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| Blues, Hollers and Hellos | ||||
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| Released | September 19, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 41:19 | |||
| Label | Drag City [1] | |||
| The Red Krayola chronology | ||||
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Blues, Hollers and Hellos is an EP by the experimental rock band Red Krayola. [3] It was released in 2000 by Drag City. [4]
The Chicago Reader wrote that "the band deliberately deprives the songs of resolution with out-of-tempo drumming and anticlimactic noodling, and doesn't offer anything to make up for the loss." [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Container of Drudgery (Never Had a Name)" | 16:47 |
| 2. | "Magnificence as Such" | 9:10 |
| 3. | "Is There?" | 3:53 |
| 4. | "6-5-3 Blues" (I) | 4:11 |
| 5. | "6-5-3 Blues" (II) | 1:31 |
| 6. | "6-5-3 Blues" (III) | 5:33 |
The Red Krayola is an American underground rock band from Houston, Texas, formed in 1966 by the original trio of singer/guitarist Mayo Thompson, drummer Frederick Barthelme, and bassist Steve Cunningham.
Mayo Thompson is an American musician and visual artist best known as the leader of the avant-garde rock band Red Krayola.
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