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City: SILVER SPRING
State: Maryland
Country: US
Signup Date: 1/3/2007

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 

Current mood:  awake

ON PURITY-a little morning meditation

rock is a beautiful mongrel-cur...adaptable as a pure-blood can never be. The dog-soldier prophet of music. The dirt-farmer poet. The blue-collar angel with a dirty face, big heart and skinned knuckles.

tough as a steel forged ten size nail being driven directly though the heart of despotism and hypocrisy.

all these things with a healthy dose of serious B/S and (now) hamburger sales. There is a bikini in there somewhere. And tight jeans stained with 30 weight motor oil,mustard and red clay hardened with sweat and beer. And laughter born of the national absurdity and true realization of individual freedom- mixed with healthy cynicism and a revolutionary kick up of dust in the face of the Landlords-the self-appointed Bosses- who suppose ownership of our spirit. 

Don't tread on me, I'm the mongrel, the mutt, the real deal, the eater of lies, the mirror of deceit, the fixed glare and sinister smirk. All in the Key of E...which stands for Everything they ain't.Everyman. Everywoman.

The profiteers,posuers and bean counters will never win especially because obscure rockers NEVER grow old and NEVER die.

 

Everybody drink a Coca-Cola and burp in unison. Do this harmonious burping in church because God-indeed- has a SERIOUS sense of humor, and ALL body noises are natures symphony.

how daggum amurican is that?

Ok...I'm done.

For Now.

See you beautiful rocker-mutts tonight. Somewhere.

Bring teeth.

 

MYSTR Treefrog.

 

Friday, October 16, 2009 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Music
Today Friday Oct 16th live on Netherlands Radio by BERTWIN "BLUES" BIJLEVELD

http://www.golfbrekerradio.nl


Where music actually is nurtured and it matters that you ain't pretty...
This station has a great Live stream..BOOKMARK IT!
My Thanks to Bertwin who asked some great questions and allowed me to babble on endlessly.
I'm excited to have had success in Europe with the new SWAMPADELIC HOUND DAWG CD.
(They like it in ByGawd Texas too. Yepper Y'awl)
Looking forward to taping an interview with the amazing LARZ FROM MARS this sunday on ARLINGTON CABLE...I think he wants me to be a new style Clarabell/Treefrog on his newly launched show...this could get crazed.
This makes an otherwise grey day in DC a bit better.
Best atcha..
MTF
Saturday, October 10, 2009 

Current mood:  animated
Mystr TreeFrog - My Babe’s A Mechanic (Buy, Dang It)
Mystr TreeFrog is my poetically rebelious and intelligently insane new friend from Baltimore. Last month, I picked a song called “WalkerDAWG” from his new CD “Psychedelic Hound Dawg” for the contest. But you bastards didn’t vote for it enough, and this dude’s music is so freakishly cool that it NEEDS to be heard more. So, I’m forcing him on you again this month. This song is probably about as sentimental as the guy gets, and it’s a nice little tribute to his apparently freakishly cool babe and to all freakishly cool people everywhere.

 

Saturday, September 05, 2009 

Current mood:  vibrant
Category: Pets and Animals

HELP ME HELP ME

 

HOSS THE BOSS SEPTEMBER SONG CONTEST

Vote For MYSTR Treefrog Once A Day-

JUST LIKE SEX OR A MULTI-VITAMIN

Its GOOD for everyone concerned!!

GO TO

http://hosstheboss.com

You’ll see a link on the right side that says Hoss’ September song contest

Click there or go to:

http://www.hosstheboss.com/2009/09/04/hossey-award-song-voting-contest-for-september/

WALKERDAWG is there!

Hey Peeps! Thanks for the Help.

I’ll have my wife bake you some brownies.

MTF

Saturday, August 29, 2009 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
The Genius Of Craig Smith
a short clip of his magnificent opus-
!~Psychedelic Glue Sniffin' Hillbillies!
Shot on location in KEYSER WVA
yer in fer a treat Y'all!
Thursday, August 27, 2009 

Current mood:  creative
Category: Pets and Animals
Kinda makes muh tail wag, bubba...Mark has written several great books including CAPITOL ROCK and THE LIZARD KING WAS HERE...Go find him on Amazon.com.and at the link provided..MTF

SWAMPADELIC HOUND DAWG

 by

MARK OPSASNICK

Author, “Capitol Rock”

 


In a previous life the entity now known as “MYSTR Treefrog” was comfortably perched high atop the Washington, D.C.-area rock and roll scene as guitarist-vocalist-musical consciousness guru for the omnipotent 80s-90s metal-funk band Shock Opera. Now, with the new millennium chugging along, “MTF” (as he is referred to by friends, followers, and all manner of fractious hippies who live for his artistic output) has taken to launching mind-altering sonic assaults on his adoring public, the latest of which is the high-octane, ten-selection CD: “Swampadelic Hound Dawg.”

