Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom - #hashTwang

Released: 2014
Format: digital download

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass
• Chris Searles – Drums & Percussion

Tracks:

1. Ducats
2. Ice Capades
3. Fighting Back
4. Smoochie Samba
5. Planet Party
6. Gigolette
7. Lost at Sea
8. Yonder Bro
9. ADD Heart

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2014 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Live ’95 EP

Released: 2013
Format: digital download
Notes: recorded live at the High Sierra Music Festival, Bear Valley, CA in July 1996.  Band performed under the "Dah-veed" moniker, playing both DG’s solo tunes and Twang tunes, including a handful from Twang’s Twang ’95 album

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass
• Chris Searles – Drums & Percussion

Tracks:

1. Core
2. She Sleeps in Her Jeans
3. Emotional Grind

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2013 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Cutz EP

Released: 2013
Format: digital download
Notes: Fate Worse Than originally recorded by Javelin Boot on their 1987 album The Schwa Sound as Fate Worse Than Death; 5am Amsterdam originally recorded by Michelle Shocked on her 1986 album The Texas Campfire Tapes; Donde Voy originally recorded by Tish Hinojosa from her 1989 album Homeland

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass & Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion & Vocals, upright bass on 5am Amsterdam
• unknown – Violin

Tracks:

1. Last Skank
2. Dead Ringer
3. Fate Worse Than
4. 5am Amsterdam
5. Donde Voy

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2013 Thousand Roses Ltd., except for Fate Worse Than by Dan O’Neil, 5am Amsterdam by Michelle Shocked & Donde Voy by Tish Hinojosa

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Twang ’95

Released: 1995
Format: cassette, digital download
Notes: known by many different titles, including: Miracle Twang; Twang With Monoxodil; Kool and the Twang; Indiana Twang and the Temple of Boom; Twang, You Know, For Kids; Twang Can Kill You; I’m Too Twangy For Your Cat; Can’t Get Enough Of Your Twang; Natural Born Twangers; Still Twangy After All These Years.  Recorded, mixed and mastered in 2 late-night sessions.  Remastered for iTunes and released in 2014.

All proceeds from this album went to the Day Out Club – Austin Groups for the Elderly

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass & Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion & Vocals
• Bekah – Vocals

Tracks:

1. You’re No Good to Me
2. Big Bacon Classic
3. Counselor Troi
4. She Sleeps in Her Jeans
5. Science
6. Endlessly
7. Latest Pagan Sensation
8. Tired of Waiting
9. You Scare Me
10. Swimming

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 1995 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Twanger EP

Released: 2010
Format: iTunes digital download

Notes: recorded in 1990 as the follow up to Me So Twangy, but was never officially released.  Remastered and finally released in 2010 in conjunction with the 2009/2010 Twang reunion shows.  Full version of the album released on CD as "Twanger" – contains 9 additional songs.

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass & Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion & Vocals

Tracks:

1. John Lennon Song
2. New Zoo Review
3. Sunflowers
4. When the Night Comes

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2010 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Twanger

Released: 2010
Format: CD
Notes: recorded in 1990 as the follow up to Me So Twangy, but was never officially released.  Remastered and finally released in 2010 in conjunction with the 2009/2010 Twang reunion shows.  Additional song, "Cry Myself to Sleep", recorded at these sessions; remains unreleased.  Abbreviated version of the album released to iTunes as "Twanger EP"

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass & Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion & Vocals

Tracks:

1. Maybe
2. Butterflies
3. Bournemouth
4. New Zoo Review
5. Oh Me Oh My
6. When the Night Comes
7. Sunflowers
8. Take a Nap (unlisted on CD)
9. John Lennon Song
10. Nice as You Are
11. Summer Song
12. Kindergarden
13. Whitewalls (only availalbe via Twang’s mailing list as a download)

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2010 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Me So Twangy

Released: 1990
Format: cassette (original release), CD & iTunes download (remastered 20th Anniversary Edition)
Notes: compilation with 2 previously unreleased songs – My Wish & Quiet.  All songs were new recordings except for Big Stick, which is the same version as on It’s a Twang Thang, only remixed.  Album was remastered in 2009 for Twang’s 20th anniversary and the 2009/2010 reunion shows

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass & Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion & Vocals

Tracks:

