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After Tod left his previous group, Cop Shoot Cop, he quickly regrouped and formed Firewater to explore the styles of music Cop Shoot Cop had only hinted at, including klezmer, cabaret, ska, jazz, and gypsy forms. More than one source described the original Firewater lineup as an "indie rock supergroup", based on members such as Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard, Yuval Gabay of Soul Coughing, Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields, and Hahn Rowe. This original lineup proved unable to tour, and Tod recruited new musicians for the band's first tour. While the lineup has changed over the years, with many different musicians appearing on different albums and tours, Tod remains the singer, songwriter, and bassist of Firewater. Cop Shoot Cop was a rock music group founded in New York City in 1987 and disbanded in 1996. ... Klezmer (from Yiddish כלזמיר, etymologically from Hebrew kli zemer כלי זמר, vessel of song) is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... This page is about the musical style. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ... Duane Denison is a rock guitarist, formerly for The Jesus Lizard and Firewater and currently for Tomahawk. ... The Jesus Lizard was a rock music group formed in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Yuval Gabay (b. ... Soul Coughing (1992–2000) was a New York-based band founded by vocalist and guitarist Mike Doughty (who billed himself at the time as M. Doughty), a folk singer (he attended Eugene Lang College with Ani DiFranco, where they studied with Sekou Sundiata and played around the school together), slam... Jennifer Charles (b. ... This is Illyria, lady. ... Though often working behind the scenes, New York City violinist/guitarist/composer/producer Hahn Rowes numerous and wide-ranging projects attest to his skills. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Paul Chambers, acclaimed jazz bassist A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ...

Firewater has released five albums, and has seen some success, especially in Europe and on United States college radio stations. World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... College radio (also known as university radio, campus radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ...

Their latest album, Songs We Should Have Written, is a collection of cover songs. It includes songs written by Robyn Hitchcock, The Rolling Stones ("Paint It Black" reinterpreted as a crawlingly slow raga which "shove(s) a few downers down the song's throat to counter the original version's adrenaline-fueled fire" [2]), and a "dark and sweet" take of Sonny and Cher's "The Beat Goes On", described as "10 times more ominous and 20 times more pleasurable" than the original. [3] The album also includes a modern rendition of the Johnny Cash anthem "Folsom Prison Blues". In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. ... Robyn Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is a rock and roll singer-songwriter, psych folk artist, and occasional actor. ... The Rolling Stones are an English rock band that rose to prominence in the early 1960s during the British Invasion. ... Raga (rāg /राग (Hindi), raga (anglicised from rāgaḥ/रागः (Sanskrit)) or rāgam /ராகம் (Tamil)) are the melodic modes used in Indian classical music. ... See also sedative. ... Epinephrine (INN) or adrenaline (BAN) is a hormone and a neurotransmitter. ... Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock n roll singer and songwriter. ... Folsom Prison Blues is an American country music song written by Johnny Cash in the early 1950s and originally recorded with his trio in 1956 for the Sun Records label. ...

Discography

• Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire (1996)
• The Ponzi Scheme (1998)
• Psychopharmacology (2001)
• The Man on the Burning Tightrope (2003)
• Songs We Should Have Written (2004)

External links

• Firewater.tv (official site)
• Firewater Videos
• FireWater Bar & Grill Dallas
• The Tod Hole - A Firewater, Cop Shoot Cop, and related band depository
• Bourbon & Division (myspace group)