Links

Affiliated Sites:

• 429 Records - bringing you Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey



• Pitch-a-Tent Records (founded by David Lowery, and home of the Cracker store) Lots of CDs, T-shirts, MP3s, for Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven, FSK, Lauren Hoffman, Kitty Snyder, Koester, Wee Turtles etc...



• JohnnyHickman.com ...featuring Johnny's 2005 solo record "Palmhenge"



• Frank Funaro - Info about Frank and drum lessons



• Sal Maida - Info about Sal Maida (and Lisa Burns)



• KennyMargolis.com - Info about Kenny and his other bands



• Victor Krummenacher is also part of Magnetic Motorworks



• Cracker's Myspace page



• Sound of Music Studios Cracker is part owner of this landmark Richmond studio. Check out why it has become one of the most popular (and affordable) studios on the East Coast. Now in Amsterdam too.



• David Lowery's The Chart - This little chart shows the relations between many bands. Created on AOL before 2001, deleted by AOL in 2008, re-animated in 2009.



• David Lowery is sponsored by Ibanez guitars
  
  



• Kenny Margolis proudly uses Hartke amplifiers
  
  



• Cooking Vinyl USA record label - bringing you Greatest Hits Redux and Greenland

Extras:

• Cracker Forever a Yahoo! discussion group.



• Strangely Compelled Strangely Compelled email list is for live music traders.



• Johnny Hickman - Palmhenge real-music ringtones at Buytone



• The Van - Info about Cracker, CVB, and countless related bands

 

 

Cracker's Friends and Family:

• Built to Spill Camper has toured with BTS and probably will again in '06.



• Camper Van Beethoven The legendary David-fronted band, reunited, and taking names!



• Camper Van Etc - Camper Van Etc is a list created for fans of Camper Van Beethoven



• Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Cracker and Camper have both been cited as influences of Clyne's. The bands have had a growing friendship since the Refreshments days. Roger played Campout 2005. Johnny and David played RCPM's 2006 Circus Mexicus.



• Counting Crows longtime friends. Multi-instrumentalist David Immerglück, who is one of Cracker's main studio bassists, plays guitar and pedal steel in the Crows.



• Hackensaw Boys This modern bluegrass ensembled toured with Cracker, and released recent tracks produced by David.



• Lauren Hoffman - David Lowery's produced her first record.



• L.P. L.P. is a powerhouse of a female vocalist and recording artist. The hidden track, Cinderella, on Gentleman's Blues is sung by L.P.



• Magnetic Motorworks - Jonathan Segel and Victor Krummenacher (from Camper) went on to create their own record label.



• Laura Minor - Her band just released their first album, and it's produced by David Lowery. Her album is out now, on Hightone Records. Check out the record label's site for more info and some mp3s too.



• Lucero Described in Wiki as "A Grunge/Punk infused Country music band." David is currently producing Lucero material.



• moe. Friends of Cracker and Camper. Johnny toured with Chuck in "All Thumbs Trio."



• Modest Mouse Camper toured recently with these popular indie-rockers.



• Monks of Doom Victor, Greg, and Immy are all members.



• Ike Reilly Assasination Friend and esteemed songwriter. Cracker covered Reilly's "Duty Free" on Countrysides (Also on Greatest Hits Redux.)



• Widespread Panic Friends of Cracker in the jam world.

Random:

• GreenPeace and National Geographic articles on global warming and the Greenland ice sheet.



• Buzzflash News with a liberal slant (brought to you by a mostly-liberal, but mainly pro-information band).



• Free Will Astrology Lyrical reference from "Where Have Those Days Gone?"



• The Giant Dipper Lyrical reference And we thought it was called the "Big Dipper"



• The Vatican Lyrical reference from "Happy Birthday to Me." "Sometimes, I wish I were Catholic I don't know why"