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THE REVIEW
Hello everyone. I'm Bumbe, I've been following the site for a long time and I have a few nice discs to recommend. I recently got to know the musician in this review, and I can't say whether his name is a pseudonym or his real name, but it's a fact that Jon Wayne was also the name of his band, a Los Angeles quartet from the eighties that released this record in 1985 for the English Hybrid Records. The names of the other three figures are: Jimbo, drums and vocals, Billy Bob, bass, and Earnest Beauvine, guitar. Jon Wayne plays the other guitar and sings.Now, these four crazies put 12 songs on a vinyl and make it a little gem. They play (played, did play) cowpunk with true hardcore edges and an irreverent as well as entertaining irony. The slow and more traditionally country tracks are plagued with drunkenness while Jon Wayne, the quintessential western hero, croaks sardonically, making big fun of Texans, Texas, and more broadly an overly stereotyped way of being American. It must be said that it is in gems like this record that one understands how eclectic and unconventional the Californian punk scene of the eighties was. The Minutemen and SST, the Gun Club, the Dead Kennedys, and the bands from San Francisco, up to Texas with the Dicks, Butthole Surfers, etc... Jon Wayne in the punk scene of the time is perfect: an eclectic group, a bunch of buffoons, delirious and delightful songs, in their own naive way. "Texas Cyclone", the fourth song of side A is an electric and distorted country shot at hardcore speed, it lasts 33". Crazy stuff. Wonderful.
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Jon Wayne's Texas Funeral, released in 1985, is a unique cowpunk album that mixes hardcore punk energy with ironic takes on Texas stereotypes. The band, a Los Angeles quartet, delivers 12 eclectic and entertaining tracks marked by sardonic humor. Highlighted by songs like "Texas Cyclone," the album exemplifies the unconventional spirit of the 1980s Californian punk scene. It is both a humorous and musically diverse record appreciated by fans of alternative punk and country fusion.Tracklist Videos
Jon Wayne
Jon Wayne is presented in the DeBaser review as a Los Angeles cowpunk quartet from the 1980s, noted for the 1985 album Texas Funeral and an ironic, satirical take on country tropes.01 Reviews
