Jazz Butcher S/D

This is the first one to really hurt since northern Mark Smith. Saw the band with him and Max at a tiny Iowa City club with only a handful of people in 99 - terrible turnout. Max became unnerved because he'd strum the keynote opening chord for Pat to tune to before each song, and I'd shout out the name of the song in utter joy as they were seeming all 80s Max-era tunes like Girls Who Keep Goldfish and Who Loves You Now (this was right after Max rejoined the band and also reissued Best Kisser in the World, an absolutely essential listen for any fan of the band, so I think I got lucky in that respect as Pat deferred to the oldies for Max's benefit).

We should poll Bloody Nonsense/Gift of Music (I wonder if a full artist poll wouldn't get enough votes, but I'd be willing to host it)

please do a poll of those, I'd love that

yeah this one really hurts for me as well

and yes that Max Eider "Best Kisser" solo LP is excellent throughout

one of his gigs was broadcast live on bavarian TV and I taped it and watched it a ton of times

weirdly this is not on Youtube but I got it from Dimeadozen - live at the Alabama-Halle, Munich. Nov 11 1985? is that the one?

As I said on the obit thread, I saw him playing, like, 6 weeks ago?

yeah my wife and I have really been enjoying his live concerts on Facebook for the past year or so :(

weirdly this is not on Youtube but I got it from Dimeadozen - live at the Alabama-Halle, Munich. Nov 11 1985? is that the one?

That's exactly it! There was a whole series of gigs that got shown from that venue in a prime time evening slot on the main regional TV station. Prefab sprout, the Cult, jazz butcher, the icicle works...

Please throw a vote this a way Polling in the Buslane: Jazz Butcher Gift of Music/Bloody Nonsense poll (RIP Pat Fish 1957-2021)

Rolo McGinty of the Woodentops with many memories.

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If that didn’t work — but this might not either!

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Thanks Ned, that was good to read

It's not often that an artist gets to do a Bowie by consciously carving their personal epitaph into the grooves of their final LP. The Highest In The Land is that rarity of an album, and it could not have been made by a more brilliantly poetic and fearlessly sarcastic writer than Pat Fish, also known as The Jazz Butcher.

http://jazzbutcher.com/albums/highest_in_the_land.html
https://jazzbutcher.bandcamp.com/album/the-highest-in-the-land

so ready for this

RIP Pat

This album is much better than "Last of the Gentleman Adventurers", it feels looser and lyrically stronger. Some very close-to-the-bone songs like "Time", "Running On Fumes" and "Never Give Up". Or maybe I'm just sad that he's gone and this gets the benefit of the doubt.