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Along with having respectable musical chops, what makes this quintet more than a Steve Martin playing banjo on “Saturday Night Live” novelty act is the imagination, wit and craft behind the sarcastic salvos.Ī multidimensional work, “Employee of the Month” balances the fun and frivolity with ruminations on the human condition. A sampling from their catalog of near-hits-and-misses: “Gingrich the Newt,” “Shallow End of the Gene Pool,” “Teenage Immigrant Welfare Mothers on Drugs,” “Paint Me on Velvet”. They just love to tweak things a bit.Ī glance at a few song titles gives you an idea of how twisted they can be. Proficient players, these Lounge Lizards prefer a well-crafted, acoustic-driven blend of country, folk and bluegrass.
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