the Stillhouse Six

the Stillhouse Six
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The Stillhouse Six was a psyched-out vintage honky-tonk country band that formed in February 2003 in the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor region, but disbanded just a few months later. The band of professional drinkers specialized in old-style hillbilly twangy drawl a la 1940’s and '50s Memphis tastes ranging from Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Sr. to George Jones and Willie Nelson, et. al., with a touch of newer performers like the Legendary Shack Shakers and Moot Davis.

The Stillhouse Six jammed out footstomping honky-tonks about railroad trains, roadhouses, jailhouses, robbers, big belt buckles, domestic dysfunction, the devil, moonshine, whiskey, lust, murder, and other bad man ballads with a hint of redemption and regretful penitence. It was music that drives you to drink, break stuff, and then drink some more.

The Stillhouse Six consisted of:
Todd Michael Ray Tue - vocals & acoustic rhythm guitar
Nicolette Verone Fendon - acoustic guitar/sultry vocals
KK Dirty Money - electric guitar/back-up vocals
"Cannibal" Cole Latimer "the Flesh-Eating Fiddler" - fiddle/banjo/harmonica
Kamron - upright bass fiddle
Rev. Charlie Wiggles - drums & backing vocals

the Stillhouse Six 5/8/03 KK Dirty Money with the Stillhouse Six 5/8/03
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Stillhouse Six ORIGINALS:
    The Hills of Tennessee
    Don't Go Dancin' With Alice
    Ballad of John Brown
    Come On
    She Said
    Tattoo A Black Heart
    Mr. Barkeep
    My True Love
    Walking Alone
    Devil's In the Bottle
    Honky-Tonk World
    Town Where I'm Wanted
    Hillbilly Fight Song

Stillhouse Six COVER TUNES:
    Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Willie Nelson)
    Delia's Gone (Johnny Cash)
    Mama Tried (Merle Haggard)
    Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (Faron Young)
    Never Picked Cotton (Johnny Cash)
    Long Black Veil (Johnny Cash)
    Cry, Cry, Cry (Johnny Cash)
    Jackson (Johnny Cash)
    Wanted Man (Johnny Cash)
    Tennessee Flat Top Box (Johnny Cash)
    King of the Road (Roger Miller)
    Wanted Man (Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan)
    Honky Tonk Blues (Hank Williams, Sr.)
    Ramblin' Man (Hank Williams, Sr.)
    Mother (Danzig)
    Cocaine Blues (Johnny Cash)
    I Gotta Get Drunk (Willie Nelson)
    Okie From Muskogee (Merle Haggard)
    Ace of Spades (Motorhead)
    White Lightning (George Jones)
    I Saw the Light (Trad., arr. by Hank Williams, Sr.)

LIVE FAST, LOVE HARD, DIE YOUNG
Recorded by Faron Young
Words and music by Joe Allison

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory.

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory
Don't want slow walkin' or sad singin'
Let 'em have a jubilee
I wanna leave a lot of happy women
A-thinkin' pretty thoughts of me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory.

I got a hot-rod car and a cowboy suit
And I really do get around
I got a little black book and the gals look cute
And I know the name of ev'ry spot in town
I wanna find 'em, fool 'em, leave 'em
An' let 'em do the same to me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory
I'm a wampus cat let me grab my hat
And baby come aiong with me
We're gonna do some fancy steppin'
We're really goin' on a spree
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

Now you may not approve of the things I do
But it really don't bother me
But don't ever think you can tie me down
I'm gonna stay footloose and fancy free
So jump back, make tracks, move out
An' let the pretty gals at me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory.

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