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In 1998, the Dixie Chicks hit #1 for four weeks with the title cut from Wide Open Spaces. The song, written by Susan Gibson, was orignally recorded by her band The Groobees. The Groobees went their separate ways in 2001, shortly after releasing Buy One Get Eleven Free. and the group's web site went away in January, 2003.

These pages are a mirror of the groobees.com web site at the time it went dark. All contents should be considered the property of the former members of The Groobees. This mirror is hosted by the All-Inclusive Dixie Chicks Page. Questions should be directed to the Webmaster.


Buy 1 Get 11 Free Groobees Wayside Dirt & Spirit Travelin' Texas Live From Meridian - 1999 Festival
Listen to previously unreleased Groobee's Music on mp3.com

Buy 1 Get 11 Free
Buy One Get Eleven Free - The Groobees
(c) 2001 Downtime Records

The latest work from the Groobees. 14 new songs, two of which were recorded during the "Flood Sessions" of 1998. All others were recorded in January of 2001.

Produced by Lloyd Maines and Engineered by Fred Remmert at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin, TX.

We made two huge omissions on the artwork:
"Mambo" John Treanor: Washboard
Richard Bowden also played the mandolin
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Buy One, Get Eleven Free

2.  Let's Go Out Tonight
3.  Cloud Nine
4.  Down In Flames
5.  My Best Feature
6.  Ballad Of An Opening Band
7.  Two Hometowns
8.  Perfect World
9.  Cheap Trucker Speed
10. The Last Word
11. Sorry, Jack
12.Walls Come Down
13. Old Boyfriend's Things
14. You Came Along
15. George and Lucille

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Groobees
The Groobees - The Groobees
(c) 1999 Blix Street Records

The Groobees second release "officially", and the band's first national release. This CD made the Top 10 of Gavin's Americana chart. Eight of the ten tracks were recorded during the "Flood Sessions" of 1998 and two were taken from Wayside ("Wide Open Spaces" and "Not My Man").

Produced by Lloyd Maines and Engineered by Fred Remmert at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin, TX.

The Groobees

1.  Ahead Of Time
2.  Jaded
3.  Gatesville
4.  Shut This Place Down
5.  Take Care Of You
6.  Make Your Hay
7.  Steady As She Goes
8.  Dwindle Away
9.  Wide Open Spaces
10. Not My Man

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Wayside
Wayside - The Groobees
(c) 1997 Downtime Records

What started it all. The band's first independent release. This CD was designated as out of print when the band signed the Blix Street Records deal, but will most likely resurface in the fall of 2001. Currently it is only available at Groobees' shows or at www.lonestarmusic.com

Produced by Lloyd Maines and Engineered by Fred Remmert at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin, TX. Additionally recording done at Audio Refinery in Amarillo, TX and Engineered by Carlos Casso.

Wayside

1.  Comforts Of Home
2.  Match Maker
3.  Wide Open Spaces
4.  Wayside
5.  Last of his Kind
6.  Six Ways to Sunday
7.  I've Made My Peace With You
8.  When Love Is Lost
9.  Miles City
10. Not My Man
11. Nashville Suicide

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Dirt & Spirit
Dirt & Spirit - The Great Divide & Friends
(c) 1999 Broken Records/Daydream Productions

A fantastic compilation of Red Dirt Gospel tunes. Groobees appear on two tracks: "Jail Burned Down" (Susan Gibson - vocals) and "Hung Down Head" (Susan Gibson - vocals& banjo; Gary Wayne Thomason - acoustic guitar). Rumor has it that Susan and Gary actually helped write "Hung Down Head", but couldn't take credit due to the record contract the Groobees had in place at that time.

Produced by Jackie Diamond and Engineered by Walt Bowers at the Twenty-Fifth Track Studios in Broken Arrow, OK (J.J. Lester sometimes claims to have co-produced but he's usually in the throws of a dyspeptic fit when he does)

The Great Divide & Friends
Dirt & Spirit

1.  Introduction (Nobody Knows) - Tom Skinner
2.  Jail Burned Down - The Great Divide

3.  Jesus Took Me Fishin' - Tom Skinner
4.  I'm So Glad - The Red Dirt Ranger
5.  I Know A Man - Cross Canadian Ragweed
6.  Deliver Us - The Great Divide
7.  Nobody Knows (continued)
8.  Burning Still Introduction - Bob Childers
9.  Burning Still - Bob Childers
10.Hung Down Head - Susan Gibson
11. God's Blues - The Red Dirt Rangers
12. Tie My Boat - Stoney LaRue
13. Armor - Jason Boland
14. Blind Man - Tom Skinner
15. Angels Over Me - The Great Divide
16. Nobody Knows (conclusion)

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Travelin' Texas
Travelin' Texas - V/A
(c) 2000 Institute for the History of Texas Music

A compilation to benefit the Institute for the History of Texas Music at SWT in San Marcos, TX. The Groobees donated the track "Sleepwalking" to this compilation. The song was recorded during the "Flood Sessions" of 1998.

Produced by Lloyd Maines and Engineered by Fred Remmert at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin, TX.

Travelin' Texas
1.  Travelin' Texas - Shake Russell
2.  Venus Alley Stomp - Bradley Jaye Williams
3.  Roses Around My Feet - Tish Hinojosa

4.  That's Your Red Wagon - Asleep At The Wheel
5.  Smalltown Blues - Ruthie Foster w/Cyd Cassone
6.  What I Am To You - Albert & Gage
7.  My Own Place - Terri Hendrix
8.  Ranches and Rivers - Joe Ely
9.  Horsehoe Lounge - Slaid Cleaves
10. Standing Room Only
      - Step Rideau & The Zydeco Outlaws
11. If You Were A Bluebird
     -Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
12. Why Women Cry - Marcia Ball
13. Tamp 'Em Up Solid
     - Champ Hood & The Threadgill Troubadours
14. Amorique - Aztex
15. Kendall County - Tom Frost III
16. Rough Edges - W.C. Clark
17. Sleepwalking - The Groobees
18. Walking Away - Jimmy LaFave

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Live From Meridian - 1999 Festival

LJT's Texas Music Festival April 2000 #12 Live - V/A
(c) 2000 Boatfolk Records

Another compilation taken from the live performances Larry Joe Taylor's Festival in Meridian, TX, April of 2000. The Groobees track chosen was....... (big surprise) "Wide Open Spaces".

Produced by Larry Joe Taylor and Engineered by Jim Urban, Bobby Clouse, and Fred Remmert

Larry Joe Taylor
TexasMusic Festival April 2000

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