New Jack Rose album? (Dec 2009: RIP Jack Rose)

should i go see this guy live tomorrow nite?

He's been really, really good both times I've seen him. His solo stuff (judging on the two live shows I've seen, both of which were 3-4 years ago) is pure Fahey/Takoma worship in a very good way.

Is he with Pelt? Pelt are flat- out great, probably the best drone-y group I've seen.

Yes. I mean, why not? I saw him in a church in Chicago on a psych folk underground superstar bill (Espers, Heather Leigh Murray, Born Heller, Bridget St John, Fursaxa) and he was great! Have you liked solo acoustic performances in the past? If so, he shouldn't disappoint.

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yeah i mean i checked out his myspace and it seemed pretty cool, was just wondering if anyone had seen him before....seems good, totes fahey, bert jansch etc etc etc but good

i'd kill to see espers

You should go, Matt. He rips shit up with the slide.

Agreed. His slide playing is great to watch.

Picked up a couple of this guy's albums last night, Raag Manifestos and the one with the black cover, also on VHF. Both pretty good, playing a bit more straightforward than, say, Chasny or Blackshaw or other guys doing similar stuff -- more Fahey-esque, I'm aware he's often compared but if the shoe fits... anyway, so far I like him a lot.

yeah i've been listening to him (and Pelt) a lot lately. def. more steeped in blues/appalachia than the guys you mentioned, yeah -- for once the Fahey comparison is fairly accurate.

Looking forward to an upcoming collab album with the Black Twig Pickers.
I bought a Jack Rose record from Mike Gangloff when he was in my town doing music with Pelt and Spiral Joy Band. I think it was a Dr Ragtime thing, I'm forgetting the name right now. It's really good, collaboration record with a bunch of folks on it, instrumentals. Mike plays banjo on a lot of the tracks. I'll have to check on the name of the record at home.

He is indeed Fahey-esque: so much so that he even does the spoof liner notes thing on a couple of albums, signed "Joe R Sack, blues scholar".

I like him a lot - I really ought to get some more of his stuff.

Details on that Jack Rose/Black Twig Pickers record. Guess it is out!
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Members of Joy Band and Pelt join Jack Rose for the newest Jack/Twigs recordings - if you have enjoyed the collaborations on recent 7" and Dr. Ragtime records, then this is going to be a beautifulexperience!!! Shoudl be posted on Klang.org soon!!!!!

Raw and rocking collaboration between Jack Rose and the Black Twigs with some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed in the service of dropping right-hand bombs – his use of a thumbpick originates from his years of duets with Twig Mike Gangloff, struggling to make his guitar heard over Gangloff’s crashing banjo. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four players lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock. Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition – without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & family classics, with the group turning the stately “Kensington Blues” upbeat and an issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” first recorded by Pelt (w/Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double “Ayahuasca.”

I don't have a link but apparently Jack Rose passed away due to a heart attack in his sleep.
Fucking awful miserable thing to have happen. Too young.

oh shit, no way! how old was he?

I don't know exactly. Forties?

yeah i didn't think he could be much older than that ... RIP ...

I really hope it's not true, where did you hear?

FUUUUUCK that. What?!

oh man, also hope this isn't true. :-(

No sign elsewhere yet, so I have hope.

I just saw jjt post something on facebook about it.

yikes, RIP. glad I saw them/him.

holy shit

It's true. Cory from Threelobed just posted it to twitter.

Totally unexpected and terrible news.

Awful. RIP.

That sucks - I've met him a few times and he was a really great awesome guy, in addition to being a great musician. The last time I saw him, there was this drunk dude heckling him, but I'm not remembering the details of it right now.

This is fucking terrible news.

sorry for the random update, but Three Lobed Recordings is extremely
sad to pass along news that our dear friend Jack Rose passed away this
morning in Philadelphia at the age of 38. This news is still fresh to
us and we're still trying to process it. Jack was a warm, caring
person and was always a pleasure to be around. His larger than life
spirit will truly, truly be missed even moreso than his inspired
musical ability. Our deepest sorrow goes out to his wife.

Rest in peace, Jack.

Cory

38! fuck me.

That's fucking miserable. Going to jam some of those records tonight for sure.

couldnt believe it when that email arrived

this sucks, just saying that again.

Lord, I just saw a retweet from 3 Lobed about this. Hard to get my head around. Dude was barely a month older than I was.

geez, 38! i guess we're lucky to have gotten all the great music from him while he was here, but you can't help but think he had a lot left to give ...

now playing: Pelt "Ayahuasca"

I'm 5 years older than he was...

just played "Dr. Ragtime" -- such great, open-hearted stuff ...

I saw him pestered by a heckler to play "Kensington Blues" over and over at an instore at the old location of The True Vine in Baltimore and eventually he played it, with great humor and force and compassion. A great musician and a life-force. As I understand it through the grapevine, the heckler was a troubled guy who died not too long ago of a drug overdose, and now Jack's dead too.