1. Always Give Your Love Away
2. Amnesty
3. Big Stick
4. Blue
5. Fishsticks
6. Heaven Sent
7. It’s No Secret (Swollen)
8. My Emaciated Heart
9. My Wish
10. Nicotine Queen
11. Quiet
12. While My Hair Grows Long

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 1990 Gemmasongs Ltd

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – It’s a Twang Thang

Released: 1990
Format: cassette

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar & Vocals
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass & Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion & demented vox on "It’s No Secret"

Also Featuring:

• "Dahomey Choir": Tim, Joel, Lies & Misty
• Craig Ross – Xtra Guitar on "Big Stick"
• Frank Orrall – Special Appearance on "Big Stick"

Tracks:

1. Always Give Your Love Away
2. Nicotine Queen
3. Let Me Be Your Love
4. Blue
5. Big Stick
6. Amnesty
7. It’s No Secret (Swollen)
8. Heaven Sent
9. While My Hair Grows Long
10. A 1000 Roses
11. Anastarsia (live at the Cactus)

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 1990 Gemmasongs Ltd.

Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom – Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom

Released: 1989
Format: cassette

Notes: album possibly titled "If I Loved You, Would You Ache"; need confirmation

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
• Jeff Haley – Upright Bass, Vocals
• Chris Searles – Percussion, Vocals

Also Featuring:

• "Dahomey Choir": Karen, Gemma, Marc, Tim, Joel, Stephen, Leigh, Mat, James

Tracks:

1. My Emaciated Heart
2. I’d Rather Be Lost
3. In My Family
4. Fishsticks
5. Song for Our World
6. Burnwood
7. Lock of Your Hair
8. Big Stick (intro rap known as Peanut Butter Face)
9. Vases & Shoes
10. Without a Doubt
11. 10-15

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 1989 Gemmasongs Ltd.

Davíd Garza – Little Strummer Boy

Released: 2013
Format: digital download

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, everything else

Also Featuring:

•  Ximena Sariñana - Vocals on "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

Tracks:

O Come, Emmanuel

What Child is This

O Christmas Tree

Carol of the Bells

Silent Night

O Holy Night

Angels We Have Heard on High

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky)

I'll Be Home For Christmas (Gannon/Kent/Ram)

all songs are in the Public Domain, arrangements by Davíd Garza

Davíd Garza – Human Tattoo

Release: 2013
Format: CD/digital download


Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, everything else

Also Featuring:

• Shawn Lee - Drums on "Creation"
• Nina Diaz - Vocals on "Weigh You Down"
• Katarina Guerra - Background Vocals
• Dan Dyer - Background Vocals
• Luis Mitre - Background Vocals
• Adrian Quesada - Guitar

Tracks:

Creation

Weigh You Down

Tell You

Human Tattoo

Why Fight It

Jean Genet

Kiss & Run

All Summer Long

Rude Eyeshadow

Heavens in Your Heart

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2013 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Davíd Garza – Eternal Tambourine

Release: 2013
Format: digital download
Notes: 100 songs – 57 previously released, 30 new instrumentals (=) & 13 new vocal songs (*).  No liner notes included with the collection, thus no info on additional musicians for the new tracks.  The album feels like a companion to A Strange Mess of Flowers.  Except for a completely different recording of Almost There, there are no duplicate songs on either collection.  Original version of Almost There on Conmigo, original version of Vibe Cretins on Summer Songs 7 as Cretins, original version of Darkest Part of the Night on Summer Songs 6, original version of I Warned You on Slaughterhouse Jive as Onassis, original version of Starlet on Summer Songs 5.

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Drum Programming, Piano, Keyboards, Harmonica, everything else

Also Featuring:

• unknown female vocals on "Kinda Perfect"
• Mark Williams – Bass on "Vibe Cretins" (?)
• Michael Hale – Drums on "Vibe Cretins" (?)
• Brad Hauser – Saxophone on "Vibe Cretins" (?)
• Chepo Peña – Bass on "Beyond the Beyond" (?)
• Nina Singh – Drums on "Beyond the Beyond" (?)
• Sean Mullins – Guitar on "Beyond the Beyond" (?)
• unknown bass on "I Warned You"
• unknown drums on "I Warned You"

• for all other musicians, please see the original albums

Tracks:

Tell Me Why (from Just Say Love)

Captured (from Just Say Love)

Am I (from Just Say Love)

