Fowl Records Fowl Records Fowl Records was co-founded in 1994 by Jimi Haha from Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Richard James Burgess, the band's manager (Burgess Worldco Inc.) and Chris Keith, the band's agent (Creative Booking International, Inc.) as a means to release Jimmie's Chicken Shack's first two independent CDs. Almost immediately it became the top indie label in the Mid-Atlantic region specializing in alternative rock, punk, and jam bands. From 1998 to the closure of the label in 2002 Chris Smoker was the label manager. Fowl released the first three J.C.S. recordings. the cassettes Chicken Scratch in 1993 Spit Burger Lottery in 1994
The Cassettes band began playing again in 2011 as well as announced plans to record a new album at Guidry's family farm in November 2011. In April 2011, the band released a 7" EP and digital download entitled "I've Been Gone Far Too Long..." on Flannel Gurl Records. Previous Members: The Cassettes The Cassettes (also known as "The Cassettes Musical Explorers Society") are a Washington, DC based "Mystic Country"/Steampunk band formed in 1999. The Cassettes were originally formed as an outgrowth of front-man Shelby Cinca’s four-track recordings: odd pop nuggets that diverged from the teeth-gritting angst of his previous project, Frodus. The