Shiny Boots is a hard rock guitar piece that was originally written as The Thin Man by Dark Company. However, as that band had disintegrated and there seemed no prospect of the music being used, George took the piece to The Ug Brothers and they started doing it. New lyrics were never written and the title comes from the feeling of satisfaction one has after polishing one's boots and a couple of the Ug Sisters who had painted their Doc Martins silver. Graham was not very keen on this track as it was too guitary and eventually Dark Company reformed and The Thin Man was recorded to their Ghost of the Art album.
These recordings of instrumentals – or Ugstrumentals – by The Ug Brothers were made at Graham’s flat in Fore Street, Exeter, above the Real McCoy Arcade during the late winter of 1994/5. They are most of the set of The Ug Brothers, including various pieces that were never performed live due to having had no lyrics written for them.
There are no vocals as Natalie was not there on the occasions that these Ugstrumentals were recorded. The idea was to have something to listen to and work on with a view to creating lyrics, and also as a karaoke tape for Natalie to sing along to when practising. Few further lyrics were forthcoming as things turned out. These Ugstrumental pieces still sound wonderful and full of interesting musical ideas. The concept of Ugstrumental pieces such as these was later developed by the Flicker project.
Copyright (c) Wud Records 1995, (p) Ug Music/Explicit Music 1995