Just Say Love (from Just Say Love)

Tara (from Summer Songs 1)

Forget Song (from Summer Songs 1)

Hanging on a Thorn (from Summer Songs 1)

Wine (from Summer Songs 1)

Young and Naive (from Eyes Wide Open)

Now You Can Open Your Eyes (from Eyes Wide Open)

Sea of You (from Eyes Wide Open)

Virgin Mary Candle (from Eyes Wide Open)

Scatterbrain (from Eyes Wide Open)

Fallen Angel (from Eyes Wide Open)

All I Ever Need (from Eyes Wide Open)

Under Your Evergreens (from Eyes Wide Open)

Long Walk Home (from Summer Songs 2)

Devour (from Summer Songs 2)

Cycles (from Summer Songs 2)

Only Skin (from Summer Songs 2)

Collide (from Summer Songs 2)

Fire Love (from Summer Songs 2)

Far Away Hands (edit) (from Summer Songs 2)

Steer Clear (from Culture Vulture)

Cold Samba (from Culture Vulture)

Silawe (from Culture Vulture)

Simple Things (from Culture Vulture)

Influence (from Culture Vulture)

Up (from Culture Vulture)

Isis and Osiris (from Culture Vulture)

Almost There (Juliana Vox) (*)

19 Cent Expatriot (from Conmigo)

Little Star (from Conmigo)

Your New Man (from Blind Hips in Motion)

Last Kiss (from Blind Hips in Motion)

Maria (from Blind Hips in Motion)

Emotional Grind (from Blind Hips in Motion)

Sigh Bye Sigh (from Blind Hips in Motion)

Go Full Circle (from Blind Hips in Motion)

I’m Only Four (from Blind Hips in Motion)

Kinda Perfect (*)

Ninja of Love (*)

Hymn to the Sun (*)

Aria (*)

Vibe Cretins (*)

Believe in Your Dreams (*)

Darkest Park of the Night (*)

Summer Love Jams (edit) (from Summer Songs 6)

Starlet (*)

Kitty Komittay (from Summer Songs 5)

Ill Troubadour (from Oh Dread)

My Baby Got Dealt the Card of Death (from May Ides)

Firebreather (from May Ides)

Blues for Zeneida (from Chuy Chuy Y’all)

Beyond the Beyond (*)

This Blood’s for You (*)

I Warned You (*)

Train Never Coming (*)

Horrid (from Secret Album)

Au Revoir (from Secret Album)

Lock the Beargates (from Secret Album)

Armies Marching (from Summer Songs 4, called Artcloud Army Marching)

Radar Frontera (from Summer Songs 4)

Peace to the Road (extended fadeout) (from Summer Songs 4)

Black and Tan (from Alarm)

Inixia (=)

Vaudville (=)

Baptism (=)

Anon (=)

Mars (=)

Corpsix (=)

Desert (=)

Violin (=)

Moanday (=)

Doomsday (=)

Whensday (=)

Terrorsday (=)

Frightday (=)

Sadderday (=)

Someday (=)

Visions (=)

Disappear (=)

Visitor (=)

Dawn (=)

Refuge (=)

Pilgrimage (=)

Miraculous (=)

Mother (=)

Flying (=)

Belltower (=)

Riverbed (=)

Wasteland (=)

Vespers (=)

Archangel (=)

Vague (from Summer Songs 3)

June (from Summer Songs 3, called Blunt)

Dusk (edit) (from Summer Songs 3, called Here)

Lash (from Summer Songs 3)

Rays (from Summer Songs 3)

Lullabear (=)

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2013 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Davíd Garza – The Ballad of Crybear

Release: 2012
Format: CD
Notes: all new recordings, except for Shed Light, Let’s Go to Yesterday, Losers Revolution, One Again, Doesn’t She (all from Ad Hoc), & Coronet Town (from ACL: Westbound).  These six tracks are new remixes.

