Jonny Corndawg [extended]

• Down on the Bikini Line [Nasty Memories, 2011] ***
• Dad Country [ATO, 2013] A-

See Also:

• Jonny Fritz

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Down on the Bikini Line [Nasty Memories, 2011]
Filthy and whimsical, a strange combo anywhere, is even stranger in a Brooklyn weirdo who pretends to sing country music--and does, pretty much ("Life of a Bear," "Shaved [Like a Razor]") ***

Jonny Fritz: Dad Country [ATO, 2013]
The former Jonny Corndawg doffs his cartoon face but continues to wear his cartoon voice, probably because he owns no other. Object: album that presents him as an ordinary Southern-accented male with an unusually high-strung larynx who goes to bars and forgets the garbage and bathes in the holy pool of the Mount of Venus and catches sick and drives 250 miles to get tossed from your birthday party just like any other fella. And oh yeah, who's got relationship problems so depressing that he thinks calmly about killing himself. Yet even that doesn't stop him from saying what he has to say in under three minutes, with a catchy tune to help the time pass. A-