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| Skip Jensen
started his recording career by forming well-known Montreal garage
rock trio Scat Rag Boosters with Edouard Larocque and Martin Dupras.
The band released a half dozen 7"s on labels like Flying Bomb,
Solid Sex Lovie Doll, Savage and a host of others from Canada to
France. They opened for many bands like The Dirtys, The Subsonics,
Royal Trux and The Lazy Cowgirls.They were even contacted by Crypt
Records owner Tim Warren about releasing an LP but sadly, Crypt
stopped releasing new bands due to financial trouble. Skip had also
been recording himself at home for some years, but in 2001 while
he was still releasing records with the Scat Rag Boosters he decided
to start recording himself more seriously. Him and fellow Booster
Edouard Larocque had a couple side projects going like The Stack
O' Lees and The Wrong Doers but he had a bunch of songs the he had
written that just didn't seem to fit in anywhere. And so, Skip Jensen
was born, with a paintstick taped to one foot, a tambourine to the
other and a harmonica and guitar slung around his neck he proceeded
to bash out and record some of the most stripped down and original
soundin' tunes to be heard in a dog's age. Heavily influenced by
the likes of Jesse Mae Hemphill, Doctor Ross and even Hasil Adkins
the songs are a mishmash of blues, punk, rockabilly, folk, bluegrass
and rock n' roll. Demos were sent and deals were struck, 2 conceptual
45's are coming from the well known France based label Yakisakana
Records as well and a split 7" shared with The Johnny Cancer
One Man Band on the somewhat infamous and highly sought-after Italian
label Solid Sex Lovie Doll Records. Both records are due to some
out sometime in the first quarter of 2003. After opening for the
likes of The Deadly Snakes and Bob Log III it was decided a tour
of Europe was in order, slated for March/ April, he'll be playing
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Anyone
interested in booking/contacting him should write or email to:
slimzi@hotmail.com
Skip
Jensen
865-B Ontario Est
Montréal Québec
H2l 1P3 Canada
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