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The CDs can be purchased at Shane's live shows: $10.00
SEE BELOW to read the story behind the CDs,
listen to some MP3 samples,
and BUY an album.
Shane Douglas
Ta'blooze
LISTEN: I Don't Wanna Quit Drinkin Mr. Squirty
For a few years now I have been singing a funny little song called Mr. Squirty. Everyone always asks if it is on a CD. Well....... yes it is. I have been doing some stand-up comedy at open mikes for a new challenge. Some of the jokes have made there way in to the Money Makers shows. This inspired me to write some more fun comedy songs.
I had a ball doing this CD is was fun to be doing something new and different. What started out as demos became Ta'blooze. I cut it over a six month period in my spare time. I don't mean to offend, just making a joke. If you like clever and not so clever dirty humor I think you will dig Ta'blooze.
My favorite? My theme song "I Don't Wanna Quit Drinkin'.
$hane & the Money Maker$
Leopard Skin Print
LISTEN: $40 Gig $50 Tab Leopard Skin Print
By 2002 The Money Makers were in full swing and top form. Working 4-5 nights a week will make you tight
in a hurry. I met Jack Trice about 2001. Since then he has become my writer partner and great friend.
When we first started collaborating, Jack and I wrote 3 times a week for about year. The best of
that time period ending up on LSP.
This CD took a long time to make. When the studio is in your house
you are never happy. Q-ball laid down the drums with me singing and playing rhythm. Then with the
extensive help of Jack Trice and Lenny Grasso on bass and harmony vocals I finished it up about a year
later. This is my favorite Money Makers CD so far. It took a while but it was worth it. The song "$40 Gig
and $50 Tab" which I wrote with Kenneth Wright helped get us more airplay. Some of my other favorites are
"100% Chance of Rain","Lay it Down", and the title cut "Leopard Skin Print".
$hane & the Money Maker$
Live - I Need Some Money
LISTEN: Making Love With the Lights On I'm Not Your Man
Pizza was money but not always fun so by 1999 I had started booking some dates under the name Shane &
the Money Makers. Lenny Grasso joined me on bass and Q-ball on drums. We were still getting it tight
when we recorded this album. It has 15 songs that were recorded almost live at an undisclosed location.
All I can say is it was definitely a party. This CD helped us get on the map. Radio personality Mudbone
picked up one and gave it to Doug Bolin.
Doug has played "44" many times on his blues show on 105.9 The Rock. Although not as tight as we can be,
this CD captured The Money Makers in good form, full of energy and probably a little beer. Some stand-outs
are "44","Makin' Love with the Lights On" and "Crossed Eyed Cat". This CD is only available here.
Shane Douglas
GuiLtY
LISTEN: GuiLtY By The Sea
My first solo effort. The band I had played with for about 5 years, Ruemerz, broke up in 1998. Brian
moved back to West Virginia and David Fontana and I decided we needed a break. I took a job waiting
tables and delivering pizzas. But at night I still had the need to be busy in music. That's how guilty
was born.
I had most of the songs written prior to the group disbanding so all I needed to do was get them down
and press it up. Gary "Q-ball" Kubal and Brian Martin and myself cut the rhythm tracks in 3 days. I spent
most of that summer finishing it up with the help of Lenny Grasso,Q-ball, and Billy Clifton. Some of my
favorites are "By the Sea","Long Night","GuiLtY", and "I Thought I Saw You Last Night". Shane Douglas
as the singer/songwriter.
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