 

In this offering, MTF (aided by, among others, Elijah Brayton on bass, Alphonso Coles on percussion and something called “BleeChild” on drums) churns out a procession of screaming slide guitar-driven pieces anchored by a bayou-bottom rhythm section and laced with vocals best-described as a cross between a growling Jim “Dandy” Mangrum and a southern-fried Iggy Pop. “Swampadelic Hound Dawg” barks up several instant Treefrog classics including the raucous opening hoe-down “Walkerdawg,” a Bob Dylan & “Brown Sugar”-influenced “Slow Shapes,” and the acoustically-framed and unabashedly infectious “My Babe’s a Mechanic.” But picking out favorites is not an option with this wondrous disc – on every track MTF and his co-conspirators doggedly deliver the goods and prove that when all is said and done it’s always hard-rockin’ music that really makes your tail wag.

 

But such blather fails to do this caboodle of searing swamp tunes justice. Strikingly original, daringly innovative, and undeniably ingenious, MTF remains one of the freshest and fiercest rock and roll artists on the American horizon today. Woofers and tweeters be damned – open your mind, crank the volume, and unleash “Swampadelic Hound Dawg” into your private world today.

 

MARK OPSASNICK

Author, “Capitol Rock”
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Opsasnick/e/B001JS1TUM/ref=sr_tc_img_2_0


And This From The Blues Bunny across the Pond in Scotland:

Mystr Treefrog

Swampadelic Hound Dawg

Ottomanix Music

2009

So what happens when the anger goes? That's the question I was asking as I listened to this album. Mystr Treefrog's last album "Bats Will Scatter" was an irresistible combination of swamp rock and precisely targeted rants. Now that the Bush Incarnate has been removed from the White House, surely there is nothing left for this angry young man to get all upset about.
That's true up to a point. This album is an altogether lighter, altogether less aggressive album that feels right at home next to a six pack of your favourite beer. Not that Mystr Treefrog has gone all soft and cuddly, of course, but he has gone a bit allegorical and become more of a storyteller than an orator. From cautionary tales of a life gone wrong ("Jefferson Nova and Kelly Chevette") through the Harry Chapin hits the road to nowhere ("Slow Shapes") to steamroller swamp blues ("God's Gift 2 Man"), there's no lack of variety on show. There are plenty of stories out there and telling them to an accompaniment of a rock solid groove is what Mystr Treefrog does.
Anyway, any album that starts with "…if Jesus had a dog, his name would be Spike" is never going to be entirely straightforward. Oh, and any album that features the demon guitar of Gary Bushmaster Brown is just fine with me.
You can get it from CD Baby.
 


  Bluesbunny



4 carrot rating




 

 

 

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Review: MYSTR Treefrog - Swampadelic Hound Dawg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BEo0jWXl9GA/SoU58ESXDyI/AAAAAAAAC4g/QGxxY0LKFpw/s1600-h/MYSTRTreefrog.jpg

MYSTR Treefrog - Swampadelic Hound Dawg
2009, Ottomannix Music, Inc.


Very often I’ll try to give a very brief introduction to a band in the first paragraph of a review. There are occasionally albums I review from folks who really need no introduction, and then there are, from time to time, acts for which any introduction would be insufficient. ....Silver Spring.., ..Maryland....’s MYSTR Treefrog is one such artist. Born from the sweltering heart of Southern Blues with a punk attitude and some good, old fashioned Psychedelia thrown in, MYSTR Treefrog isn’t quite like anything that’s been heard in the popular music scene in a while. His album, Swampadelic Hound Dawg, is better heard than written about.

Swampadelic Hound Dawg opens with Walkerdawg, a delicious mix of Blues and Cajun styles that's guaranteed to get your musical libido swinging. The guitar work here is outstanding, and MYSTR Treefrog's voice sounds like part Leon Redbone and part Dan Akroyd. Jefferson Nova and Kelly Chevette is a "cautionary tale" about two young bandits from ....Maryland.... out on the road. It's an entertaining story-song but not one of the stronger tracks on the disc. How Gone Is Gone is a letter to a long-lost friend in song about letting go and freeing yourself from the ties that bind and about happiness. It's unusually personal and stands out from the rest of the album as a serious and introspective attempt at reaching out across innumerable miles to someone who may or may not be listening. God's Gift 2 Man is an old school intervention set to song around some of the filthiest blues licks this is of the ....Mississippi..... It's an out-of-the-box story song that's entertaining and has a vaguely theatrical sensibility. Leonard is a strong blues/rock tune with great rhythm and some kicking collaboration between guitar and harmonica. Other highlights include Chasin' Tail, My Babes A Mechanic and Nawlins Worm Dance.

