Basement to the Bumper: 1998-2002

by The Welterweights

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1.	The Has-Beens 02:43	info	buy track
2.	Hardly Used Car 03:23	info	buy track
3.	Nuns and Beatniks 03:43	info	buy track
4.	Madeline 03:52	info	buy track
5.	$3 Thrift Store Suit 02:29	info	buy track
6.	A Bastard on Father's Day 04:18	info	buy track
7.	Close Enough 04:50	info	buy track
8.	Girls of the NW 02:48	info	buy track
9.	Whinin' Boy 02:36	info	buy track
10.	Summer Chill 04:35	info	buy track
11.	Little Red Light 04:39	info	buy track
12.	Fast or Famine 04:07	info	buy track
13.	Boy Wonder 03:03	info	buy track
14.	Honeymoon 01:55	info	buy track
15.	Zen Baptist 03:15	info	buy track
16.	Coward 03:52	info	buy track
17.	Just Plain Fall 04:58	info	buy track

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released June 18, 2020

A hour-long collection featuring "Boy"s, "Girls" and 14 more, including the single "Hardly Used Car," two unreleased demos, and other songs with now-dated lyrics about tucked-in shirts, mild summers, and rotary phones.

Corey Heider – Guitars
Nathaniel Williams – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Elizabeth Schoch – Bass, Vocals on 8
Dave Orvis – Drums on 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17
Mark Gardner – Drums on 3, 9, 15, 16
Jeff Thomason – Drums on 1, 6, 8, 10

All songs words/music by Nathaniel Williams (BMI)
Produced with Lou Whitney, J. Hall, Kenny Marshall, and Jim Lehmann.
Full info and lyrics with album download.

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The Welterweights Kansas City, Missouri

Now-defunct purveyors of hayseed power pop from Kansas City.

"So vivid you can smell the beer and smoke of the bar though your speakers." - No Depression

"Inspired racket... Live music should always sound as good and loose as The Welterweights." - Pitchweekly ... more

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