Casey Neill sings for wastrels, roustabouts, wharf rats & Bowery bums ….hell, even for CEOs of multinational corporations! There are boot stompin’ rockers, whiskey soaked ballads, songs mined from the sediment of Whitman, Woody, Shane & Springsteen but songs owing nothing to no one, purchased with sweat & passion, played on Fender, pennywhistle, glockenspiel, squeezebox, Strummer campfire guitar, whatever’s at hand, with a swagger & a shrug, a yowl and a dog’s breakfast.

photo: (c) 2008 Inger Klekacz

Casey Neill sings for wastrels, roustabouts, wharf rats & Bowery bums ….hell, even for CEOs of multinational corporations! There are boot stompin’ rockers, whiskey soaked ballads, songs mined from the sediment of Whitman, Woody, Shane & Springsteen but songs owing nothing to no one, purchased with sweat & passion, played on Fender, pennywhistle, glockenspiel, squeezebox, Strummer campfire guitar, whatever’s at hand, with a swagger & a shrug, a yowl and a dog’s breakfast. When the band slams into “Riffraff” and “We Are The City” the jubilant punters erupt into a dancing miasma. “We’ll dance as long as you play” yells one fan, hoping for all-night. Fans will be thrilled to know that studio time is booked & new songs toured this Spring will coalesce into the first all-Norway Rats album, upping the ante on last year’s excellent “Brooklyn Bridge”.

Meanwhile, take a listen to hear why they are nicknamed “The Thundering Herd”.

Casey Neill & The Norway Rats
Lola’s Room @ the Crystal Ballroom,
Portland, OR May 14th, 2008

Riffraff
Guttered
The Holy Land
Beautiful Night
We Are The City
Stonewall
….and a special parting message from the band

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special thanks to Inger Klekacz for the fabulous
photo of Casey, Little Sue & Lewi. check out her other photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingernet

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