MYST Treefrog forges eclectic mix of Folk, Blues, Rock and some Cajun seasoning on Swampadelic Hound Dawg in creating a listening experience you won't soon forget. I can't say I loved every song on the disc, but as a complete work it's unforgettable. I have a sense that MYST Treefrog isn't a complete experience until you catch him live. Do so, if you have the opportunity.
Rating: 3.5 Stars (Out of 5)

You can learn about MYSTR Treefrog at http://www.myspace.com/mystrtreefrog%20or%20mystrtreefrogsblitherfestival.blogspot.com. You can purchase a copy of Swampadelic Hound Dawg at CDBaby.com.

Sunday, July 05, 2009 

Current mood:  aroused
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

http://cdbaby.com/cd/MYSTRTreefrog

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
SWAMPADELIC HOUND DAWG

PRESS AND BLOG RELEASE

 

The New CD by MYSTR Treefrog has been mixed and is on it’s way with the artwork to Disc Makers. It will be complete and available on CDBABY  and by download on all internet outlets by the third week of July.

Some truly great people contributed to the sound of this album.

 

BleeChild played drums on most of the tracks on the Cd. It was great to be able to work with him again in the studio. We haven’t been able to do studio work since laying down rough tracks for what would be Mer De Mente by SHOCK OPERA. We’ve known and played music together since he was 14 years old. His enthusiasm for live performance hasn’t changed. He plays in three thousand bands in and around Richmond,Va…The SPLINTERED JELLY BABIES,THE STRAP-ONS, PURE AND SINFUL (just to name a few.)He refuses to be quiet or still or entirely un-demented.

It is also possible that he NEVER sleeps.

Check him out on http://www.bleechild.com/

 

ELIJAH BRAYTON- Bass. I guess I had to grow my own. Luckily for me the genetics kicked in. His track on “Chasin’ Tail” was so supremely funky it made the whole experience worthwhile….besides- he’s way easier on the eyes for the female fans than M.T.F…his memory is amazingly intact AND he lifts all the heavy stuff- (including P.A., Drums, and M.T.F. after each performance.) Such a good Lad.

 

ALPHONSO “HOT”COLES- Djembe and Hand Percussion: Alphonso has been a key element to the SWAMPADELIC THUMP signature sound. His work with both the Electric and Acoustic textures of the band is pivotal by adding the go-go and Afro-Latin beat to the stew.Alphonso and MYSTR Treefrog often go out as a duo and play Acoustically anywhere they are allowed to do so. They may even submit to the indignity of applying for a D.C. busquer’s license. Or then again-maybe not.

 

GARY FRALIN- Organ on TRUTH SAFARI and SLOW SHAPES. This performance came about as a casual phone call from BleeChild for Gary to bump down to SNAKE OIL STUDIOS to lay down a track or two. What a great player. It was inspirational and added so much to the emotion and texture of the sound that everyone was blown away. NOTHING makes a song better than the soul of a B-3 and a Leslie Cabinet.

 

GARY BROWN of BUSHMASTER BLUES- Played Amazing Lead Guitar to M.T.F.’s Acoustic 12 string on GOD’S GIFT 2 MAN. Gary Brown is probably one of THE BEST live guitar players on The East(and West) Coast. This track is just a small sample of what he and his Stratocaster are capable of. He and his wife Trudi are true Blues Road Warriors and travel all over the area playing incredible live blues-rock. Do yourself a favor- Go check him out. One show will restore your faith in live Guitar Artistry.

http://www.myspace.com/bushmasterblues 

ELE EDBERG- played a nearly perfect rimshot track on JEFFERSON NOVA AND KELLY CHEVETTE. He nailed the track a flawless first take. Ele is the son of a great musician from Takoma Park, MARK EDBERG of The FURIES. He and Eli were elementary schoolmates. He is currently studying Music theory at Temple University in Philadelphia.

This young Cat is gonna set the Jazz World on Fire- I guarantee.

 

COLEMAN O’DONOHUE- channeled his inner NAWLINS Funky Swamp Thang on LEONARD and added some great Hi=hat work on TRUTH SAFARI. Coleman is well known in The Md/DC area as a premier session and Live Jazz Drummer for anyone that matters. He is also the kindly, friendly and humorous cat who runs the Drum Kingdom at Chuck Levins Washington Music Center. He knows more about Plastic food shaped shake toys and maracas than anyone else alive. He’s kind of a Percussionist Mark Twain.

 He’d probably disagree but he’s not the bragging type.

 

The Drum and Organ Tracks were recorded(with great patience) by

 Dan-O DECKLEMAN at SNAKE OIL STUDIOS in Richmond, Va.

