Live at the Jungle Gym, by The Hamiltones

Live at the Jungle Gym

by The Hamiltones

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1.	Intoxica 01:41	buy track
2.	Church Key 02:04	buy track
3.	Latinia 02:44	buy track
4.	Weird Pool 02:19	buy track
5.	Penetration 02:25	buy track
6.	Church Key (reprise) 03:31	buy track
7.	Batman Theme / Church Key (reprise) 02:12	buy track
8.	Monstraphobia / Church Key (reprise) 02:56	buy track
9.	Intoxica 01:50	buy track

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The Hamiltones, which feature Reynolds on bass, John Toohill (JOHNS, read a related Buffalo Music Spotlight) on guitar and Chris Scamurra (Kharlos) on drums... [were formed] as a tongue-in-cheek response to The Burrs. History buffs may remember that Aaron Burr famously dueled Andrew Hamilton in 1804, resulting in a mortal wound to the latter, one of the country's founding fathers and the former Secretary of the Treasury.

Luckily, the rivalry between the Reynolds brothers has not reached such stakes, but the desire to one-up each other certainly seems to have led to the birth of Rick's Hamiltones.

"Nick thinks that he is somehow special for liking surf music. He thinks that he understands it on some level that the rest of us can't, and that's ridiculous. It's just bass, guitar, and drums. Anybody can do it, and I knew that I could put together a band better than Aaron & the Burrs."

As for the curiously similar political figure monikers, Rick admits that was more than just a coincidence.

"I picked the name just to poke fun at him, but Nick takes himself too seriously to take a joke like that. And maybe he is a little jealous, too, because the Hamiltones, even though we started as a bit of a joke, are better than the Burrs."

You can judge for yourself as both the Burrs & the Hamiltones will square off at 6 p.m. Friday along with fellow Rochester surf act, the aforementioned Televisionaries. The Hamiltones will even have a new tape available to fuel the fire of the siblings' dueling discographies...

quoted from:
buffalonews.com/entertainment/music/buffalo-music-spotlight-the-hamiltones/article_98848ef4-d45c-56b1-a9a5-d1e0006170e8.html

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released September 7, 2021

Live at the Jungle Gym was recorded 2/22/2014. Available on cassette from Big Neck Records

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The Hamiltones Buffalo, New York

J. Vito, Tony Lelo, and 2E are a trio of North Carolina natives known as The Hamiltones. The group started as background vocalist for Grammy winning soul singer Anthony Hamilton. The Hamiltones have been featured on The Breakfast Club, Steve Harvey Morning Show, and have been featured on four Grammy nominated albums. ... more

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