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01. Jelly download mp3 02. Heaven On Earth download mp3 03. Little Rose 04. Poor Boy 05. Lost in Austin 06. Lavender Evenings & Lace 07. Shortnin' Bread 08. Popeye The Sailor 09. Dance Hall Gals download mp3 10. Rock n Roll Across The U.S.A download mp3

OR you can buy a SIGNED COPY (sans shrinkwrap, though) from The Artiste Himself.

or you can download the album or individual songs on iTunes!

REVIEWS

Real music and real songwriting! February 4, 2003
Reviewer: Ron Hatcher from Indianapolis, IN USA
I've had this CD for a couple months now, and have
listened to almost nothing else since. It grabs you with
the first listening, but grabs you more every time you que
it up. The melodies, the picking, the lyrics -- it's all
here. Not country, not blues, not rock, not folk, but at
the same time all the above. More than that, though, it's
intelligent and infintely listenable. Worth every penny
and then some. Guy Clark, John Prine, Delbert and Tompall,
move over.

ROCKZILLAWORLD
However you do it, go find Panama Red if you haven't made his acquaintance already. He's recorded a simple CD that can change you. If you've known him and his kind for years, here's your chance to remember why they meant so much to you back in the day and find some strength in the idea that what was then still is. Odysseys like this one are priceless.
Read the full story at Rockzilla.net

WHAT PEOPLE WHO GOT A COPY FREE HAVE TO SAY:
"This guy is the REAL thing, a legend, and he is REAL good,
too...You can look him up in Folk Hound."
OlfolkieJim@aol.com

"Originally released in 2000, this little gem of an album became something of a cult item, and ultimately hard to come by. This re-release on Kinky Friedman's Kinkajou label...should solve that problem..."
Mike Westerfield, Sisyphus Rolls Review
(Sisyphus Tracks Internet Radio, sisyphustracks.net)

WHAT PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PAID MONEY FOR "HOMEGROWN" SAY:
"There is no bullshit on this record."
Robert T., Miami
*****
"I just had a hunch it was something I would like and it
is...very well crafted and highly listenable."
Bill B., Emporia, Kansas
*****
"I could drift back to the Rolling Stones at Eel Pie
Island, Muddy Waters, Dylan...I enjoyed it."
Keith D., London, England
*****

What some other artists have said about Panama Red and 'HomeGrown':
"Priceless..." Marshall Chapman
"Soulful..." David Olney
"Raw..." Kinky Friedman
"Uncompromising..." Keith Glass

A NOTE FROM KINKY FRIEDMAN
"Panama Red's unique, tasty guitar stylings and raw soulful vocal performance make this easily one of the most listenable CD's of the year.
'HomeGrown' is from the heart, transcending black and white, blues, country and rock'n'roll. From "Jelly' to 'RocknRoll Across the USA', it contains simple wisdom and natural beauty. Less is definitely more in this case. There are no Nashville producers or Hollywood arrangers to take what is great and make it good. [This] is Panama Red at his considerable best. "
Kinky Friedman, Echo Hill Ranch, Texas

FROM KEITH GLASS (Rhythms Magazine, Australia)
Do all Texas Jewboys end up back in the Kinky Friedman fold? Don't know the answer but singer/songwriter/guitarist Panama gains some kind words from the mystery writer on here, and for once they speak the sincere truth.

This is the kind of album they don't make any more - a bloke and ten of his songs naked (metaphorically speaking) in front of a microphone - imagine that!

Brave man.

And Red (nee Danny Finley) is a soulful singer, the same way that applies to someone such as Donnie Fritts or Billy Swan - lived-in maybe the more accurate term.

He sure nuff knows how to write a song, as is well and truly demonstrated by the midway point of track 2 Heaven On Earth which hits a groove and stays there.

His earthy guitar playing is another plus And he swoops down on that bluesy thang in Poor Boy like a solo John Fogerty. It's raw, uncompromising and most of all honest.
Keith Glass - Rhythms Music Magazine, Australia

BELGIAN REVIEW IN ROOTSTOWN MUSIC
Free-Zine 26 - 2002
Om Panama Red te situeren moeten we eerst een stukje geschiedenis doorlopen. Panama is een afstammeling van Schotten die rond 1700 de grote oversteek naar de States waagden en zijn betovergrootmoeder was een zus van de moeder van het beruchte duo Frank & Jessie James. Begin jaren zestig speelde hij een tijdje in garage bands maar belandde uiteindelijk in het leger, vertrok naar Korea en Vietnam en kwam daar in contact met hash en opium. Terug in San Francisco was een vriend van hem op zoek naar afnemers van ‘Panamese pot’; Panama hielp hem hierbij en daar hij een Schotse rode haarkleur bezat was zijn bijnaam ‘Panama Red’ geboren. In 1969 stichtte hij met een aantal vrienden de band Bethlehem Asylum waarmee hij twee albums op Ampex/Capricorn opnam. Deze band hield het na drie jaar voor bekeken en Panama werd de gitarist van Billy Joe Shaver. Samen met Billy Joe schreef hij de song Bottom Dollar, een standard countrysong die ontelbare malen werd gecoverd. Een tijdje later ontmoette Panama niemand minder dan Kinky Friedman. Het klikte dadelijk tussen beide heren en Panama speelde mee op Kinky’s album Sold American en trad toe tot de legendarische Jewboys, de begeleidingsband van Kinky. Voor Kinky schreef Panama nog een aantal klassiekers waaronder Something’s wrong with the Beaver, Homo Erectus en Mama Baby Mama (Let Me Jump In Your Pajamas). In 1980 nam Felix Pappalardi de song Negro van Panama op en nodigde hem uit om met hem te komen musiceren. Deze samenwerking hield stand tot aan Felix’ dood, waarna Panama in een zwart gat terecht kwam. In 2000 vinden we hem in Seattle terug waar hij, voor zijn vertrek naar Amsterdam, en op verzoek van een grote schare fans, deze 10 demo’s opneemt. Tien pareltjes waarop Panama zichzelf begeleidt op akoestische gitaar. Een aantal van de songs op deze plaat (Popeye The Sailor en Rocknroll Across The Usa) kenden we reeds van Kinky Friedman en de overige songs gaan van puur akoestisch songwritermateriaal naar heerlijke rootsy-bluesy deuntjes. Deze heruitgave op KinkyJou Records is een lust voor het oor en levert het bewijs van wat Kinky zelf zegt: ‘Panama Red’s unique, tasty guitar stylings and raw soulful vocal performance make this easily one of the most listenable cd’s of the year.’ Wat heb ik daar als kleine burgerman nog aan toe te voegen?
Bruno Depeyper - RootsTown Music
http://www.members.tripod.com/RootsTown/