Sing Sing is a collection of demos, rehearsal recordings, and outtakes from The Honeymoon Killers decade long career. The Honeymoon Killers was founded by Jerry Teel and Lisa Wells and had various members over the years including Jon Spencer (Pussy Galore, Blues Explosion), Christina Martinez (Boss Hog), Judah Bauer (Blues Explosion), Russell Simins (also Blues Explosion), Marcellus Hall (Railroad Jerk) and many others. Jerry has had an interesting career after Honeymoon Killers with bands like Boss Hog, The Chrome Cranks, Knoxville Girls, Little Porkchop, Jerry Teel & The Big City Stompers and now to his current band The Lonesome Jerry Teel & Queen Pauline Review. His bands started out as being really swampy lo-fi garage rock and over the years went into more of a country/bluegrass direction with Knoxville Girls and The Big City Stompers. I'd seen Chrome Cranks play many times years ago when I lived in Chicago and would always talk to Jerry about music and he always just came off as being this cool laid back guy. In fact I remember one conversation about his plans on bringing The Honeymoon Killers back which it turns out never happened. I'm just finding out now much to my surprise that The Chrome Cranks have reunited! In fact it looks like they're playing a show in Brooklyn tonight so if any New Yorkers are reading this and are looking for something to do I'd highly recommend checking it out.
