Slim Cessna’s Auto Club (US country rock band)

Slim Cessna's Auto Club is an American country rock band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 1992, the band is known for lyrics which describe apocalyptic and religious imagery. The sole constant in this band is Slim Cessna. SCAC was born from the break-up of The Denver Gentlemen – a band that included both David Eugene Edwards and Jeffery-Paul Norlander of 16 Horsepower. The name "Slim Cessna's Auto Club" originally came about as a tribute to Cessna's friend who had a car collection: "Several years ago, before the band even started, when I was just singing and playing guitar with my friends, there was this friend of mine who had a whole bunch of cars. His name was John, and he had all of these cars. And they weren't cool cars; they were old, junky cars, but he had about fifteen of them. So we started calling ourselves San Juan's Car Club, as a tribute to him. Over time, it mutated a few times, and it ended up as the Auto Club. I'm not sure why. I think we were trying to play off of the idea of low-rider car clubs, imagining a club like that, but with our friend's old beat-up cars instead of cool cars." Slim Cessna's Auto Club is the debut studio album of the band. It was self-released in 1995, then re-released by Alternative Tentacles in 2001. American Country Music Changed Her Life is the first live album recorded by SCAC. It was self-released in 1998 and is currently out of print. Always Say Please and Thank You is the second studio album by SCAC. It was released by Alternative Tentacles on September 11, 2000. Not only is this their first album to be released by the record label, it is the first album that long-time collaborators Munly Munly and Lord Dwight Pentecost make an appearance on. Rebecca Vera also plays cello on two tracks. The band lineup for this album was: Slim Cessna, Munly Munly, Lord Dwight Pentecost, Ordy Garrison, Daniel "Danny Pants" Grandbois, and John Rumley. It was produced by Bob Ferbrache at Le Studio Absenta. The cover artwork was created by Rob Clayton and the design by Jason Rosenberg. The album was re-released by SCAC Unincorporated some time in 2015. The Bloudy Tenent Truth & Peace is the third studio album by SCAC, released by Alternative Tentacles on August 24, 2004. In many news articles, the "&" in the title is often discarded and not mentioned, perhaps incorrectly. The band lineup for this album was: Slim Cessna, Munly Munly, Lord Dwight Pentecost, Reverend Adam Glasseye, Tim Maher, and Judith Ann "Judithann" Winter. The artwork was created by Victoria Cessna, Slim's wife at the time. It was recorded, mixed, and produced by Pete Weiss and Matt Jugenheimer at Zippah Studios in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was re-released by SCAC Unincorporated some time in 2015. Jesus Let Me Down, the Live Tragedie in Four Acts is the second live album recorded by SCAC. It is a live recording of The Bloudy Tenent Truth & Peace album release show, recorded at the Gothic Theater in Denver on August 21, 2004. The double-CD version was released by Smooch Records on January 1, 2005. Alternative Tentacles released the vinyl version sometime in 2010, which contains an 8-page play on the four-act "tragedie." It was later re-released by SCAC Unincorporated, although the exact date is unknown. The album was produced by Bob Ferbrache at Absinthe Studios. The cover artwork for the CD and vinyl formats was designed by former member Jon Killough. The artwork features the band members Slim Cessna, Munly Munly, Lord Dwight Pentecost, Daniel "Danny Pants" Grandbois, and John Rumley. The band released their fourth studio album, titled Cipher, on Alternative Tentacles on March 25, 2008. This album has received the most critical acclaim out of the entire SCAC discography. The artwork for this album was created by Heather Reynolds. The lettering was completed by former member Jon Killough. The photography was taken by Gary Isaacs. The cryptography might have been conceived by Munly. The band lineup for this album was: Slim Cessna, Munly Munly, Lord Dwight Pentecost, Ordy Garrison, John Rumley, and Shane Trost. It was re-released through the band's own independent label, SCAC Unincorporated, on June 2, 2017, although it is currently out-of-print. Buried Behind the Barn is a compilation of demo and previously unreleased songs recorded between 2000 and 2001. In 2004, only 200 copies were self-released. Alternative Tentacles gave it a wider release on March 16, 2010. The cover artwork was designed by former member Jon Killough. It was re-released by SCAC Unincorporated Records some time in 2015. The lineup for this album was: Slim Cessna, Munly Munly, Lord Dwight Pentecost, Ordy Garrison, Daniel "Danny Pants" Grandbois, and John Rumley. It was recorded at Le Studio Absentia, in Westminster, Colorado, and produced by Bob Ferbrache, a former member of SCAC. Their fifth studio album, Unentitled, was released through Alternative Tentacles on March 1, 2011. It was later re-released by SCAC Unincorporated, although the exact date is unknown. The band lineup for this album was: Slim Cessna, Munly Munly, Lord Dwight Pentecost, Daniel "Danny Pants" Grandbois, Chad "Chadzilla" Johnson, and John Rumley. It was recorded and produced by Bob Ferbrache at Absinthe Studios in Westminster, Colorado. The cover artwork for the album was created by Heather Reynolds. April 2013 saw the release of "SCAC 102 An Introduction For Young And Old Europe" on Germany's Glitterhouse Records, which included a selection of fifteen songs from their studio albums ("Always Say Please & Thank You" and later). Five of the songs were re-recorded for this release. "SCAC 102" also included a live performance DVD which was filmed in April 2012 at the Lion's Lair Tavern in Denver, Colorado (produced by Nick Hansen-MacDonald and Trinocular Films). In September 2016, Slim Cessna's Auto Club released their sixth studio album, titled “The Commandments According To SCAC," on SCAC Unincorporated (North America) and on Glitterhouse Records (Europe.) The album was recorded with a new bassist, Ian O’Dougherty. In May 2024, Kinnery of Lupercalia; Buell Legion was released as part of a trilogy started with Munly & The Lupercalians' Kinnery of Lupercalia; Undelivered Legion in 2022. The final part will be released by Denver Broncos UK. The lyrics for the three records are based on Munly J. Munly's book, Confessions to Scare.... A separate book, Chants, Calls & Hollers was released as well, featuring lyrics from all the songs in the trilogy and various illustrations by Heather Reynolds. In March 2015, the band created their own record label, SCAC Unincorporated (sometimes stylized in all capital letters and sometimes abbreviated as "SCACUninc", also in all capital letters). The label is home to all recordings by SCAC, Denver Broncos UK, and Munly's side projects. Slim Cessna said that the reason for creating this label was because he wanted to "take control" of the band's musical catalog. All of the band's albums, except for their self-titled album, were given a re-release in March 2015. The first official release by the label, also in March 2015, was a re-issue (this time for the US) of "SCAC 102 An Introduction For Young And Old Europe." The label's second release, in October 2015, was the debut album by DBUK (Denver Broncos UK), Songs One Through Eight. The third release was The Commandments According to SCAC in 2016. The fourth release was DBUK's sophomore album Songs Nine Through Sixteen on January 25, 2019. The fifth release will be from Munly and the Lupercalians. In February 2020, it was announced by Westword that the new album would be titled Kinnery of Lupercalia: Undelivered Legion and would be released in the latter half of the year. The band has embarked on several tours across the United States and Europe, with and without supporting bands. They have toured with Nathaniel Rateliff & Night Sweats and Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds. Their Spring and Summer 2020 tours with The Legendary Shack