With the release of Knucklehead on his own Lakeside Lounge Records Eric "Roscoe" Ambel clears the slate on 14 years of tracks that have been clogging his iPod. The record features 15 songs with various bands including various Roscoe's Gang configurations, the all Roscoe "Gringoman", the Bottle Rockets, Martins Folly, some pre-Yayhoos and the Yayhoos recording of the Del-Lords "Judas Kiss" with Steve Earle providing harmony.
The record features some new Ambel compostions (Stepside, Garbagehead), some covers by Chip Robinson, Tom Waits, Neil Young and a new Steve Earle tune (the Usual Time).

Lakeside Lounge Records will also re-issue Ambel's 2 previous solo records. Rolling Stone Magazine called Ambel's 1988 debut Roscoe's Gang "the record Keith Richard should have made". The core band is Springfield MO's Morells with Syd Straw and Peter Holsapple as guests. Loud & Lonesome is Ambel's '94 release featuring songs written with Kevin Salem, Dan Zanes, Dan Baird and Terry Anderson with a very raw 3 pc muscle car band ripping through the tunes. Roscoe's Gang gets a re-mastering job and all 3 titles are in the digi-pack format with extensive notes and photos.

Look for all 3 titles to be available mid March '04.  Please check back here for details.