Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series

Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series
Studio album by The Residents
Released	October 21st 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Avant-rock
Length	42:58
Label	Ralph Records, Wave Records, AIM Records, Line Records, Torso,
Producer	The Cryptic Corporation
The Residents chronology
The 13th Anniversary Show Live in the U.S.A. (1986) Stars & Hank Forever: The American Composers Series (1986) 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland (1987)
Singles from Stars & Hank Forever
"Kaw-Liga / Jambalaya" Released: 1986 "Stars & Stripes Forever! / Kaw-Liga" Released: 1986

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Stars and Hank Forever was the second (and last) release in the American Composers Series by the avant garde band The Residents. The album was released in 1986. This particular release featured a side of Hank Williams songs and a medley of John Philip Sousa marches. This was also the last studio album to feature Snakefinger.

"Kaw-Liga" samples the rhythm to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and did well in Europe; it is as close as the Residents ever got to a bona fide commercial hit.

The "Sousaside" features sound effects recorded by Philip Perkins to create the effect of a marching band on a happy occasion; "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was released in a mix without the effects as the B-side to the Kaw-Liga 7" single.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hey Good Lookin'"	2:47
2.	"Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)"	4:15
3.	"Kaw-Liga"	4:52
4.	"Ramblin' Man"	3:13
5.	"Jambalaya"	4:43
6.	"Sousaside I. "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine" II. "The Stars and Stripes Forever" III. "The Thunderer" IV. "The Liberty Bell" V. "Semper Fidelis" VI. "The Washington Post"	23:08
Total length:		42:58

Dutch CD Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Kaw-Liga-Prariemix"	9:28

Personnel

Performance: The Residents

Slide Guitar: Snakefinger