I can't believe he's dead at 38. Jeez, I'm 38.

:(

this is fucking awful. great musician, great guy.

http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/remembering-jack-rose/

Show at the house here in a couple hours.. I intend to be playing much Pelt/Rose in between sets
This is totally a bummer

nice long jam w/ peter walker here ...
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Walker_with_Jack_Rose/
and a radio session here
http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2008/11/jack-rose-vpro-dwars-session-2007.html

NO WAY.

Just saw this... :-(

Opium music & knob creek at the Johnson estate this evening. RIP Jack. That was some awful oatmeal we ate, but you sure seemed to love it.

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Friend just texted me this...i need to get drunk. fuuuuck

All Jack Rose/Pelt playlist, all night long. :-(

jamming cathedral et chartres at top volume - fuck the neighbors...

Really really fucking depressed about this. An obsessive alchemical giant. Chatted with him (and Pelt) for hours in the parking lot of Spaceland after a post Terrastock 2 gig. Gave me a hug for releasing the Last Days Of May album.

Going to hoist a pint or three.

A phenomenal talent. Really sad about this. My wine bottle is nearing its bottom and I've played Pearls from the River and Skullfuck and Raag Manifestos and the Archive live album and onward we go...

Jesus this is ridiculous, RIP

Jack Rose really isn't in the category of musicians you are a bit scared to open a bumped thread about because you think it might tell you they're dead

shocking. rip.

Horrible news. Obv bummed that I didn't go and see him in Glasgow a cpl of week ago, now.

Oh shit, terrible news, I'm 3 years older than he was! Saw him in London 2 or 3 years ago - he got a wonderful growling tone out of his guitar but still played with subtlety and emotion, without lapsing into sentimentality. Seemed like a cool guy too, I'm quite upset about this actually. RIP

fukkers and suckkers..this was my firsat booking when i came to hudson..."Inveterate fumbler of keys,pitches and tumblers full of "brown" drinks,Michael Hurley will be at the Hudson River Theater in Hudson NY this Mon May 5th at 8pm..opening are Charlambides frontthing Tom Carter and ace outster Jack Rose of Pelt..all who train up are invited to sleep over and I will make breakfast in the morning.PS-Sorry this is not a question
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Saturday, 3 May 2003 00:56 (6 years ago)"

i will miss th behemeothick strangslingnsneing beauty poeretryfy related fresh fry of a glandtars strings..rip jackyboy

god, this really sucks.

Oh man, RIP ;_;

RIP Jack Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNShyQt9wUQ

the most awful news. loved pelt for ages, the solo stuff even more. didn't know him personally, but still terribly saddened by this. my heart goes out to his family & friends, to all here who apparently knew him well.

scott slimm of Archive Records posted some of his personal pics of his friend jack over at forever doomed
http://www.foreverdoomed.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=14656&start=40

shiiiit. a massive talent and from what I know (just seeing him live and through other people) seemed like a super nice guy too. jeez.

Oh fuck, this is really sad.

very sad news. i saw jack a couple years ago but i was hoping to see pelt in my lifetime

RIP

I was lucky enough to see Pelt with Jack at the Terrastock 2 show you can hear on Empty Bell Ringing in the Sky -- it was and is one of the highlights of my showgoing life, one huge long track that was utterly mesmerizing, and the recording by default just can't capture the full impact of it.

Both Pelt and, separately, Jack played at the last Terrastock, in Jack's case with the Black Twig Pickers. Weird that I'll only ever see one of them again now.

Some really nice recollections (especially from Elisa of Magik Markers/Six Organs) over at the Arthur site.
http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/remembering-jack-rose/

Windy (as in '& Carl') on Jack:

http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7975&Itemid=1

Link to Arthur was already posted, duh. That video Amon posted is amazing.
All hands.

Was lucky enough to see him and Pelt on a few occasions. Major bummer.

never got to see him, though he was in my neck of the woods a few months ago! ugh. was listening to Ayahuasca on the bus ride into work today. Perfect accompaniment for the arctic landscape that is Colorado at the moment.

I'm at a total loss for words. I got to know Jack a tiny bit over the last couple years. I would interview him and write about him, while he'd send me cool free stuff. Then, when the occasion would arise, I'd get to see him make brilliant music either solo or with the mighty Black Twigs. Afterward, we'd have a few beers and shoot the shit, maybe he would even need a place to crash. Just a great all-around guy and phenomenal artist-musician. Take care, Jack.

damn : (

woah the thread title changed

r.i.p. jack

Root Blog has a cool raga up that Jack had named as one of his faves: http://rootstrata.com/rootblog/?p=2567

I'm definitely going to do a tribute radio show but I can't this week, too busy with finals. Next week, I hope.

