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Mummichog

by Thee Wallhangers

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The Adventures of the Trout Brothers 03:24
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Michelle 02:55
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Lite O Luv 03:50
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Slidell 04:41
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Mummi-chug 03:34
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Portland Girl 03:34
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River River 04:55
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Dirigo-Go! 03:04
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Blobsquatch Eyeshine 04:12
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Dangerous Man 03:22
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Closer to the Ground 03:26
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about

It was my grandad who once told me you could put a mummichog, or “mud minnow” as he called them, in a bottle of beer and “it’ll live for week”. I don’t know if the old man ever committed such an act, but in his colorful way he was saying Fundulus Heteroclitus, the Latin taxonym for “irregular bottom dwellers”, are hard to kill.
Mummichog is a Narragansett word meaning “lives in large groups”. Mummichogs can survive in fresh or salt water-take away the water and they’ll breath air for hours or burrow into the mud-just biding their time until it rains, or the tide comes in. They’re omnivorous, they’ll eat anything they can fit into their tiny mouths-even their own young-but only in a pinch. They tolerate wide temperature fluctuations and thrive in polluted waterways-rearranging their own chromosomes to adapt to toxic environments.
The mummichog’s seeming supernatural capabilities caught the attention of white coated men of science who sought the secrets of life and death by probing mummichog entrails beneath crackling fluorescent lights in their government funded laboratories. As the space race heated up in the mid twentieth century, it was perhaps inevitable that the mummichog would be drawn into the quest to conquer the heavens-indeed, when Skylab was launched into orbit in May 1973, there were mummichogs on board. In July 1979, when it came to pass that Skylab reentered the earth’s atmosphere and subsequently disintegrated over the Indian Ocean, the fate of the Skylab mummichogs was never publicly disclosed.
It is to these irregular bottom dwellers, these mummichogs, first fish into space, we dedicate this album.

credits

released February 2, 2022

Daniel. B. Knight: Vocals, Bass, Percussion
Carrie Rose: Sax, Vocals
Brian “Fuzzy” Houran: Drums, Percussion
F. Bart Joy: Guitars, Vocals
Joe Anderson: Harp, Keys, Guitar, Vocals

Recorded and Engineered by Todd Hutchisen and Jason Phelps at Acadia Recording Co., Portland, Maine
Produced by Todd Hutchisen and The Wallhangers
Mastered by Patrick Keane Audio Mastering, Portland, Maine

Thanks to George and Sheila Knight (Mom & Dad), Annmarie Houran, Tom Long, Dave Conley for mandolin, and Todd Hutchisen for whistles.
Booking 207-332-9069

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