{"title":"Rainer and Das Combo","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-texas-tapes","title":"The Texas Tapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1993, some seven years after the release of the Combo’s debut \u003ci\u003eBarefoot Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, with a contractually unnamed Gibbons steering the proceedings. Rainer and Das Combo are a tight Tucson-based trio fronted by songwriter and slide-guitarist Rainer Ptacek, whose singing suggests a cross between golden-age Bob Dylan and Jonathan Richman with a deep case of the blues. Expanded to include four heavier but more spacious Billy Gibbons’ mixes along with a trio of demo’s. The album features the glorious \u003ci\u003eOne Man Crusade\u003c\/i\u003e, which Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb rates as “one of the top ten best songs ever written.“ Reissued to commemorate Rainer’s sad death in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Purple Vinyl with Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50497881080139,"sku":"1021884","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d29938c4-58c8-45f9-b107-6ea7d6a76963_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727734430"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/rainer-and-das-combo.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}