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Brave Combo's fifth album, 1988's Humansville tones down the occasionally self-conscious giddiness of the band's earliest records. The humor seems less forced, with no hints of "Dig us, we're the wacky polka guys," and there's a slightly more serious mien to the album. Not that a Brave Combo album can be anything but lighthearted: Any group who essays covers like the Mexican pop standard "Besame Mucho" and the easy listening classic "Poor People of Paris" on the same album has to have a few giggles up their sleeves. The pinnacle of goofiness, though, is the closing track, "Tubular Jugs." Yep, it's a three-minute condensation of Mike Oldfield's prog-rock classic Tubular Bells, done in a jug band style. The funniest part is that it works, and that, as on the rest of the album, Carl Finch and crew put the song over not with a smirk, but with passionate, red-hot playing that gives the tune its due. For that reason alone, Humansville is the album on which Brave Combo leaves the novelty band tag behind for good.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Gomulka, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jorge Ramirez, ComposerLyricist - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Cenobio Hernandez, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Sunny Skylar, ComposerLyricist - Consuelo Velázquez, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Cenobio Hernandez, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional Arrangement, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Rene Rouzaud, ComposerLyricist - Jack Lawrence, ComposerLyricist - Marguerite Monnot, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
RUBEN FUENTES, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vazquez Vargas, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jacques Offenbach, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
S. Guski, ComposerLyricist - Gaetano Lama, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Martino, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Carlos Colorado, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Vocals, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mitch Marine, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Finch, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brave Combo, MainArtist - Martin Walters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Oldfield, ComposerLyricist - Lee Ann Harris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Barnes, Clarinet, Keyboards, Percussion, Tenor Saxophone, Whistle, Didgeridoo, AssociatedPerformer - Bubba Hernández, Tuba, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Brave Combo's fifth album, 1988's Humansville tones down the occasionally self-conscious giddiness of the band's earliest records. The humor seems less forced, with no hints of "Dig us, we're the wacky polka guys," and there's a slightly more serious mien to the album. Not that a Brave Combo album can be anything but lighthearted: Any group who essays covers like the Mexican pop standard "Besame Mucho" and the easy listening classic "Poor People of Paris" on the same album has to have a few giggles up their sleeves. The pinnacle of goofiness, though, is the closing track, "Tubular Jugs." Yep, it's a three-minute condensation of Mike Oldfield's prog-rock classic Tubular Bells, done in a jug band style. The funniest part is that it works, and that, as on the rest of the album, Carl Finch and crew put the song over not with a smirk, but with passionate, red-hot playing that gives the tune its due. For that reason alone, Humansville is the album on which Brave Combo leaves the novelty band tag behind for good.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:03
- Main artists: Brave Combo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: World
© 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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