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The Toughcats
They say that when you die, your soul sometimes sticks around. It haunts the very earth it once lived. Invisible, but wanting to be heard, a soul wanders and roams looking for what it never found.
But, you also have souls that are perfectly at home right now, in this world and in this time. They are the souls that are not waiting.
The Toughcats, a three-piece rock and roll outfit from the Fox Islands in Penobscot Bay, Maine have found their voice in this time and in this era we call the 21’st century.
Forget the fancy rock and roll gizmos. Leave em’ at the door. Pedals, shmedals. Synthesizer, lamenizer. The Toughcats scoop up a sweet, rootsy, backyard barefootin’ lazy ol’ summertime barrel of goodness that’s gonna make the old timers say…shit, that music still in style.
The Toughcats call Maine home, but they leave all the time to get their sound out to there. With just a drummer and a couple string players, the Toughcats create a rich sound that screams punk rock, but sails alternative country.
When you play intimately with cats like Kathy Mattea, Hot Buttered Rum, Deerhoof and Sam Bush; you must be doing something right. The Toughcats are onto something good and groovy.
Check em’ out on the Toughcats website and find out where they are playing next. Make sure to check out their videos too. Buy their albums in local record shops in Maine like Bull Moose Records, Wild Rufus Records and Five Elements Gallery. If you want to buy their album online, you can do that to. Toughcats Albums Online.
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