The Axeman's Jazz

The Axeman's Jazz is the debut album by Australian alternative rock band Beasts of Bourbon which was recorded in October 1983 and originally released in 1984 on the Green/Big Time label.[1][2]

The Axeman's Jazz
Studio album by
The Beasts of Bourbon
ReleasedJuly 1984
RecordedOctober 1983
StudioParadise Studios, Sydney Australia
GenreAlternative rock, blues rock
Length41:15
LabelGreen/Big Time
BT-7032
ProducerRoger Greirson
Beasts of Bourbon chronology
The Axeman's Jazz
(1984)		 Sour Mash
(1988)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

In the review on Allmusic, Kathleen C. Fennessy said "Considering how little time was actually spent on recording it, The Axeman's Jazz is a surprisingly accomplished debut. If not quite as successful as 1988's follow-up, Sour Mash, it remains an energetic collection of grungy swamp rock with a side of countrified blues".[3]

In 1991, Perkins said, "We stretched doing "Pycho" out for as long as possible because we knew people liked hearing it, but we won't be doing it anymore. Every show we hear the familiar cry of 'Ten Wheels for fucking Jesus.... ya cunt!' We haven't done it in fuckin' five years but someone will always ask for it. It's a really dumb fuckin' thrashed out piece of hillbilly idiocy."[4]

Track listing

All songs by Spencer P. Jones and Tex Perkins except where noted

  1. "Evil Ruby" – 3:33
  2. "Love and Death" – 4:04
  3. "Graveyard Train" (John Fogerty) – 7:15
  4. "Psycho" (Leon Payne) – 3:57
  5. "Drop Out" (James Baker, Kim Salmon) – 3:04
  6. "Save Me a Place" (Salmon, Perkins) – 5:38
  7. "Lonesome Bones" (Perkins) – 4:33
  8. "The Day Marty Robbins Died" – 3:20
  9. "Ten Wheels for Jesus" (Perkins) – 5:24

Personnel

Production

References
  1. Tex Perkins discography accessed January 14, 2019
  2. Walker, C. The Ugliest Band on Earth, Preface from Beasts of Bourbon: Ten Years Behind Bars (Music Sales, 1993), accessed January 14, 2019
  3. Fennessy, Kathleen C.. Beasts of Bourbon – The Axeman's Jazz: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  4. Cameron Craig (1991). "Beasts of Bourbon: Tex talks". Lemon. No. 13.


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