Dan-O is a veteran road-dog of years of touring in Europe and the U.S.-most notably with the band ADAM WEST. It takes a practicing live musician to understand what is needed to record excitable crazy people with manic ideas. A sense of humor and good micing technique will win out every time. 

 

The final mix was done by FRANK MARCHAND, engineering legend of the Maryland Music Jungle at WATERFORD DIGITAL in Odenton, Md. Frank has been responsible for the sound of THE ALMIGHTY SENATORS,BOB MOULD,CHOPTEETH,NOTHINGFACE,MISS SARAH AND THE HELP,EAST IS EAST,JIMMY’S CHICKEN SHACK and nearly everyone else. He is also in great demand as a live touring sound engineer and has traveled the planet doing so. He will be moving to Takoma Park by Late Summer to be a partner in AIRSHOW STUDIOS. This will be a musical powerhouse…move over Stax and Muscle Shoals...

 

KELLY CHEVETTE added her vocal atmospheric flair to the opening track: WALKERDAWG. She will be responsible for starting and calming many a boot-slapping,bar-fighting Swampadelic sonic food fight. We look forward to the headlines…Her instant celebrity status will never change her -she may,however, be impossible to recognize with that solid black bar across her eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, June 27, 2009 

Current mood:  sweaty
Category: Pets and Animals

A Personal Note To My Historian Pal William "Safari" Manning in South Carolina who wrote a very detailed and fascinating piece on the state of Mi Jackson's Copyrights of Beatles Music-and where it may all stand legally upon his storied demise.:


 

Jeez Bill. You think lots.
As a former member of The Beatles Fanclub and Monkees Lunchbox buying Public..may I simply state that
Weer sincerely.
 
Pretty damned lucky for us in the landed(yet forclosed) brain midgetry to have you watching the Stats.
( On a quick Personal note:---I threaten you now with a copy of SWAMPADELIC HOUND DAWG..or better put, a copy of a studio master.
Selection Number 3 "TRUTH SAFARI" may be of special interest.)
This album was completed yesterday upon the demise of the chameleon man-child with previously fleet feet.
Syncronicity. Baby.
There are The Quick, The Dead(one of whom can actually-technically claim the position) and The Tragic Entertainer and apparent Elvis(and Jonny Cash) spawned(inspired) Train Wreck of apparently massive  exorbitantly humongus awesome newspaper selling importance.
 Weer talking Gravity Here.
The State of The Third Estate Falters No More.
 
The Print Media gasps and holds it's collective breath(breadth?) in a hearty , eye-popping  refrain:
 
" Katy Gitcher gun! Get that Satellite Frikkin Truck Down Heer NOW!."
 
Editors Bellow from the Windows of  Fleet Street.
(and The Pawtuckett Examiner..)
 
" Copy! COPY fer a solid YEAR on this one DEAD MUTHAH FUUC-KER."
The Ghost of Randolph Hearst whispers in the time traveling ear of an un-dead Marley-
"Weeee-eer saaa-vvv-ed boys....saaaavedddd.."
(Imagine /Insert soft ethereal REVERB here...)

For Gawd's Sake people.
Wake the Fuckin Fuck Up. 
Michael (the Tragic Archangell)Jackson may single-gloved-handedly saved the economy
 by O.D.(D.) and remarkable timing.
The Moonwalk of Shiva.
This, Brother Will- (will) not be the last Real Time the Circus will come to town.
I am, by the way impressed by how The Republican Governor of Nevada's(now re-named The Chastity State)
Penis has been interviewed on Oprah.
But wait! There's More!
Never To Be Outdone!
Your Governor's Penis can roll out like a fire hose all the way to Argentina
(They don't call it the Fuckland Islands fer NOTHIN' champ..)
Now here's a truly GREEN statement on yer Resume'.
Think Locally- Fuck Globally.
Between the Governor's(times two) Penile Erectumus Vexatum and Micheal Jackson's Barn-Burner of An Exit- We the American Peoples are sitting like Pigs on tattered couches in Over-financed shit.
Ask a Farmer.
He'll tell you it smells like money.
You can't spend a Hole.
 
 
Your esteemed smartass(who- by the way- enjoyed the article and read every word...twict..);
MYSTR Treefrog
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 

Current mood:  stoked
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Drum tracks and B-3 Tracks laid down over the weekend at SNAKE OIL STUDIO-Richmond Va. with BleeChild and Gary Fralin.
 www.myspace.com/snakeoilrecording  
Great Experiance. Worth the Drive! Worth the Time!
Dan-O is a fine engineer and brain. Yep.
SWAMPADELIC HOUND DAWG is coming closer to Completion.