 Rubber Room, by Rev. Fred Lane and Ron 'Pate's Debonairs" was included on the Oxford American Southern Music CD that accompanies the 12th Annual Southern Music Issue.. The disk features overlooked music from Alabama, and the magazine includes an article of each of the 27 pieces on the disk, including a five page spread on Fred Lane and the Raudelunas collective penned by Lee Shook. "This is one of the best-researched pieces on our music to appear in print," said band leader Ron 'Pate. Rubber Room was included on From the One That Cut You, which is currently out of print. The magazine is on newsstands through February 2011 or can be ordered directly from Oxford American.
 Rev. Fred Lane swings with Ron 'Pate's Debonairs "One of the least known and most unusual albums of its time - from Alabama no less!" - Jello Biafra Review by Ed Baxter from The Wire magazine's "100 Records That Set The World On Fire" (Issue 175: Sep 1998):
Ron 'Pate's Debonairs featuring Rev Fred Lane Raudelunas 'Pataphysical Revue (SAY DAY BEW RECORDS 1977) A document of a single evening in the university town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 1975, at the Second Raudelunas Exposition. Dominating proceedings is Fred Lane, towering alter ego of flautist and whirlygig sculptor Tim Reed, who comperes with a series of hilarious lateral jokes and weird monologues. His cover versions of "Volare" and "My Kind Of Town" backed by Ron 'Pate's Debonairs - a hot, swinging, meandering big band - set new standards as melody gives way to controlled, impassioned and deeply humorous improvisation. This monumental work also features Anne LeBaron's superb "Concerto For Active Frogs"; Mitchell Cashion's charming setting of Julius Caesar's "The Chief Divisions Of The Peoples Of Gaul"; Industrial noise from The Captains Of Industry; and wild Improv combo The Blue Denim Deals Without The Arms. No other record has ever come as close to realising Alfred Jarry's desire "to make the soul monstrous" - or even had the vision or invention to try. It's all over the place. The sleeve notes describe it as "the best thing ever" - time has not damaged this audacious claim. |
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