Excellent, thanks for the endorsement Evan. Having another version of "Across the Tappan Zee" cannot be a bad thing.
― grandavis, Monday, 1 May 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
Listened to this---circle of friends on the living room carpet, late night but not too laid back---agreeable vocals, lyrics add roadmarks, guitars keep it moving through my attention (same label that put out those aforementioned posthumous Renbourns, the most recent a live set w Wizz):
JONES, BERRYMAN & JONESCome What MayArtist: Wizz Jones, Pete Berryman &Simeon JonesTitle: Come What MayCatalogue No: TUGCD1102Barcode: 605633010220Label: Riverboat RecordsRelease date: 26 May 2017RIVERBOAT RECORDS PRESS RELEASEFellow acoustic guitar innovators and long-time friends Wizz Jones and Pete Berryman haveunmistakable styles that beautifully complement each other. With textured accompanimentby Simeon Jones on saxophone, harmonica and flute this is an album of great song writing andseamless musicianship.Inspired by hearing Big Bill Broonzy and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Wizz Jones learnt his guitar licks fromthe likes of Davy Graham and Long John Baldry whilst playing in the coffee bars of London’s Sohoin the late 1950s. He then followed the time-honoured buskers trail from the streets of Paris to themarkets of Marrakech during the early 1960s and returned to Britain with a unique acoustic guitarstyle, an eclectic repertoire and a right hand worthy of Broonzy! Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and JohnRenbourn have all named him as an important early influence and in May 2012 Bruce Springsteenopened his Berlin show with Wizz’s song ‘When I Leave Berlin’.Back in 1960 a be-suited reporter Alan Whicker had filmed a piece for the BBC’s ‘Tonight’ programmereporting on the ‘beatnik menace’ in Newquay, Cornwall. It included two musical offerings from Wizz,one of them a song in the style of Woody Guthrie called ‘Hard Times In Newquay’ (if you’ve got longhair!). The youthful Wizz explained to Alan ‘All I’m interested in is playing the guitar and travelling.’Unfortunately for the local councillors who spoke about how they were trying to expel the beatniks,the latter had already had a profound effect on the local youth in the shape of Pete Berryman; Pete’sfirst experience of live acoustic guitar was seeing the very same Wizz Jones, barefoot and busking onthe beach in Newquay.Pete Berryman arrived on the music scene in the 1960s with the Famous Jug Band which alsofeatured Clive Palmer of the Incredible String Band. At this time, he also recorded with Ralph McTell,Al Stewart and in 1971 his influential LP with John James,Sky In My Pie, was released.Simeon Jones often travelled with father Wizz during the 1960s and 1970s to Cornwall in a variety ofjalopy VW buses and Citroens as well as to numerous festivals in the UK and Europe. Avoiding theguitar (perhaps sensibly!) he developed into a superb sax, harmonica and flute player and has beenplaying since the 1980s a wide variety of music in sessions and on tours with countless blues bands.The music on this album results from three musicians who have nothing to prove, getting togetherfor a few days and playing assuredly on a few songs and tunes they all love. There are original songsfrom both Pete and Wizz along with Bert Jansch’s ‘Moonshine’ and Fran Landesman’s wonderful‘Ballad Of The Sad Young Men’. Wizz’s song ‘Alone In My Car’ perhaps sums up the overall mood; driving through the night, headingfor Cornwall, looking forward to playing some music with Pete and other friends. ‘Playing the guitarand travelling’ – still doing it after all these years. Long may it continue - come what may!For more information, visit www.worldmusic.net
― dow, Monday, 1 May 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
booklet:
