Maury & The West – Songs of the Nation

Maury & The West
Songs of the Nation
1987 (no label)
Austin, Texas, USA

Maury Millican – Guitars, lead vocals
Linda Millican – Keyboards, vocals
Cal Nicholson – Drums, vocals
Kelly Butler – Bass guitar, vocals

Side 1:

1. Something You Said
2. The Salesman
3. All That I Am

Side 2:

1. It Hurts to be Broken
2. Let the Wicked Fall
3. I Wait

I thought something looked familiar about this demo. It turns out that this is the same tape as The Nation with a different band name and cover. Well, the cover is actually mostly the same – seems they just traded out the front photo and spine. The songs are also the same, so this was apparently just a name change. But it’s not like they were trying to hide it as they called the demo Songs of the Nation. It’s still a great tape, even on the second run through it.