Hits & Myths 

Hits & Myths is now available through CDBaby!

American Songbook

An alternate mix of "The Journey is the Thing" is also available on Sound Asleep Records' "Hit the Hay 4" collection. The CD is available (from Sweden) through their website.  

Available Now!
Dave Meinzer's
Luau Time CD. 

Updated: June 9, 2008

Upcoming Performances

• Friday, June 13 - Nietzsche's, 248 Allen St., Buffalo; 7PM Happy Hour
• Sunday, June 15 - Nietzsche's, 248 Allen St., Buffalo; 5PM Allentown Art Fest show (with the FIBS at 4PM; Voice of Cheez at 6PM)

Outlyers News:

Adam Gearing has moved to Chicago, but hopes to return to Buffalo as often as is practical to perform with the band. Also watch for shows with Kevin McCue (and without Adam) and featuring some new songs, both original tunes and groovy covers. The schedule on this page will state if Adam is planning on being at a performance, as will the e-mails we send out before shows. Not getting the e-mails? Get on the list by contacting us at outlyers@buffalo.com.

Cathy Carfagna's solo album is getting closer to completion and should be available at some point in 2008. Some of the songs ("Turn Your Face to the Sun," "Cover a Lot of Ground") have already made it into the sets at recent Outlyer shows.

By now many of you have had your copies of the Hits & Myths CD for a while. You may have wondered about the cover image that LOOKS LIKE Stonehenge. It's actually Stonehenge II in Hunt, Texas and the picture above is the one that was used to create the cover art. The people in the picture are Tom Fenton and Kilissa McGoldrick Cissoko. They were in Texas (with Cathy Carfagna, Dave Meinzer aka Nimrod Wildfire, and Tom Stahl) to play at the Kerrville Folk Festival in May 1997. They visited this curious site after breakfast one morning. If you want to know more about it check out his web site:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/TXHUNhenge.html

Hits & Myths is available in local WNY stores (New World Record, Home of the Hits, Record Theatre, Barnes & Noble) and online at CD Baby (use the link at the left).

Hits & Myths is also available on iTunes. You can go to iTunes and search for "Outlyers" or just click HERE! There are also a number of other internet download services that carry the album tracks, for those who can't use the iTunes format.

For the Outlyers' second album Cathy Carfagna contributes more as a full-time member, singing lead on three songs and playing keyboards (and her groovy resonator guitar) all over the album. A little Tex-Mex flavoring can be heard on some tracks, there's a bonafide piano ballad, and a few songs rock with a bit more edge than the last album. Drumming chores have been taken over by Bob Chapman who plays on a handful of songs. Jim Whitford once again adds pedal steel and lap steel to selected songs. Other contributors include Them Jazzbeards violinist Mike Miskuly and George Olmsted on congas, both on "Loteria." Adam and Tom's former Riddlers bandmate Kevin McCue added acoustic 12-string guitar to "Walk Around with You." Trumpet and saxophone on a pair of songs were played by Jim Bohm and Eric Wozniak. Other sonic touches range from digital orchestration to castanets and sleigh bells.

Check out buffaloroots.com for a story and pictures from the recording studio and a review of the album.

Purchase CDs:
The Outlyer's CDs are available by mail order or at our shows, at New World Record and Home of the Hits on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, Record Theatre, and Barnes & Noble on Niagara Falls Blvd in Amherst. To order by mail, send your name and address with $12 per copy of Hits & Myths and $10 per copy of American Songbook, to Tom Fischer/The Outlyers, 198 Monroe, Williamsville NY 14221. (Make checks payable to Tom Fischer.)

If you want to order the CDs with a credit card, you can do so through CDBaby (listener samples provided). The Outlyers are also available on iTunes and other various download services.

The CD Baby web site is also carrying the This Is It CD with 47 great songs from the 1977-1984 Buffalo Rock Scene. The collection includes songs by the Riddlers and Davy & The Crocketts. In this era of $20 CDs this one is a true value - 2 CDs for $15 (or $13 in local Buffalo stores).

A newer "This Is It - Live+" CD is also now available at CDBaby, featuring live performances from reunited bands at the October 2002 Tralf show including Davy & the Crocketts.

We have the album versions of "The Journey is the Thing" and "Rock Castle" on our Recordings page (as MP3s and streaming) for web listeners.

Here's a picture of the Outlyers at the Molson Canal Concert Series in August 2004. Tommy and the Two-Tones followed us on stage and Kansas headlined the show.

Luau Time:
Outlyer Dave Meinzer released a solo album in 2003. John Brady III, Frank Quebral, and Charlie Quill from the Steam Donkeys played on the recordings from the previous summer along with Jim Whitford and Cathy Carfagna. Tina Peel added some background vocals. The 10 songs recorded include a Stephen Foster ballad, "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me," and a pair of rearranged traditional numbers: "Hellbound Train" and "Whitehouse Blues." The seven Meinzer originals are "Number On the Door," "The Buzzard," "Luau Time," "Dream of Me," "Old What's His Name," "Shallow Grave," and "The Other Shoe." Called Luau Time, the album is now available - contact Dave by e-mail at wildfire@buffalo.com for ordering info. Click HERE for more on Dave and Luau Time.

Dave also worked as a producer with the re-constructed New Wave era Buffalo band the Vores. Their album is available now at Buffalo area stores, at www.thevores.com, and on iTunes.

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