01 YOU’RE BLASÉ(Hamilton/Sievier) pub Chappell Music LtdA song composed in 1933 and featured in astage musical called ‘Bow Bells’. Hearing thison a cassette transcription from an old 78rpm disc played and sung at the piano by thatold rascal Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson remindedme of musical evenings when as a child athome in Croydon, listening to the BBC, thewind-up gramophone and my mother jauntilyplaying the piano during the dark winters ofthe 1940s.02 SEE HOW THE TIME IS FLYING(Tunbridge) Copyright ControlI make no excuses for revisiting this beautifulAlan Tunbridge song yet again. There must beso many generations who’ve yet to hear it!03 POACHER’S MOON(Jones) pub Year Zero MusicOne cold night in November somewhere inGermany back in the 1970s I was carousingwith the double bass master Danny Thompson.‘That’s called a “Poacher’s Moon”, Wizz,’ hesaid looking up at the Harvest Moon whichwas briefly visible between the clouds. Imisunderstood and thought that a ‘Poacher’sMoon’ meant a dark night with no moon,hence the lyrics in my song. He then wenton to wax lyrical on his wild times on tourwith the guitarist John Martyn - up to theirwaist in freezing water at midnight, fishingin the Scottish Highlands. I just had to writesomething to keep that vision in my mind!04 A RED PAPER ROSE(Berryman) Copyright ControlPete’s imagining the story from another side.05 BEWARE OF CHARMING FRIENDS(Jones) pub Year Zero MusicI guess sometimes my songs get too personal!06 THE BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN(Landesman/Wolf) Copyright ControlDavy Graham, a great inspiration to allacoustic guitarists in the 1960s, recorded thisFran Landesman poem on his second albumand I’ve always wanted to sing it.07 ANOTHER CHRISTMAS WITH YOU(Jones) pub Year Zero MusicNot to be taken too seriously. A blues riff thatcame out of one of my favourite guitar tunings– EADEBE.08 COME WHAT MAY(Berryman) Copyright ControlPete’s letter to his daughter09 MOONSHINE(Jansch) pub Leola Music LtdIt was the great Bert Jansch who presenteda nine-year-old Simeon with an old woodenflute, thus starting him off on a never endingmusical journey. When I heard Simeon’s sonAlfie playing Bert’s song, naturally I persuadedhim to come into the studio to play on thistrack.10 SEA SONG(Berryman) Copyright ControlSome maritime musings from Pete.11 ALONE IN MY CAR(Jones) pub Year Zero MusicHeading for my beloved Cornwall for thethousandth time.BONUS TRACKS:12 THE KING OF ROME (BONUS TRACK)(Sudbury) pub Cloud Valley Music13 THE NEW MOON’S ARMS (BONUS TRACK)(Lowe/Sanders) pub Lowe Life Music14 ALBATROSS (BONUS TRACK)(Green) pub BMG Rights Management (UK) LtdMUSICIANS:Wizz Jones: acoustic guitar, vocalsPete Berryman: acoustic guitar, vocalsSimeon Jones: tenor saxaphone, flute, harmonica andvocalsGuest Musicians:Alfie Jones: acoustic guitar on track 9Anne Sumner: vocals on tracks 8 and 11Produced by Wizz Jones and Andy LevienRecorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Levien at RMSStudios, London, 2016Track notes by Wizz JonesSleeve notes by Maggie Holland
Visit www.worldmusic.net to hear sound samples of allalbums on Riverboat Records.
― dow, Monday, 1 May 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
Hi, I haven't really posted much on this thread but I'm guessing this is probably the best place to talk about how good this Elkhorn record is?
https://debaclerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-river
Saw someone on FB mention Fichelscher/Fahey duo vibes which is a pretty easy way to get my attention, and if you're looking for that sort of thing then you'll probably dig this.
― cwkiii, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:18 (six years ago) link
some of the electric guitar tones remind me of that electric phin band from thailand. the whole thing is extremely good
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 5 May 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
yeah, been meaning to check this one out, sounding cool so far
― tylerw, Friday, 5 May 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
Another one recorded at Black Dirt by Jason Meagher. Pretty good track record and a general endorsement right there.
― grandavis, Friday, 5 May 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
Elkhorn record is terrific, where did these guys come from??
