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Golden Smog are a loosely connected group of musicians (arguably a supergroup) comprising, at various times, members of Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Wilco, The Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, The Honeydogs and Big Star.
The group took their name from the name of a Flintstones character, which, in turn, was a parody of singer Mel Torme’s nickname; the Velvet Fog. The group first came together in the Minneapolis area in 1989 as a country-rock reaction to the punk and hardcore music that dominated the Twin Cities’ musical scene at the time; eventually Golden Smog became something of a fixture at local clubs, where they would play a handful of shows annually. Golden Smog’s lineup has often changed, though Run Westy Run guitarist Kraig Jarret Johnson as well as guitarists Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) and Gary Louris (The Jayhawks) were relative constants.
The definitive beginning of Golden Smog is hard to pinpoint given the mercurial nature of the band’s lineup. Some point back to a show in January of 1987 when a band billed as ‘The Take It To The Limit Band’ played an all Eagles cover show at the Uptown Bar in Minneapolis. This band consisted of Dan Murphy and Dave Pirner (both of Soul Asylum), Jim Boquist (later of Son Volt), and Martin Zellar (Gear ...
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Top 10 Golden Smog Songs
Until You Came Along
Long Time Ago
Pecan Pie
Strangers
5-22-02
You Make It Easy
Radio King
Corvette
V
Lost Love
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Top 10 Golden Smog Albums
Another Fine Day
Weird Tales
Down by the Old Mainstream
Blood On The Slacks
On Golden Smog
1996-06-26: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
Red Headed Stepchild
Keys
[non-album tracks]
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soul seven;kim wilson / jeffrey wright;bill sims, jr. / g-funk / master.p / aicelle santos / gretchen barreto / soldiers of fortune / spectrals / grupo salvaje / congotronics vs rockers
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