One of the great missing chapters of Americana music history can now be red… Read Full Bio ↴One of the great missing chapters of Americana music history can now be rediscovered with the long-awaited reissue of the classic debut album by the legendary group The Blue Shadows.
On The Floor of Heaven is considered by many of those who got to hear it upon its initial release in 1993 as one of the great, unheralded achievements of the alt-country movement. Out of print for more than 15 years, the roots rock masterpiece is now reissued as a two-disc Deluxe Edition via Bumstead Records on June 1.
Formed in Vancouver in the early 1990s, The Blue Shadows consisted of guitarist and singer Billy Cowsill – who began his career as leader of the legendary American bubblegum group The Cowsills (of "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" fame) – and Canadian roots rocker Jeffrey Hatcher – who enjoyed cult success in the 1980s fronting Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat. Together with drummer J.B. Johnson and bassist Elmar Spanier (later replaced by Barry Muir), the quartet forged a style built on the rustic sounds of classic country fused with the pop sensibility of The Beatles and tight harmony vocals that have drawn flattering comparisons to the Everly Brothers.
From the opening fiddle-fueled blast of "Coming On Strong" to the haunting climax "Is Anybody Here," On The Floor of Heaven is a feast for fans of hardscrabble country and 60s pop, packed full of Hatcher and Cowsill's inventive songwriting and immaculately nuanced vocal harmonies, the quartet's muscular rhythmic punch and Hatcher's tasteful, twangful touches on lead guitar. Songs such as "When Will This Heartache End?" or the anthemic, mournful title track are both throwbacks to a classic era before country and rock and roll went their separate ways and timeless in the stories the songs tell and the emotions they evoke.
Despite releasing two albums, garnering critical raves and touring extensively around North America, The Blue Shadows never managed to reach beyond a wildly devoted cult following and they broke up in 1996. Cowsill passed away in Calgary in February 2006. One of his last wishes was for a reissue of On The Floor of Heaven so it could finally find a wider audience.
On The Floor of Heaven: Deluxe Edition includes:
- The classic 12-track album with remastered audio
- A full disc of outtakes and cover songs including tracks originally recorded by George Jones, Merle Haggard, Joni Mitchell and Michel Pagliaro.
- All new packaging
- Downloadable detailed history of the band and song-by-song notes written by Jeffrey Hatcher available at www.bumstead.com/theblueshadows
The time is right for The Blue Shadows to finally cast a giant shadow across music history.
On The Floor of Heaven is considered by many of those who got to hear it upon its initial release in 1993 as one of the great, unheralded achievements of the alt-country movement. Out of print for more than 15 years, the roots rock masterpiece is now reissued as a two-disc Deluxe Edition via Bumstead Records on June 1.
Formed in Vancouver in the early 1990s, The Blue Shadows consisted of guitarist and singer Billy Cowsill – who began his career as leader of the legendary American bubblegum group The Cowsills (of "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" fame) – and Canadian roots rocker Jeffrey Hatcher – who enjoyed cult success in the 1980s fronting Jeffrey Hatcher & The Big Beat. Together with drummer J.B. Johnson and bassist Elmar Spanier (later replaced by Barry Muir), the quartet forged a style built on the rustic sounds of classic country fused with the pop sensibility of The Beatles and tight harmony vocals that have drawn flattering comparisons to the Everly Brothers.
From the opening fiddle-fueled blast of "Coming On Strong" to the haunting climax "Is Anybody Here," On The Floor of Heaven is a feast for fans of hardscrabble country and 60s pop, packed full of Hatcher and Cowsill's inventive songwriting and immaculately nuanced vocal harmonies, the quartet's muscular rhythmic punch and Hatcher's tasteful, twangful touches on lead guitar. Songs such as "When Will This Heartache End?" or the anthemic, mournful title track are both throwbacks to a classic era before country and rock and roll went their separate ways and timeless in the stories the songs tell and the emotions they evoke.
Despite releasing two albums, garnering critical raves and touring extensively around North America, The Blue Shadows never managed to reach beyond a wildly devoted cult following and they broke up in 1996. Cowsill passed away in Calgary in February 2006. One of his last wishes was for a reissue of On The Floor of Heaven so it could finally find a wider audience.
On The Floor of Heaven: Deluxe Edition includes:
- The classic 12-track album with remastered audio
- A full disc of outtakes and cover songs including tracks originally recorded by George Jones, Merle Haggard, Joni Mitchell and Michel Pagliaro.
- All new packaging
- Downloadable detailed history of the band and song-by-song notes written by Jeffrey Hatcher available at www.bumstead.com/theblueshadows
The time is right for The Blue Shadows to finally cast a giant shadow across music history.
If We Make It Through December
The Blue Shadows Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'If We Make It Through December' by these artists:
Alan Jackson If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all…
Alan Jackson (Holiday) If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all…
Bryan and the Haggards If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Countdown Nashville If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Holly Cole If we make it through December Everythings gonna be all righ…
Joey Rory If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all ri…
Joey + Rory If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
KITCHEN - Phoebe Bridgers If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
LIVING ROOM - Phoebe Bridgers If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Merle Haggard (Holiday) If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all ri…
Merle Haggard And The Strangers If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Merle Haggard/Merle Haggard & the Strangers If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Over the Rhine If we make it through December Everything's gonna be alright…
Phoebe Bridgers If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Phoebe Bridgers - Topic If we make it through December Everything's gonna be all rig…
Pistol Annies If we make it through December Everything's gonna be alright…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Blue Shadows:
A Thousand Times I told you no a thousand times Don't try to make…
Coming On Strong Now if I'm coming on strong* It's cuz you're driving me…
Deliver Me Driving at midnight and the moon is* Looking right at me I…
I Believe (Jeffrey Hatcher) I believed you when I shouldn′t I believed…
If I Were You (*Billy Cowsill/Jeffrey Hatcher) If I were you* Well I wou…
If It Ain't Rockin' Well when something ain't jumping* That what I can't take An…
Is Anybody Here Is anybody here, to hear this song That I've been cryin…
On The Floor Of Heaven (*Billy Cowsill/Jeffrey Hatcher) On the floor of heaven* …
The Embers The embers keep burning Long after the fire Old memories ret…
The Fool Is the Last One to Know (*Billy Cowsill/Ralph Boden Johnson) Now I'm just a workin…
Think On It So much work are some stories* Sometimes they just hide the…
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jpkurihara
"All that happens is that Mr. Giraffe plays with scissors and accidently kills himself."
All that happens.
Minhosbigtoes
jpkurihara mr. giraffe is so relatable
b r u h
yeah all that happens pretty usual
•StellarWolves Animations•
jpkurihara I laughed too hard at this
ReverendSyn
There are several puppets. "
And they're ALL named "Mr Giraffe"
Vicious Fate
This stuff makes me wanna create things like that aswell. It must be really fun to create something so many people want to solve and you're sitting there like "haha, they will never know !"
One day maybe someone will upload a video trying to solve my "riddle".
Borkoff
@Vicious Fate Respect
jubilé
@Luke Hall oh, i would like to see that
Vicious Fate
@Criminal de guerra I don't think it's too important what other people think.
My comment is now 3 years old, many things have changed I'm now studying to become a game designer.
Creating a "game" or "riddle" as in the video can be an amazing tool to entertain people and to tell a story. Not everything has to be as dark too.
Either way, never stop being creative because of what others might think.
Nobby boi
@Criminal de guerra well yes I think