June 2011
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November 2010
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Demo stage of new Ragoo in swing...
posted by Jimmy Ether
Cross-country recording between myself and Ken is kicking into action. I sent a care-package of microphones, cables and a microphone preamp up to Ithica for Ken to use with his existing gear for tracking his drums, bass, guitar, vocals… the whole deal. Once that is all set up to our liking we should be rockin’ with efficiency.
We’ve been passing back and...
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Where to find us...
Hopefully our next few posts will start digging into the recording of new material, but please excuse us while we share a few links. We’ve finally gotten ourselves properly established on all the music-oriented social networks. It’d be awesome of you could “like” us on Facebook, friend our Myspace and check out a few of our free downloads over at Last.fm. There are also a...
October 2010
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WatchIn 1996, The Big Ragoo was formed as a side project of three members of Atlanta post-punk band Monkey Boy. Jimmy Ether (hey, that’s me!), Ken Whitener and Shawn Christopher — all prolific songwriters — would rotate instruments with the principal songwriter playing guitar. Lyrics were written communally based on what each member thought the others were singing, resulting in both...