No Strings Attached

This may be a bit of a shock to those who read this blog, but believe it or not, I'm pretty much into anything David Moore has touched, influenced, looked at, or thought about, and one of those things is The Chevy Downs Band. They're a bit of an Indiana mash-up band featuring Sonny Downs (Moore), Jesse P. Downs (Seth Greathouse - Bassist on Chamberlain's "Exit 263,") Beauregard T. Downs (Tim Jones - Vocalist of Old Pike, a band known best to me as being fortunate enough to share three-fifths of the only split album Chamberlain has ever released), and other Downs, whose backgrounds, I'll be honest, I'm not so sure about. Anyway, the album is not the easiest to fine, as I'm still unaware of a location offering downloads, but was easily worth the fifteen bucks and the wait of the postman delivering it to my door.
So you're probably wondering, "what's the deal with the No Strings Attached title?" After one of my late night Google sessions I actually hit the jackpot, a full Chevy Downs Band set offered FOR FREE online. I know, I could hardly believe it myself. I mean, let's be honest, I'd probably pay an insane figure for a full live set, so to be able to download it for free, that's almost too much to think about!
Now, if you're anything like me, you've learned to fear the "live download." Normally it sounds as if some person decided to record the set on one of those little tape transcription device thingys and then decided to sing along off-key during the entire set leaving you bashing your head into your keyboard while you painfully listen to your hopes and dreams be crushed within the opening notes of that first song. Disappointed, I know. I've been there. Multiple times.
This is not like that. This was recorded directly from the sound board (I'm assuming) and it rocks. It could be the best live album I've ever heard, and it's not even on an album. It's ridiculous really. No one should come across such a musical gold mine for free. There should be pain involved. And tears. And twenty dollar bills. At least some "holier than though" music snob you've gotta deal with in order to get him to send you a copy. I'm tempted to withhold the link from you, just to make you work for it...

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Ah, I can't do that to you. I'm too nice a guy.

Oh, and you're already sold, I know, but as if it couldn't get any better, it includes versions of Chamberlain's "Hey Louise" and "The South Has Spoiled Me." Incredible.