Portastatic, Crooked Fingers on Benefit Comp

Eighteen North Carolina acts, from the internationally famous to the regionally unknown, cover other North Carolina acts on Songs for Sixty Five Roses, a benefit compilation to be released by the Splinter Group via Red Eye Distribution on March 21. John Plymale, a member of the prominent 90s Chapel Hill bands The Pressure Boys and Sex Police and more recently a producer for Superchunk, Squirrel Nut Zippers and others, organized the concern. When Plymale's daughter Allie was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in 2004, he tapped his connections for a benefit, and landed contributions from Portastatic, Eric Bachmann, Southern Culture on the Skids, former Zipper Katherine Whalen, and others.

A release show featuring Mac McCaughan, Southern Culture on the Skids, Whalen, Two Dollar Pistols, and many more is slated for March 31 at the Chapel Hill club Cat's Cradle. All proceeds from the show and the disc benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Oh and the name? "Sixty-five roses" is how children are taught to pronounce the chronic respiratory and digestive condition, which is usually diagnosed in early childhood and has a median survival age of 33.

Tracklist for Songs for Sixty Five Roses:

1. Mower (Superchunk cover) - Jason Ross
2. Battleground Park (Goner cover) - Caitlin Cary
3. Oh My Sweet Carolina (Ryan Adams cover) - Portastatic
4. Lion Song (Harrod and Funck cover) - Claire Holley
5. Buddha Buddha (Rick Rock cover) - Sledge, Maxwell & Mosher
6. It's the Shame (Stillhouse cover) - Tift Merritt
7. Every Word Means No (Let's Active cover) - Eric Bachmann
8. Mister Flavor (Metal Flake Mother cover) - John Plymale
9. Driveway to Driveway (Superchunk cover) - Two Dollar Pistols
10. Everybody Wants My Baby (The Moaners cover) - Southern Culture on the Skids
11. Forever And Ever, Amen (Randy Travis cover) - Athenaeum
12. For Bob Riecke (Des Ark cover) - Nikki Meets The Hibachi
13. Nothing Is Wrong (the dB cover) - Chris Stamey
14. Flounder (Fetchin Bones cover) - Michael Rank
15. Seems (Queen Sarah Saturday cover) - Mike Garrigan
16. Bent Out Of Shape (Squirrel Nut Zippers cover) - Greg Humphreys
17. Restlessness (Michael Kelsh cover) - Katherine Whalen
18. Shower The People (James Taylor cover) - Will McFarlane

Posted by Emerson Dameron on Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 1:00am