― Wimmels, Friday, 5 May 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
pretty cool -- Pelt has added a fair amount of stuff on bandcamp (including some hard to find CDR action): https://peltusa.bandcamp.com/
― tylerw, Monday, 22 May 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
this Elkhorn is the business! great stuff...like the mix of acoustic and electric textures
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
jesse from elkhorn is responsible for cataloging a lot of crucial jack rose/glenn jones/marisa anderson/etc/etc stuff on youtube, i'm sure folks here have seen his work but if not- youtube channel 'orthophonix'
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
Thanks for the Joost Dijkema - Sacred Revelations recommendation from way back in the thread by the way... that album is just really incredible!Was blasting it this past weekend with my wife up in Kingston NY.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
new Richard Bishop live recording over yonder (including a Beatles cover!): http://www.nyctaper.com/2017/05/sir-richard-bishop-may-17-2017-park-church-co-op/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
really shoulda gone to that show...
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
new orcutt on the way -- can't wait to hear him tackle "white christmas" With its deep-space beauty, harmonic complexity, and dark dissonance, Bill Orcutt is a stunning landmark in the guitarist's form-destroying trajectory. His pachinko-parlor pacing, marked by unraveling clockspring accelerandos crashing into unexpectedly suspended tones, is still in evidence -- but here, his developing melodicism maps a near-contemplative mental realm, orbiting St. Joan-era Loren Connors more than the cascading treble clatter of his duo LPs with Chris Corsano and others.
http://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/orcutt-bill-bill-orcutt-lp/PAL.048LP.html
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 May 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
new mark fosson too! i like this guyhttps://markfosson.bandcamp.com/
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 May 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
"Noodlin' On The East Fork"!
nice cover art on that fosson
always loved this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8UugY6nozY
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 25 May 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Listened to Fosson's kY while packing for a trip tonight. Helped make things go smoothly.
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Thursday, 25 May 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
oh yeah---from Drag City newsletter:
MARK FOSSON RETURNS WITH SOLO GUITAR
Mark Fosson's been playing music for nearly 50 years now. Solo Guitar is the 5th album released under his name in all that time, which gives an insight into the nature of his music; when it is time for Mark to commit to something underneath his fingers, regardless of whether that is after two years, ten or twenty, that's what's right.
Sure, it makes for a funny career arc, but as far as the music that falls out of a guitar over the span of a lifetime is concerned, any old curve will serve. Mark's picking career was destined to be weird anyway, based on how it started: in 1976, a demo sent to "American Primitive" label Takoma Records received a personal response from founder (and its primary artist) John Fahey himself, who invited Mark out to the west coast to rerecord the material for forthcoming release. Mark showed up, they recorded, it sounded great...then Takoma went bankrupt, John Fahey sold the whole company and the release of Mark's record was abruptly cancelled. No new destination for the recordings immediately presented itself, so Mark moved on, making music with the Bum Steers and continuing to release albums sporadically in the mid aughts.
Now here's another collection to hear! Solo Guitar continues to use his chops and enthusiasm to wander musically, drawing up pieces of sparkling, nimble fingerstyle with an eclectic vision. As the title implies, this time Mark is focused on the austerity of the guitar, plain and simple, to bring out the music. This is one of Mark's favorites of all that he's written, and it is clear why: the golden, eternal promise of the guitar is ebulliently, transcendentally delivered. Mark Fosson's Solo Guitar is a masterful work, the kind it takes a lifetime to assemble! Out July 28th on LP/CD!
― dow, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
What happened to the Takoma album?
― dow, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
Drag City out it out about a decade or so ago? The Lost Takoma Sessions. Then Tompkins Sq. put out the demos a few years later.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 23:57 (six years ago) link
Shoulda figured, thanks!
― dow, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
The demos might actually be better, iirc
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
Glenn gave me the scoop on an exhaustive American Primitivism write up + 2LP set he's writing and compiling. He said he's hoping it'll be out later this year!
I'll ask him if I'm allowed to share more details...
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 04:02 (six years ago) link
I recently got the Fosson lost Takoma Album on Bandcamp, it's wonderful!
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 11:01 (six years ago) link
Evan, that sounds amazing
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 11:02 (six years ago) link
ooh yeah, that does sound good
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
He told me all about it unprompted in an email, so hopefully he'll be OK with me sharing more details here.