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Piano, everything else
• Mark Williams – Bass & Cello
• Michael Hale – Drums
• Donny Silverman – Flute
• Abra Moore – Harmony Vocals
• Drew Brown – Xylaphone

Tracks:

Girly Gal

Lock, Stock & Soul

Manboy

Shed Light

Chixadees

Let’s Go to Yesterday

Sea Fawn

Losers Revolution

Shoes From Rome

One Again

Doesn’t She

Coronet Town

Cura 1

Cura 2

Cura 3

Cura 4

Cura 5

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2012 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Davíd Garza – Rare Bear Theatre

Release: 2012
Format: MP3
Notes: album of rare/unreleased material. No liner notes were included, so any additional musicians are my own guesses based on who he was playing with at the time.  Carry Me first released on Underdub, though this version is older; There Go the Weirdos original version on Summer Songs 3

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Drums, Bass, everything else

Also Featuring:

• Jim Cocke – Keyboards on "All Mine"
• John Thomasson – Bass on "Carry Me" (?)
• Michael Hale – Drums on "Carry Me" (?)
• Gemma Cochran – Vocals on "Carry Me",  "Nobody You Know" and "Siren" (?)
• Doug Wimbish – Bass on "Mob Rock"
• Will Calhoun – Drums on "Mob Rock"
• Chepo Peña – Bass on "There Go the Weirdos" (?)
• Nina Singh – Drums on "There Go the Weirdos" (?)
• Sean Mullins – Guitar on "There Go the Weirdos" (?)

Tracks:

All Mine (from Summer Songs 2)

Blondiecaxe (rec. 2011)

Carry Me (rec. 1995)

Devil Rock Pop Disco (rec. 2011)

El Vagabundo (from ACL: Southbound)

Feast of the Raintree (listed as Raintree Eleven, from Morbid Songs of Love)

Girl With Flaxen Hair (rec. 1994)

Hell Lirio (listed as El Lirio, from Covers/Colcha) (trad)

It’s a Wonder (rec. 2003)

Jive Ave Maria (rec. 2010) (Schubert)

Keep Your Strength (rec. 2005)

La Di Di (from ACL: Eastbound)

Mob Rock (from Underdub)

Nobody You Know (rec. 2000)

Oversea (rec. 2011)

Planet Delete (from ACL: Northbound)

Queen of the May (from Morbid Songs of Love)

Real One (from Summer Songs 6)

Siren (from ACL: Eastbound)

There Go the Weirdos (rec. 2004)

Unworthy (rec. 1996)

Vai Azulão (rec. 2005)

Were You There? (rec. 2002) (trad)

Xo Bears Forest (rec. 1993)

Your Memory Falls Like Snow (rec. 1997)

Zarra  (rec. 2007)

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2012 Thousand Roses Ltd., except Hell Lirio, Jive Ave Maria & Were You There – all Public Domain

Davíd Garza – Oversea

Released: 2011
Format: CD

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drum Programming, everything else

Tracks:

Aflame

Brideswoon

Redbloom

Shifter

Sufisip

Persnixty

Shadox

Xyla

Aria

Vamp

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2011 Thousand Roses Ltd.

Davíd Garza – Shed Light 2000-2010

Release: 2010
Format: CD
Notes: compilation album covering 2000-2010, all songs remastered.  Most songs previously released except for Divina, Just the Bass, DFD, Karaoke King, X Marks the Heart.  Original version of Divina on Chuy Chuy Y’all, original versions of Just the Bass and DFD (as Dead French Dudes) on Dream Delay, original version of Karaoke King on ACL: Northbound, original version of X Marks the Heart (as Hearts Beat Black) released on various artists compilation Single Wish.

Players:

• Davíd Garza – Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums, Drum Programming, everything else

Also Featuring:

• unknown string players on "Invisible"

Tracks:

Ready to Fly (edit) (from Summer Songs 6)

Divina (new version)

Rhymes for Honeys (from Oh Dread)

Annabella (Song for Ann Marie) (from Oh Dread)

Ghetto Freaxx (called Getarevo, from Alarm)

Just the Bass (new version)

Honey (extended outro) (from Ad Hoc)

Invisible (from ACL: Eastbound)

DFD (Dead French Dudes) (new version)

Coronet Town (from ACL: Westbound)

Karaoke King (new version)

X Marks the Heart (new version)

Mistreat Lane (from Summer Songs 7)

Ghost Radio (extended) (from Summer Songs 7)

The Night Heron (from May Ides)

Black Rainbow (from ACL: Northbound)

Kill That Joy (from Oh Dread)

Very (from ACL: Northbound)

Rattle (edit) (from May Ides)

Lock, Stock & Soul (edit) (from Summer Songs 7)

all songs written by Davíd Garza (c) 2010 Thousand Roses Ltd.