Giant Sand "Yer Ropes"

Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album. For a long while the band's rhythm section consisted of John Convertino and Joey Burns who left the band when their side project, Calexico, grew more widely known than Giant Sand and, as Gelb characterized it in 2004, Calexico "began to work against Giant Sand and eat away at what the band was".

Other members have included keyboardist Chris Cacavas (of Green on Red), bassist Paula Jean Brown (who was briefly a member of The Go-Go's and was married to Gelb at the time and drummer Tom Larkins (later to become a Jonathan Richman sideman).[citation needed]

Guest artists have included Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, Steve Wynn, Vicki Peterson, Rainer Ptacek, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and regular cameos from Gelb and Brown's daughter, Indiosa Patsy Jean.

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[AtomicPunker]

Awesome!

[pasadena333]

saw those guys back in 1992 , 1995 ! just 3 hours of amazing live music , mixing country dusted folk / rock with surf sounds in the entracts , just fantastic ! will never forget giant sand live performances .....

[podcastshmodcast]

one of the finer moments in INDY ROCK history. THIS very song. NO... LIsten...!

[rongermanjr]

does anyone have- or can anyone post- "flying around the sun (with remarkable speed)"?

[posthumanhero]

rather ordinary.......i like his newer stuff more actually

[Gonzo196969]

Otherworldy country music from anotherplanet

[ApaThyIncarNate1]

Wow. Well impressed with this. This tracks reminds me of the violent femmes and aspects of sonic youth and the meat-puppets. sublime.

[nkobtopenworld]

This is very good. First time I heard them.

[filmset67]

wow super Music

[ghlysptwld]

and a real god send