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
Drag City newsletter again:
Meg Baird Heads Out With Lee Renaldo and Steve Gunn
AH, yes, it's a brand new month and another season on earth! Given today's climate, who knows how many more seasons we've got but that's all the more reason to ACT NOW and join Meg Baird for some upcoming shows! That's right, Meg's got a loaded six string on her back and is headed down the southeast corridor of these fine fifty states stopping in cities like Richmond and Atlanta before looping west towards Texas! Meg's carefully constructed ballads are brimming with vibrancy, taking you down the traditional sandstone that folk is built upon and the simultaneous empathy and entertainment it can provide with pristine musical companionship. Riding alongside Steve Gunn and Lee Ranaldo for all of the dates below, expect nights of pure, spring bliss at each and every show!
6/13/17 The Broadberry Richmond VA6/14/17 Arts Center of Carrboro Carrboro NC6/15/17 40 Watt Club Athens GA6/16/17 Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta GA6/17/17 Saturn Birmingham AL6/18/17 Gasa Gasa New Orleans LA6/19/17 White Oak Music Hall Houston TX6/20/17 Sons Of Hermann Hall Dallas TX6/23/17 Proud Larry's Oxford MS6/24/17 The Anchor Fellowsh
All dates with Lee Ranaldo and Steve Gunn!(dunno if they're playing back-up for her only or at all, solo sets only or as well etc)
― dow, Saturday, 3 June 2017 04:19 (six years ago) link
Just saw Joan Shelley & Nathan Salsberg w Jake Xerexes Fussel opening
Great show, taped it on my portable. Tascam, will clean it up and post it but yeah wow you should see this tour if you get a chance
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 3 June 2017 04:56 (six years ago) link
glenn jones/matthew azevedo LP 'waterworks' is really great... the musique concrete bits work really well
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
yeah it's great
Also great: new Hayden Pendigo - Greetings from Amarillo
really cool meditative guitarwork, reminds me a bit of Danny Paul Grody's rural new ageism, then more ambient tracks that recall Popul Vuh's more pastoral moments or even Tangerine Dream if they were from TX
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
gotta get that jones LP! yeah, I like pedigo's new one.re-recommending the Elkhorn LP - the coltrane cover is surprisingly successful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9F-hcrPBrA
really been enjoying that forthcoming Orcutt LP too -- his "Old Man River" is one for the ages!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
i saw a facebook comment from hayden pendigo on something that roy montgomery posted about daniel fichescher where he posted a vid of himself playing vuh-style. it reminded me that some people have no reservations posting unsolicited videos of themselves playing!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
oops missing an L in Fichelscher but you know what i meant
do you think it's rude or just not something you are accustomed to doing yourself? (also, did you go to horse lords this weekend?!?)
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
both (though not rude necessarily, just quite forward on Roy Montgomery's facebook page, and definitely not something I would do myself)
i did!!! the place was packed for the second opening act, but all those people spilled out and we went in. i was right directly in the front and it was extremely enjoyable. they didn't play the song i wanted to hear from the mixtape iV, but it was super long and probably edited together. which brings me to this point: they seem CANnier every time I see them. People were going bananas dancing too. made me want a cowbell and rototoms, haha!! looks like they aren't that expensive either...
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
they're so crazy good, like an ideal band for me in many ways... would love to see them
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
i think they came thru mpls once and i missed them :(
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
it was my third time! haven't been disappointed yet
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
yeah horse lords rule massively live, great nyc set from the other week: http://www.nyctaper.com/2017/06/horse-lords-june-4-2017-sunnyvale/
― adam, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
this is a funny thread for a horse lords convo to break out on but the more the merrier i say
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
eh i know a lot of folk in thread enjoy em
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
yeah chris forsyth has a new jam out today -- he doesn't reallllly fit in w/ the fahey world (for the most part) but what the heck: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/13/532600182/songs-we-love-chris-forsyth-the-solar-motel-band-dreaming-in-the-non-dream
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
otm and thanks for the link, adam
― sleeve, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
forsyth has always been a thread staple imo
(also his earlier stuff before he went all television fits pretty well)
<3 solar motel band
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
yeah if we're just going with 21st Century (Mostly) Instrumental Guitar Stuff he fits in fine. new song is awesome.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
horse lords guitarist uses fingerpicks so there
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
NO YOU MAY NOT DISCUSS THEM HERE
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link