Daviess County Panthers–Je N'Aime Pas Beaucoup Ma Gamelle (1997)
Artist: Daviess County Panthers
Title: Je N'Aime Pas Beaucoup Ma Gamelle
| 1 | Enola | 4:30 | |
| 2 | Cat Jack | 2:32 | |
| 3 | The Weaker Sex | 6:28 | |
| 4 | Meteor | 5:16 | |
| 5 | Tense For The Reaction | 3:42 | |
| 6 | Sinner | 3:02 | |
| 7 | Resigned | 4:12 | |
| 8 | 1991 | 2:35 | |
| 9 | Leave The Lights On | 6:08 |
Catalog Number: GUM030
Year of Release: 1997
Country and Year of Edition: US 1997
Sell Price: $6.09
Sell Date: 11/9/24
Condition: VG+/VG+ hole punch in booklet
Discogs Last Sold: 6/7/24 NM/VG $4.94
Low: $4.94
Median: $6.54
Average: $6.28
High: $7.10
Current low price: $5.99
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5
Have/Want: 11/3
Where Sold: Charleroi, Belgium
Time It Took To Sell: 13 years
Where and When Bought: promo
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B
Sad To See It Go: No
First, let's get the obvious out of the the way. What the hell does this title mean in French? Google Translate says "I don't like my bowl very much." Whether that is what it actually means or if it is slang of some sort will require true regional fluency. As far as I know, "Garnelle" is a mess tin. Nothing more.
A post-rock exploration of Electric Studios 1996. Guitarist/label owner Mike Hibarger retooled his band Tulips as Daviess County Panters with vocalist Suzette Fontaine and drummer Chris Keene for one more shot after ringer guitarist Jimmy Fountain moved to NYC. John Paananen played bass on this and was not in the Tulips. One last shot before Mike and Chris went on to The Takers, which I helped release in 2001-2002 on Rubric in the early aughts after Mike paused Sonic Bubblegum, save a couple post-Takers releases around for his band Desolation Bells in 2007 & 2011.
Suzette's subdued-aggro vocal styling was even more subdued in the hallowed hall of Albini. Many a band got to get his stamp (1,450 credits as of today sez Discogs) and the experience of going to Chicago to record with him for their one big shot. Whether it was any better or worse than anything else the players ever did is in the eye of the holder. Unless I am mistaken this was her final recording unless she joined some other band I don't know about. Whatever happened to Suzette Fontaine?
I ran into Mike a couple years ago and he didn't think there would be much point in putting his records into the digital sphere probably thinking it would further cannibalize the meager sales that made him retire from putting out bands in the first place. With 30 some-odd titles, he may be right unless there is a jackpot somewhere. But for the purposes of this article, it means I better rip this CD before I ship it to Belgium since there are only two tracks of 9 online at the moment.
For the highlights after a few listens today for the first time since 1997, the standouts were "Cat Jack" and the pummeling "Tense For The Reaction." Mostly I would zone in on Chris Keene's drums since he was throwing in some weird rhythms I found to standout. I'm generally annoyed by the "joke" of the surprise bonus track after a bunch of space on a CD, but in this case the old trick was effective to close out the album. I guess the vinyl version didn't do this due to constraints of time and space.
Sometimes old tricks are new dogs.
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