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More goodies coming. Stay tuned!

Brand new CD! Busker's Bonus EP

After a long hiatus — 18 years to be exact — Howlin' Hobbit's second-ever solo release is out. Seven tunes, both new and old, for only $6 (plus shipping).

1. Too Soon Old
2. Teddy Bear's Picnic
3. The Question Song
4. A Simple Rag
5. Sheik Of Araby
6. Jitterbug Blues
7. Dr. Hokum & Mr. Jive

The tunes feature ukuleles, melodicas, bass, the infamous humbone, swanee whistle, harmonicas, guittaron, tuba and vocals from Howlin' Hobbit and some of his friends.

You can listen to the tunes for free at Howlin' Hobbit's BandCamp page, as well as buying them as downloads — and naming your own price when you do! — in all sorts of cool flavors (high bitrate mp3's, flac files, ogg vorbis...).

Being made mainly for selling from my case while busking, this is packaged in a plain window envelope. (And hey!, it saves on postage too!)

If you're from the U.S. or Canada, you can click on the PayPal button to order and pay for the CD via your credit card. There will be a $1.50 shipping charge added. Please note that the seller will appear as "Howlin' Hobbit Dot Com".

For our friends in other lands, we apologize... but the post offices of our nations have conspired to make shipping a LOT more expensive and we have to charge you $3.00 to ship it. If you're just planning on ripping it for your iPod or other mp3 player your best bet is to order from the Howlin' Hobbit BandCamp page. And it's cheaper too!

Coming soon: extended liner notes — in pdf format — for the Busker's Bonus EP should be available for download within a week or so.

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Snake Suspenderz first release, Preliminary Slither, is still available and we've just put out a new CD!

Serpentine

Snake Suspenderz latest album, Serpentine, is available here. 16 songs for 15 bucks (plus shipping)... that's a better deal than iTunes!

The CD features ukulele, trombone, guitar, tuba, drums, cornet, clarinet, slide whistle... oh my gosh! Just more than we can list here!

This is not only our most ambitious project to date, but it's also the first one that features the new line-up of Thadd, Hobbit, Sketch and, the "new kid on the block," salamandir on tuba.

We've got two covers on it but the rest are all original tunes! Here's the track list:

1. Say Hello To Mister Snake
2. FAIL!
3. 20th Century Fads
4. Even Your Best Friends
5. Naughty Monkey
6. Sausage
7. Light Fingers Louie
8. Flower of Shanghai
9. Misery Loves Company
10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
11. I'm Gonna Get Me A Lawyer
12. Night Train Waltz
13. Teddy Bear's Picnic
14. Serpentine
15. Happy Ending Waltz
16. Don't Quit The Day Job

You can listen to the tunes at Snake Suspenderz' BandCamp page, as well as buying them as downloads — and naming your own price when you do! — in all sorts of cool flavors (high bitrate mp3's, flac files, ogg vorbis...).

Extended liner notes are now available (1.8Mb pdf file), including lyrics and inside stories from the making of the recording. If you'd like the CD, you can buy it right here.

If you're from the U.S. or Canada, you can click on the PayPal button to order and pay for our CD via your credit card. Please note that the seller will appear as "Howlin' Hobbit Dot Com". If you don't wish to order online you can send a check or money order for $18.00 to:
Thaddeus Spae
Box 46141
Seattle, WA 98146

For our friends in other lands, we apologize... but the post offices of our nations have conspired to make shipping a LOT more expensive and we have to charge you $6.50 to ship it. You can click this PayPal button or send an International Money Order for $21.50 (drawn in U.S. funds, please) to Thaddeus at the address above.

Snake Suspenderz First CD!

Preliminary Slither, Snake Suspenderz first CD, is still available! 10 songs, 10 bucks (plus $3.00 shipping)... such a deal!

This CD was recorded back in the olden days when the Snakes were just a duo.

The CD features ukulele, trombone, guitar and assorted other instruments as well as a special guest appearance by Artis the Spoonman!

You can read reviews here.

We've put two tracks up for you to have a sample listen. Click on "hi-fi" if you're on a high speed connection, "lo-fi" if you're on dial-up. Or feel free to download the hi-fi version and listen at your leisure.

"We love your CD! We've been listening to it all week."

1. Slow Boat to China
2. Keepin' Up With My Jones
3. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
4. Street Performer Therapy
5. That's How Judi
[hi-fi lo-fi download]
6. Peoria
7. Viper Drag
8. A Big Glass of Water
9. Swing Anatomy
10. Get It Right the First Time
[hi-fi lo-fi download]

"I confess to my expectations being fairly high. And they were, of course, met and exceeded. You've produced a lovely CD - the pairing of strings with bass trombone is a real winner."

If you're from the U.S. or Canada, you can click on the PayPal button to order and pay for our CD via your credit card. Please note that the seller will appear as "Howlin' Hobbit Dot Com". If you don't wish to order online you can send a check or money order for $13.00 to:
Thaddeus Spae
Box 46141
Seattle, WA 98146

For our friends in other lands, we apologize... but the post offices of our nations have conspired to make shipping a LOT more expensive and we have to charge you $6.50 to ship it. You can click this PayPal button or send an International Money Order for $16.50 (drawn in U.S. funds, please) to Thaddeus at the address above.

Essential Ukulele Chords Pocketbook

After several years of producing the Essential Ukulele Chords Pocketbook I've decided to discontinue them. Many thanks to the couple hundred of you who bought one! (Who knew?)

My reasons are several but the best one is that Curt Sheller has turned out a much better product, Ukulele Chords - C Tuning. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. Versions for D and G tunings are in the works.

Go check it out!

Hobbit's Next Show:
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at Smokin' Pete's BBQ in Seattle, WA
See the shows page for further details.

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Snake Suspenderz new CD, Serpentine, is now on CDBaby!