Big Muddy Records

09/03/2023

Welcome to the 2023 BUY-A-VAN campaign! We’ve stocked our webstore with some special goodies to raise funds to buy a new ride, and each purchase is automatically entered into a raffle for a chance to win exclusive naming rights for our van. All items ship on **April 18th** (new date due to production delay).
PREORDER HERE: thehootenhallers.com/shop

*SIXTEEN GALLONS: Cookbook Bundle
Includes Volume One of the comprehensive Hooten Hallers cookbook Sixteen Gallons: In The Kitchen With The Hooten Hallers featuring home-cooked recipes from the band and a few special guests!
This special edition bundle also contains a bottle of our custom seasoning blend Garlic Storm- a bold and savory mix of salt, red pepper, black pepper, chili powder, roasted garlic powder, smoked garlic powder, and dehydrated garlic. Truly a vampire's nightmare. You'll also be able to rep your new favorite seasoning blend with a Garlic Storm enamel pin!

*VANKILLER 2023 T-Shirt
Updated to memorialize all the tour vehicles we have personally vanquished to date, you'll be the coolest breakdown enthusiast in the room wearing these threads.

*GARLIC STORM T-Shirt
Wear the logo of our new Garlic Storm Seasoning Blend and proudly let everyone around you know you have garlic breath.

*NAME THAT VAN: RAFFLE TIX
Additionally, you'll be able to purchase raffle tickets on their own if you don't need any new swag but you'd still like to contribute to the BUY-A-VAN campaign.

26/02/2023

Look who’s getting back on the road 👀

Wondering where to find us? We’ll be starting out March at the True False Film festival in Columbia, MO, and then you can find us in Texas and Louisiana March 10-16th!

14/02/2023

they grow up so fast 😭

Just announced! We're honored to be supporting Blues Traveler for a number of dates on their spring tour! Let's GO!

4.25 Hutchinson, KS. Hutchinson's Historic Fox Theatre
4.26 Oklahoma City, OK. The Jones Assembly
4.28 Wisconsin Dells, WI. Crystal Grand Music Theatre
4.29 Nashville, IN. Brown County Music Center
5.02 Bowling Green, KY. The SKyPAC
5.03 Lexington, KY. Manchester Music Hall
5.05 Montgomery, AL. The Montgomery Performing Arts Centre

Tix at BluesTraveler.com/tour

16/11/2021

Every fan of Bob Reuter knows this song! And it's the perfect ending to this album, a pure celebration of the raucous hellwagon of Bob's punk roots.

Frankie is a killer!!

alleyghost.bandcamp.com

16/11/2021

The final two tracks from the new Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost album drop today! And this one is very special. Not only does this song feature impeccable vocals from guitar slayer Mat Wilson, it also features every single member that’s ever been in Alley Ghost! That’s right, this song has two bass players, Chris Powers on the upright and Dan Lawless on electric.

The gangs all here on this classic Bob Reuter tune. Check it out!

alleyghost.bandcamp.com

12/11/2021

"And when the big money comes,
I'll have so much I'll give you some.
Buckets of co***ne for all of my friends,
I'm pumpin' quarters in the jukebox
Just to hear my records again"

alleyghost.bandcamp.com

12/11/2021

Two more songs from Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost drop today, including this instant classic called "Collector." Check it out at alleyghost.bandcamp.com!

09/11/2021

“You - you are a phone call, you are a letter, you may as well be on the moon. Baby, I wanna be there with you but I’m so tired of all this doom and gloom.”

This song features our good friend Irene Allen on backup vocals!

alleyghost.bandcamp.com

09/11/2021

Two more songs drop today from the free digital album by Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost! Head over to alleyghost.bandcamp.com and give them a spin!

07/11/2021

We have released the first six tracks to the FREE new digital album from Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost, "You Belong to Me."

"You Belong to Me” marks the upward moving trajectory Bob Reuter and his band were heading in when Bob passed away in 2013. And it celebrates the true timelessness of Bob's songwriting alongside the pure rock & roll energy of his backing band.

Featuring vocals by guitarists Brice Baricevic and Mat Wilson, as well as multi-instrumentalist and original Alley Ghost member, Ryan Koenig.

Like, Follow and Share to keep up to with the release of the next six tracks! There's six more classics and scorchers waiting up ahead.

