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The Grifters Bummer (Official Music Video) from Corduroy Wednesday on Vimeo.

LP digital download reissues of the classic Crappin You Negative (1994) and One Sock Missing (1993) albums from Memphis rockers The Grifters.

The Grifters were a 1990s indie rock band based in Memphis who released albums on Doink, Sonic Noise, Shangri-La Records and Sub Pop Records. The band originally formed in the late 1980s as A Band Called Bud, with vocalist / guitarist Scott Taylor, bassist Tripp Lamkins and drummer Dave Shouse.

After being renamed The Grifters (after the novel by Jim Thompson) Shouse joined Taylor on guitar, with Stanley Gallimore taking over on the drums. Songwriting duties were shared between Shouse, Taylor and Lamkins. For several years in the 1990s the band recorded primarily at Easley McCain Recording and were closely affiliated with Memphis Shangri-La Records label for a time. Jeff Buckley was a vocal supporter of The Grifters and was close friends with the band.