I was properly admonished by a distant relative residing on the left side of the right coast this week for not knowing about this band from right here in river city. My excuse… I am getting old and it is deer season. (No I don’t hunt, but if is dangerous to drive into the city with all the spooked deer running across the road.) Ha Ha Tonka (formerly Amsterband) borrows its name from one of the greatest natural spots in the Ozarks. Gutsy move boys…taking this name sets a high standard…just think Chicago, Boston, Kansas…you get the picture…okay…that really defeats the point, but anywayssss, in your case, I hope you can live up to it. So…before I committed to a download expense, I gave them a spin on Rhapsody (membership has its privileges). Result….very pleasantly surprised. Not that they need an endorsement from someone who post a lame OMDD survey on his BlogSpot…but these guys meet the E. E Lawson test! Their debut as Ha Ha Tonka is on nothing other than Bloodshot Records…a label with a stable of great indies. Check out “Gusto” and “Caney Mountain” for starters…then feel confident about downloading the rest..
Here is a link to their site: http://www.hahatonkamusic.com … .here is a link to the Ha Ha Tonka State Park site: http://www.mostateparks.com/hahatonka.htm Don’t confuse the two…one is a band and one is a state park…both are worth the visit.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
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"Ha Ha Tonka (formerly Amsterband) borrows its name from one of the greatest natural spots in the Ozarks."
Ha Ha Tonka is a pretty place if you like relics and ruins and I question whether anything manmade can be natural.
The band is good, the SN-L did a piece about them several months ago.
The Ha Ha Tonka area features some of the most unique karst topography in the nation...sinkholes, caves, underground springs....you should actually go their one day Ozark Natural...I think you would enjoy it.
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