Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew

Infobox Album
Name = Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew
Type = ep
Longtype =
Artist = Mudhoney


Released = October 26, 1993
Recorded = August 1, 1993 Hanszek Audio, Ballard, WA, "Deception Pass" and "Underide" recorded at Egg Studios at the Helm, 1992
Genre = Rock, Grunge, Garage Punk, Alternative rock
Length = 23:11
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Mudhoney, Kurt Bloch
Reviews = * "NME" Rating-10|7 [http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=200735499&loc=&sp=1 October 30, 1993 (p.29)]
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sgdjvwdta9tk link]
Last album = "Piece of Cake" (1992)
This album = "Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" (1993)
Next album = Buckskin Stallion Blues (1994)

"Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" is an EP by the grunge band Mudhoney released on October 26, 1993 by Reprise Records. Mudhoney vocalist Mark Arm described this EP as a chance for the band to "get new songs out for fans in between albums." [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sgdjvwdta9tk allmusic ((( Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew > Overview ))) ] ]

ong Information

This EP is a compilation of seven tracks, four of which were new songs at the time of release. Out of the remaining three, two are rare and the last is a re-recording of a previously released song. [ [http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=200735499&loc=&sp=1 BuyMusic at Buy.com - Mudhoney WMA ] ] The song "Make It Now" from Mudhoney's previous album "Piece of Cake" was re-recorded and re-titled "Make It Now Again" for this EP. "Deception Pass" and "Underide" both appear on previously released singles. The remaining four tracks are all brand new and unique to the EP. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sgdjvwdta9tk allmusic ((( Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew > Overview ))) ] ]

The four new songs feature a very diverse selection of music from "In the Blood" with its 'mid-range pace' to "Six To One" which demonstrates the band's grunge origins. "No Song III" manages to illustrate Dan Peters' "sharp drumming flair", while "Between You and Me Kid"'s slight country sound foreshadows Mudhoney's future, where a year later, they collaborated with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sgdjvwdta9tk allmusic ((( Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew > Overview ))) ] ]

All of the tracks, except "Deception Pass" and "Underide" were recorded on August 1, 1993 between 9:30 and 10:15 P.M. at Hanszek Audio. "Deception Pass" and "Underide" were recorded in 1992 at Egg Studios with Conrad Uno at the Helm. ["Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" Liner Notes]

Criticism

Trouser Press speculates that recording "Piece of Cake" took a lot out of the band as "Five Dollar Mock Cooter Stew" is described as "a dull, dopey mishmash of suburban-boy backwoodsiness" and overall is a lackluster effort. cite web | last =| first =| title = Mudhoney | publisher = TrouserPress.com | url = http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=mudhoney| accessdate = 2007-01-07]

Album Inlay Information

In the liner notes, producer Kurt Bloch is listed as 'Curt' and 'Kurdt' Bloch on two separate occasions. This mistake is actually a joke, referring to frontman of the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, who often intentionally misspelled his named as Kurdt Cobain. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sgdjvwdta9tk allmusic ((( Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew > Overview ))) ] ]

The cover art consists of a photograph which is from the Southern Historical Collection of the Manuscripts Department at the University of North Carolina. ["Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" Liner Notes]

Track listing

# "In the Blood" – 3:08
# "No Song III" – 4:11
# "Between Me & You Kid" – 3:38
# "Six Two One" – 2:35
# "Make It Now Again" – 4:35
# "Deception Pass" – 2:52
# "Underide" – 2:08

Credits

* Mark Arm – Vocals/Guitar
* Dan Peters – Drums
* Matt Lukin – Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals on "Deception Pass"
* Steve Turner – Guitar/Backing Vocals on "Deception Pass"
* Scott McCaughey – Backing Vocals on "Deception Pass"
* Todd Hutchinson – Backing Vocals on "Deception Pass"
* Bob Whittaker – Backing Vocals on "Deception Pass"
* Kurt Bloch – Engineer/Producer
* Conrad Uno – Engineer

Album Charts

External links

* [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~ptn/mudhoney/lyrics/fdbmcstew.html "Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew" Lyrics]

References