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The Bonus
Tracks on the 2001 reissue Number of Units Sold: 105 Song Samples (Limited
time full version downloads) Urbano: The Story of Billy & Bruiser Billy stared off into the distance and wondered to himself if reality was just something made up by his parents to make him do what they wanted him to do. Nah, there were real things: like his car and his cat Bruiser. (Billy’s cat wasn’t tough, Bruiser got his name because he bruised easily. Billy liked to kick his cat… Billy was like that.) There had to be more to life that hunting with his car, sleeping, and getting dumped by chicks. Billy sensed his emptiness. He looked across the seat of his car and saw Bruiser purring softly to himself. Billy picked him up and threw him into the backseat. It didn’t make him feel any better. As Billy drove around the urban jungle, it grew dark and it started to rain. About this album Urbano marked the beginning of the end for the Banos. For the brothers this project was a monumental undertaking; both creatively, and emotionally. The stress would test the remaining brothers like nothing else in their checkered career. The Banos had released several albums by 1987, and after a couple of floundering efforts following their breakthrough Sal de Bano the boys were determined to deliver another solid album. Barnie Bear Records had shown a lot of patience with the band, and despite relatively poor sales of The Good, The Bad & The Banos, and Bedtime for Bano (combined sales totaled 50 units) the label was onside for another album. On May 28, 1988 The Banos delivered the master tapes for Urbano. It was even better than expected. Urbano went on to sell over 100 copies that year. With their renewed success came the stress of following in their own footsteps. While recording Urbano, Vano Bano’s bass playing had become a source of embarrassment. Despite rumours to the contrary, you can’t fix everything in the “mix.” As a result a number of songs feature an out of tune bass guitar. Shortly after its release Vano was excused from the band. With Stano still missing, Dano, Jano, and “hired guns” the Williams Brothers recorded the Natural Tendencies album between 1989—1990, but Barnie Bear Records refused to release the album stating publicly that it wasn’t worth the effort. It remains unreleased to this day. Barnie Bear Records released a best of anthology titled Truth Is Stranger Than Television over two volumes in 1989. The first volume sold 80 copies, but by the time the second volume was released on Halloween 1989, it only sold 5 copies before being discontinued. There is talk of the brothers making a comeback, and who knows, perhaps truth really is stranger than television. Urbano is their first album to be reissued on CD. Norman Underwood, Former
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| Dano - lead and backing vocals, all guitars |
Guest Musicians Anthony
- drums and backing vocals on Ooh Ooh Baby, backward voice
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| Vano - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on I Hate Everybody ... | ||
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Liner notes and credits All songs written by Jevon ©1988 Urbano title conceived by Andrew "Still ain't dead, and feeling fine" Produced, Arranged, Engineered, by Jevon
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Cover art and layout by Winston Finster Management |
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Thanks Andy "touched and greying", Lori, Mom, Dangerous Dan, Otto, Gordon, Nancy, Darin, Lauren, Tony, Michael, The Smothers Brothers - they're the best, Lynda, and God for holding the little pieces together until they could heal, and of course Bano the dog. Say, has anyone heard from Stano? |
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| the banography | 1988 |
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Ooh Ooh Baby 2. Street Meat 3. I’m A Shy Guy 4. Have I Told U Lately?
5. I Know 6 The Waiting 7. Oh Billy Billy Billy 8. Daddy’s Little Girl
9. The Weird & Wonderful 10. I Hate Everybody Except My Cat 11. Traffic
12. Rock & Roll Cat 13 The Tears of Rain