Chris Cates's 2001 masterpiece..

Winner of 'Album of the Year' at the 2003 Flagpole Music Awards.

By far Chris Cates's funkiest album. Many of the songs feature a live 8 to 10 piece band that was seasoned by many nights on the road. The album jumps between southern rock, jazz, funk, ragtime, hip hop and country, truly an eclectic mix ending with a electronic trance song.

Featuring some of the finest players to ever come out of Athens, Georgia including John Wayne, Dwayne Wallace, Gary Hartle, Seth Hendershot, John Kell, Mike Elam, Dave Brockway, Jesse Cole, Blood, Coda Baerfider, P-Noid, 4-C and more...

This album was delayed several times, first by a ruptured radial nerve on Cates's fretting hand and then a harddrive crash. Cates managed to finish the album using a special contraption on his wrist allowing him to play guitar.

The song 'Sugary Jive' received sigificant airplay across the U.S. and Virgin Islands and "Don't U Funk With Me" was featured in a hilarious DAMN! Show episode.

"A New Sport for Prime Time" a song written during the infamous 'Pink Sock Tour' of Germany continues to be a crowd favorite. This version was live in the studio with a nine piece band and it is through the roof with energy!

"I Need Children to Feed to my Alien" also features a huge all star band and a huge extended jam, as well as hilarious lyrics.

"I Can't Summarize Your Sunny Skies" features Mike Elam's flugelhorn brilliance and the essence of summers in Burke County.

The album even ends with a little hip hop with a little help from the Rev. Coda Baerfider and Blood and finally an electronica outro to cap off the eclectic vibe.

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Chris Cates - vocals, guitars, harmonica, piano, synthesizers, percussion

Seth Hendershot - drums

Gary Hartle - tenor sax

Mike Elam - trumpet and vocals

Dave Brockway - drums

John Kell - alto sax

Dwayne Wallace - bass

John Wayne - lead guitar

Daniel Marler - lead guitar on "Alien"

Jesse Cole - bass on "Alien"

Mike Strickland - drums on "If I'm Sad Tomorrow"

Mike Girrard - percussion on "I Can't Summarize"

Kenya Bloodsaw - vocals

Coda Baerfider - vocals

P- Noid - vocals

4 C - vocals

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