Rockstars and Lawnmowers is the third album from Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini is a South Bend, Indiana quartet that incorporates everything from jazz and fusion to rock and avant garde. The band, which formed in 1997, made a name for themselves on the Midwest club circuit and began sharing gigs with an up and coming Umphrey's McGee.The original group...

, best known as the band Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger, born Jacob Alan Cinninger, December 16, 1975 in Niles, Michigan, is an American musician. He has risen to fame as one of two lead guitarists, in the Chicago-based jam band Umphrey's McGee.-History:...

 was in before joining progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

. The album is the first since 1999 to feature the original lineup of Cinninger, Karl Engelmann, and Steve Krojniewski. Engelmann left the band in 1999 and the group split a year later.

During the winter of 2004, Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini is a South Bend, Indiana quartet that incorporates everything from jazz and fusion to rock and avant garde. The band, which formed in 1997, made a name for themselves on the Midwest club circuit and began sharing gigs with an up and coming Umphrey's McGee.The original group...

 retreated to the North Carolina

North Carolina

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 mountains to record the album over a one-week period. The recording contains a number of new songs as well as classic Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini

Ali Baba's Tahini is a South Bend, Indiana quartet that incorporates everything from jazz and fusion to rock and avant garde. The band, which formed in 1997, made a name for themselves on the Midwest club circuit and began sharing gigs with an up and coming Umphrey's McGee.The original group...

 concert songs that had yet to be recorded. It also features a song from Johnny Scroggs ("Veil"), who performs lead vocals on the track.

The album was mastered by Cinninger and released a year later in 2005. Many of the new songs from the album are currently performed in concert by Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

 and Engelmann's band Mother Vinegar.

Track listing

1. Got Your Milk (Right Here)
2. Poster Prose
3. For Your Angels
4. Riding the Road Down Under
5. Lost My Heart
6. Darl's Gang
7. Veil
8. Liquid In My Head
9. Jimbo's Blues
10. Alice
11. Carnival Chronicles
12. Partyin' Peeps

Personnel

Karl Engelmann: vocals, bass, guitar

Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger

Jake Cinninger, born Jacob Alan Cinninger, December 16, 1975 in Niles, Michigan, is an American musician. He has risen to fame as one of two lead guitarists, in the Chicago-based jam band Umphrey's McGee.-History:...

: guitar, vocals, piano

Steve Krojniewski: drums

with

Johnny Scroggs: vocals on "Veil"

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