6 track album

05/11/2021

This is a real special song. One of Bob’s deep cuts from the back catalog, sung by Ryan Koenig.

“I am the waste product of the Great American Dream”

05/11/2021

This song is a quattro shot of espresso to wake you up! "Jungle Fighter" is one of Bob Reuter's most fierce and aggressive songs, and Alley Ghost knocks it out of the park!

alleyghost.bandcamp.com

02/11/2021

Here’s a golden classic from Bob’s days with the Dinosaurs! This one is sung by Alley Ghost guitarist Mat Wilson (also of Rum Drum Ramblers, Loot Rock Gang and Tortuga).

Check it out at alleyghost.bandcamp.com!

02/11/2021

We are dropping two more songs from Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost today. This is the title track, a garage rocker featuring a marquee advertising the band way out there in Anytown, USA.

Check em out at alleyghost.bandcamp.com

29/10/2021

Ain't it kinda funny?

from the album You Belong To Me

29/10/2021

"It was just last night, I was out on the street
Lookin' for something that was good to eat
I saw you out there baby in your bare feet
I'm makin' love to you baby to the Birdland Beat"

from the album You Belong To Me

29/10/2021

Bob Reuter passed away in 2013 in an accident that was tragic for innumerable reasons. One of those reasons was that his drive and his spark had a renewed power. His next album was already planned. He had been rehearsing and partially performing the songs with his band of road warriors, Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost.

In 2014, Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost went into the studio and made that album for Bob. Now, with the excitement of Bob’s residency in the Missouri History Museum as part of the STL Sound Exhibit, we are sharing it with you. Over the next few weeks we will be releasing the tracks for free on Bandcamp, two at a time. Each song is one paired with of Bob's legendary black & white photographs.

The album, "You Belong to Me”, was recorded & engineered by sound-wizards Mario Viele and David Beeman at Native Sound and features band members past and present. We put in a weekend’s worth of non-stop recording and came out with a record that marks the forward moving trajectory Bob and his band were heading in. And it celebrates the true timelessness of Bob's songwriting.

"You Belong To Me" shows the well-oiled machine that Bob’s band had become. After Bob passed, the band continued to tour with guitarists Brice Baricevic and Mat Wilson handling vocal duties. By the time the band entered the studio, 80% of this album was mapped out and ready to go (In fact, the band had tracked several songs onto tape when the reel-to-reel malfunctioned. They had to re-track everything and I have to say we scarcely lost time, all credit due to the preparedness of this band and professionalism of the engineers).

There is a spirit Bob carried that gives his music an extra layer of life. You can’t touch it or name it, but good songs are a living scripture. And Bob Reuter was filled with good songs.

But there was something else happening that weekend.

Bob’s backing bands through the years had a recurring pattern of South City diamonds who celebrated his unique energy. People who were able to capture and reflect that energy back to him. Alley Ghost did this better than any band Bob ever had. They shared a connection with a special part of Bob, a side of him that was primal, cut-throat and unapologetic. The sweat and intensity that is rock & roll. When Bob left, his energy stayed, and Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost brought that energy into the studio. He was alive in our hearts that weekend and he remains alive in our hearts today.

We made this album for Bob. And we made it for ourselves. Now we are thrilled to share it with you, Bob's friends and Bob's people.

https://alleyghost.bandcamp.com/

03/09/2021

For the next 18 months you will be able to visit and spend time with our friend Bob Reuter, who has his very own corner at the Missouri History Museum in the fantastic new STL Sound exhibit.

Bob's old guitar is on display (strings unchanged) and there is a huge collection of his photographs that you can flip through.

Thank you to the History Museum and the curators of STL Sound for including Bob and for recognizing the power of St. Louis' musical history.

Now who is ready to make the STL Sound it's own museum with a permanent corner for South City's cowboy angel?

22/05/2020

This free new album has all the cosmic twang and rock & roll futurism you need to survive this dystopian nightmare.

14 track album

14/05/2020

Greetings from the wormhole! Beyond this point lie the strange sounds and the twisted embrace that is the Strange Places. Formed by Big Muddy founder and producer Kristo, the Strange Places were a rock&roll band for the ages. Now you can keep them in your heart and ears forever with this new free album on bandcamp!

It's got that good cosmic dystopian vibe we all know this apocalypse needs.

Recorded in 2k17, released Pandemic 2k2

Stay safe! Rip Infinity!

14 track album