Tayter Country: Cavedogs Sound Files

Presented here, for your listening pleasure, are some songs from two hard-to-find Cavedogs CDs, the CD Single Six Tender Moments (which is more like an EP in my opinion) and Rock Takes a Holiday, a promotional only release. They are all in near-CD quality MP3 format, with a bitrate of 128 bps.

Also included are some very rare live recordings. They were digitized by Cavedogs fan Troy Paterson from various cassettes in his posession. The quality varies from pretty good to pretty bad, though they are all encoded at 128 bps. Download them at your own risk, but there are some real gems here. I'm afraid I don't have any information for the various recordings. You'll just have to take them at face value. A big thanks goes out to Troy for all the time he put into the digitizing of these.

Please note that while I feel free to post Cavedogs songs, since they are all out of print, I will not post any of the post-Cavedogs material. Samples are available at their individual websites, and you'd be doing yourself (and them) a favor to go out and buy the CDs.

For more information about the MP3 format, including software for playback, have a look at the official MP3 website.

How to download varies depending on platform and browser. Generally speaking, click and hold on the link on a Mac, or right-click on it on a PC and save the file to your hard drive as text.

Assorted Live Material

Bed of Nails (3.3 MB)
Bury the Beat (3.5 MB)
Cherokee Fight Song (2.8 MB)
Going Away (2.0 MB)
He's Got to Run (2.0 MB)
If I Can't Have You (2.3 MB)
I Melt with You (1.9 MB)
I Will Return to You (2.4 MB)
Leave Me Alone (2.9 MB)
Nobody But You (2.0 MB)

On For the Ride (2.4 MB)
Part of This (2.4 MB)
Petticoat Junction (944 KB)
Tayter Country (2.1 MB)
What in the World? (3.2 MB)
When She Walked Through the Dressing Room Door (1.8 MB)
Where are You? (2.0 MB)
You're Put Away (Folderol) (3.8 MB)
You Know that I Hate You (2.0 MB)

Six Tender Moments (1991)

Cherokee Fight Song (2.8 MB)
An original Cavedogs song, which originally appeared on the "Tayter Country" CD single. Not available on either album.
What's New, Pussycat? (2.6 MB)
The Cavedogs cover...Tom Jones? Actually, it's a Burt Bacharach song, and this version rocks. Originally appeared on the "Tayter Country" CD single.
I Need You (3.7 MB)
The Cavedogs cover the Kinks! This Ray Davies song is not available elsewhere.

Heartland Jingo Polka (3.4 MB)
This was originally released on the "Tayter Country" CD single under the title "Proudland (Day Job Version)." It's an acoustic version of the song.
Glass Eye (3.3 MB)
One of my favorites, this was recorded live on KCRW, and is only available on Six Tender Moments.
Tayter Country (2.1 MB)
Here's the version that was originally on the "Tayter Country" single.

Rock Takes a Holiday (1992)

Part of This (2.4 MB)
A rocker from Todd, from the Soul Martini sessions.

Ghost Story (3.4 MB)
Mark's haunting tale from the Soul Martini sessions.