Hot Water Music (incl. members & side proj.)

does anyone know where i could get this hat? i'd like to point out that i do not want to be chuck (or at least, that's not why i want the hat), i just like the hat.

It's pretty generic, just look around in various clothing stores like H&M etc.

Well I want to be Chuck. The only thing that could get me to stop wearing Chuck Taylors is if Chuck Ragan had his own line of shoes.

Isit me or is Chuck wearing eye liner?

Hah, I'm pretty sure he's not wearing eyeliner. His eyes just naturally sparkle.

laughing uncontrollably at the eyeliner thing.

No one else see what i mean though, his eyes seem outlined somehow. Haha, even if he was wearing it Id still fkin love the guy though, Chuck can wear eyeliner if he wants to!

ahahah maybe it's the eyelids, otherwise I'd be really impressed at his make up skills

simo wrote:

Well I want to be Chuck. The only thing that could get me to stop wearing Chuck Taylors is if Chuck Ragan had his own line of shoes.

i'm not 100% sure, but it looks to me like "Ari" from Goorin Bros. Here's a link to it:

http://www.goorin.com/men/flatcaps/ari

The logo on the back of chuck's hat seem to be similar (from what I can see) and in the exact same area as some of the goorin hats I own.

Chuck is now good friends with Mike Ness, who knows, it could be eye liner! hahahaha

Just a general flat cap style... looks denim style though

Continue reading on Examiner.com Interview: One-on-One with Chuck Ragan - New York concert | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/concert-in-new-york/interview-one-on-one-with-chuck-ragan#ixzz1f0N3HxuB


[Sorry--diidn't see a general CR thread in OB subforum]

Once in awhile you come across an artist that scratches the musical itch you didn't know you had. For me, Chuck Ragan is that artist. Armed with an acoustic guitar & harmonica and his massive voice, Ragan (along with his bassist Joe Ginsberg and fiddler Jon Gaunt) are an anomaly in my otherwise hard rock-filled playlist. Where another trio might use the exact same instruments to put you to sleep, these guys are so charasmatic that they can get even the biggest metalheads dancing to their soulful country/folk revival music. This past autumn, the trio played to packed houses in the UK and Europe on the highly successful Revival Tour which also included Dave Hause, Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio and Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem. Last week they joined Social Distortion for a second round of touring (they also opened for Social D earlier this year) and played the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA where I sat down with Chuck to talk road life, film scoring and whether or not he really is the "manliest man in the world."

You just got finished with The Revival Tour in Europe a few weeks ago. It sounded like a pretty unique experience.

Well what I can say is the most important element or essence of the Revival Tour is the camaraderie that basically makes up the entire group. That's what we're all there for. Also, that's what all the people come to see and be a part of. Not only just to see and hear, but all the fans and supporters of the Revival Tour, you know, they're welcomed there just as anyone else. I think it's kind of a common bond that we have with each other and that we also share with the supporters. That said, every single tour that we've done has been totally different since the lineup has changed quite a bit. But the overall vibe and energy is totally the same. It's that unconditional love and camaraderie that everybody has for each other as well as a respect for each other's music and work.

Do you have a favorite memory that you walked away with from that tour?

One memory was when we were in Wiesbaden (Germany) we played an old church, which was actually still a working church where they have services. They've been having a lot of indie shows, punk shows and acoustic performances there. It was absolutely astounding acoustically. I mean this place was a built far before PAs existed. The acoustics were just amazing and it was extremely ornate.

There's a song I wrote called "On The Bow", which is an a cappella number that we were doing it on the Revival Tour. On this particular show, early before the gig started, we were all walking around the church and exploring the basements and attics, looking at how these people built this thing. It was just amazing. I found this balcony that the choir normally goes up into and if you're in the crowd on the bottom floor, you can't even see where the choir sits. It's above the altar, where the big pipe organs were and all that stuff.

At the end of the night, we did The Gaslight Anthem's "American Slang" and then we all took off and left the stage. When we got backstage, we ran up the stairs to the balcony. As soon as the crowd quieted down a little bit, we started singing this a cappella song and at first people had no idea where we even were! The sound that came out of all of us friends together in a row, just singing with nothing but voices—no instruments, no nothing—in this church that was hundreds of years old...it just felt like it was the hugest sound I'd ever heard in my life. It definitely was kind of a moment frozen in time for me. And awkward too in that the visual perspective that we had was awkward. Once everybody realized where we were, we had the entire crowd looking upward. I'd never seen that perspective in all the years that I've played in my life, where we're up in a balcony performing and everybody was checking it out. (Watch the performance here)

Currently you're back on the road with Social Distortion, who you've mentioned as an influence. What was it about them that got your attention when you were younger?

https://thegaslightanthem.forumotion.com/t252-chuck-ragan-hwm-chris-wollard-the-draft
good interview, thanks for posting

Great interview Lorraine!

Thanks!
I'm always afraid to post links to my stuff here cus I don't want to feel like a pest. Thanks for doing my dirty work

It took everything not to jump up and hug him goodbye when we were done with the interview.

don't know if it's been posted before, but this interview is really worth listening!

http://listenin.org/interviews/archive/artists/Ragan_2100_+Chuck/default.aspx

Hot Water Music's new album entitled "Exister" willl be released May 15 on Rise Records. From Absolute Punk.net. Go here for complete tracklisting: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2650042

So the Gaslights record was completed not too long after, my Mid June prediction, might not be too far off. Cannot wait for both, I think we will get a track from Hot Water in a couple weeks then. So pumped!!!

Can't wait! Super excited!

Dave Hause from Loved Ones has been tweeting about the record:

Weird that they would open with samplers and a flute solo, but I'm digging track one...#HWM #exister @HotWaterMusic

HOLY FUCK. @ChuckRagan opens the record and tears your head off. Wollard's got track 2. #assholebuddies #favoritesongwriter #EXISTER

George Rebello's drumming is going to blow people's minds. #EXISTER #HWM #illsecondthatemotion

Track 4, Drown In It, a sexy Wollard jam with @Jason__Black turned up SO LOUD. #EXISTER Favorite so far.

had to make a sandwich. Ok back to the record...track 6...they're paying me so much to do this right now. #EXISTER #HWM

"I’m hardly feeling human anymore enough to drag my body from the floor" @ChuckRagan will give you the chills on "Drag My Body" #EXISTER

#EXISTER title track is SO RAD. I know, I'm gumming up your feed like Neko Case, but this record has me just tickled.

The @ChuckRagan song "Take No Prisoners" has me sharpening an axe and eyeing which tree I'll cut down next. #EXISTER #ADULTMALE

the @Jason__Black bass break with Wollard's vocal in the middle 8 of "The Traps" is amazing. #onparwithflightandcrash #EXISTER

"No End Left In Sight", a 6/8 Wollard stoner vibe. Damnit. I had a song in 6/8... #rollitupandsmokeitbro #EXISTER

And the grand finale, "Paid In Full" gave me the chills, 3 times. Wow, all the other rock bands can go home. #EXISTER #HWM


Ahh I'm so excited..

Travelling from N.Ireland to see Chuck and the guys in Orlando on the Revival Tour (well, it's one of the main reasons), can't wait, hoping the fact that Dave Hause is supporting Cory Branan means we get him showing up as the special guest.

nobody talks about rumbleseat??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiT23O-M4nE

chuck + chirs = gods

http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/hot-water-music-complete-sxsw-rock-room-set-20120318

The SXSW show in full

Anyone know how to rip flash files?