====== John Austin ======

Roots Rock / Alternative Rock\\
Chicago, Illinois, USA

===== Discography =====

| 1990 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/11/10/john-austin-and-the-embarrassing-young/|John Austin and... the Embarrassing Young]] |
| 1992 | The Embarrassing Young | [[Glasshouse Records]] |
| 1994 | Authorized Unauthorized Bootleg | Twitch Records |
| 1996 | Byzantium |
| 1998 | If I Was a Latin King | WeatherVane Music |
| 2002 | Busted at the Pearly Gates | Serious Hip Productions |
| 2005 | Collection One |
| 2008 | Satellite Blvd |
| 2011 | Nothing More to Say |
| 2014 | Real World 101 |


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==== John Austin and... the Embarrassing Young ====

1990 Independent

John Austin - Vocals, acoustic guitar\\
Andrew Crawford - Electric guitar\\
Mark Phillips - Bass guitar\\
Bret Ferry - Drums, percussion

Erin Echo - Vocals (on the first two songs)

  - The Embarrassing Young (Les Enfants Terribles)
  - Island Girl
  - Miss Nebula Jones
  - You Should Be Ashamed

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==== The Embarrassing Young ====

1992  [[Glasshouse Records]] (7014701029)

John Austin - Vocals, coustic guitar, harmonica, whistle\\
[[Mark Heard]] - Accordion, drum programming, Gretsch guitar, mandolin, various noises\\
Andrew "Hank" Crawford - Electric guitar\\
Buddy Miller - Electric twelve-string guitar\\
David Miner - Electric bass, stand-up bass\\
Erin Echo - Vocals\\
[[Steve Hindalong]] - Drums, percussion

Tim Chandler - Bass Guitar on tracks 9 and 10\\
[[Derri Daugherty]] - Electric guitar on tracks 9 and 10\\

Produced by [[Mark Heard]], [[Derri Daugherty]], and [[Steve Hindalong]]

  - The Embarrassing Young (3:39)
  - Island Girl (3:51)
  - Fallout (2:50)
  - Mercy Squeeze (3:32)
  - Tellulah (2:58)
  - Farthest Thing From Love (3:47)
  - Under the Bed (2:51)
  - Miss Nebula Jones (3:42)
  - We All Need Love (3:32)
  - Back to the Garden (4:02)
  - Say Goodbye (3:54)
  - Awake, Alone (4:46)

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==== Authorized Unauthorized Bootleg ====

1994 Twitch Records (TRCD - 0794003-L)

All songs written and performed by John Austin

Newton Carter - Additional guitar

  - I've Got the Rest of My Life (4:11)
  - Red Dog (4:13)
  - These Things Take Time (3:44)
  - King of the Beasts (3:17)
  - Little Girl Lost (2:49)
  - Only the Strong (3:41)
  - Go Ask the Dead Man (3:11)
  - Reprise (1:00)

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==== Byzantium ====

1996 Independent

  - Career Day (3:13)
  - Heaven is Inside (4:25)
  - Leave the Light On (4:43)
  - Red Dog (4:25)
  - I Got the Rest of My Life (3:38)
  - Did I Really Break Your Heart? (3:20)
  - Lost in Her Hometown (4:04)
  - King of the Beasts (3:25)
  - He is a Chameleon (I am the Rainbow) (3:47)
  - Two Worlds Collide (4:05)
  - Closer to the Earth (4:06)

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==== If I Was a Latin King ====

1998 WeatherVane Music (WVM002)

John Austin - Voice, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, harmonica\\
Bill Campbell - Bass, percussion, guitar, fuzzy effects\\
Erin Echo - Voice, keyboards\\
Bernie Bernard - Electro-harp, kalimba, llama toenails\\
Harry Evans - Drums

Spanish Rice - Horns\\
Prince William String Quartet - Strings

Produced by John Austin and Bill Campbell

  - If I Was a Latin King (4:24)
  - In Your Mama's Dreamz (4:05)
  - Fuzzy Dice (4:09)
  - Cool Cool Morning (4:14)
  - Be True to Your School (2:14)
  - Shatta Dat Piñata (3:26)
  - Every Single Day (3:18)
  - Gypsy Moth (3:15)
  - Down 4 U (3:49)
  - No Joke (1:55)
  - (In the Doghouse) (1:21)
  - Jesus Wept (3:19)
  - Another Hit (3:27)

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