of the "leaders" of a loose confederation of artists based in Oakland known as Preoccupied Pipers . The Pipers are political, satyrical and often just plain silly. Even so, they've been putting out great albums since the mid 90's. In my opinion, KC's tracks are more polished and accesible than other members of the Pipers. They are tuneful, nicely arranged and adopt a beatleseque vocabulary in suprising ways.

This is my second collection of KC tracks extracted from Piper's albums. Two of the tracks were contributed directly by KC Himself (thank you KC!) You may also want to check out my first collection and don't miss KC's first solo record "Fresher Tin Villages". It is a masterpiece and KC has released it free on his Facebook page.

Be forwarned that KC's world is inhabited by strange characters behaving in suprising ways. The word play is clever. The world view is somewhat left of center. You may already live there but if not be prepared to be drawn in:

1. Pioneer Playfaire
2. The Dulcolax
3. Clown Torture
4. Sorting Out the Rules
5. The Prom King
6. The Lusty Horn
7. Wo Larry 3
8. Night-Circling Sharks
9. Linus's Fists of Death
10. Winter and Rough Weather
11. Down Boy Down
12. Reap the Plains Sown
13. Stumblin' In
14. Birthday Joel
15. History One
16. For Fear of Boring Laius
17. Pretty Ringtime
18. Pop Glass Ceiling
19. Night-Circling Sharks II
20. History Two
21. Sense of Reason
22. Lunkhead
23. You Should Be Sober
24. San Rafael in Love
25. History Three