I am doing one right now!

empty bell
ringing in the sky

Didn't hear about this till last night and I'm shocked. I'm incredibly sad about it and it's a huge loss for everyone who knew him. He was a really big deal to me, represented my favourite things about music and I met him at an impressionable age, a lopsided situation where he went about business as usual and it left a huge impression on me.

Five years ago Jack and Glenn Jones were the first guys my friend&I set up a gig for in Manchester. Their sets, and their warmth and enthusiasm blew away my expectations; debating Fahey sidemen&women as we drove back, going record shopping (Jack acting like a shamed addict when he couldn't resist an unknown Strawbs lp), cooking them breakfast, singing along to Blind Blake in the car. Jack knew stories about sarod players I'd never heard of and funny songs about Bill Monroe; he had the rare combination of an amazing pair of hands and an amazing pair of ears. He was wild-haired&huge, forceful but polite, w/hearty appetites and generous to a fault, making me feel like a friend the couple of times I saw him afterwards. He was like no one I'd met in my 19 years and he was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

His hollow-necked guitar (so light) was magical to me, watching him hunching over -shaking his hair out the way and coughing- dwarfing it, making it sizzle&spit was awesome and incredibly satisfying. & I'll never forget the volume the first time I saw him, making a joke of our effort to mic him, flooding the church hall (we got a great sounding venue at least). I've seen other guitarists who, yknow, play the guitar, but he could use it to play the room, to burn the acoustics into your brain (Sundogs especially). And yeah, Linden Avenue Stomp is the absolute jam, the keen of Guitar Rag swinging ten times as hard, freedom music.

Just knowing he was out there having a blast made me happy and this is really hard news to hear. I didn't make the trip over to see him on his last tour because I assumed I could catch him again soon. It's been good to read anecdotes and recollections here&elsewhere, it sounds like he went quickly and painlessly, it's obvious a lot of people loved him and it seems like he was content. It's going to be weird to hear the new album&DVD when they come out, but it's kind of nice to have one more thing to look forward to.

A slew of wonderful memories up at Terrascope:

http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Features/Jack_Rose_Obituary.htm

And a Facebook memories group went up yesterday. My contribution was to find bits from the interview I did with him for Loose Lips Sink Ships, which isn't online anywhere to my knowledge. Here's his thoughts:

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"Once something is out there, it's really no longer yours. Everybody has their own interpretations, feelings, and they're free to think or say anything they want about my music. I'm honored to be mentioned along with the Takoma masters, Glenn and Harris. Folk, American Primitive, whatever -- they're just labels."

"I always try to play from my feelings and subconscious. A couple of times I have had reference points to what the song may be about. 'Mountaintop Lament' was recorded for my friend's film about mountaintop removal in West Virginia, so I was thinking about mountains blowing up when recording it. 'Linden Ave Stomp' refers to the place where Fahey made his 1st recordings, although I don't think the song is about that. Most of the time I think my songs are about abstract feelings I have and letting my id run free."

"Scholar might be a good word to also describe what I do. I've been obsessive about pre-war American music for most of my life, so that's reflected in what I do. I always think the best music is music that turns people on to what came before. If it wasn't for the Sun City Girls, I might not have discovered the joys of Indian music and other pan-Asian indigenous musics."

"I think taking yourself seriously is bad for one's music. I hate humorless musicians because usually those folks are too wrapped up in their own egos to create good music."

"I'm always trying to do something different from the last record. I've never been interested in staying in the same place musically for too long. Although the guitar will most likely always be my instrument of choice, I'm always trying to search for something new and unknown."

such a class act.

ny times obit - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/arts/music/09rose.html?_r=2&em

'Mountaintop Lament' was recorded for my friend's film about mountaintop removal in West Virginia

been wanting to see this, it was made by a local baltimore filmmaker http://www.blackdiamondsmovie.com

Every day this sucks just a little bit more.
I encourage everyone to check out the Dr Ragtime and His Pals record on Tequila Sunrise. So beautiful.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, Byron Coley on Jack- http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/08/one-for-jack-by-byron-coley

He's also on the DVD Glenn Jones and Jack have coming out next year. An hour long set each and then a half hour guys-hanging-out interview thing.

Memorial services are announced:

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Visitation: 1:00 PM
Service: 2:00 PM

Visitation and services taking place at:
Bringhurst Funeral Home
225 Belmont Avenue
Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
610-668-9900

Interment to follow at:
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
215 Belmont Avenue
Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
610-664-1591

Please feel free to bring photos of Jack to display during the service.

There will be a Memorial Gathering in Philadelphia on the evening of Saturday December 12, 2009, following the services.

Details regarding the Memorial Gathering will be announced at frontporchproductions.org when confirmed.

The link to Front Porch Productions adds this:

Please join us to further honor our kin, friend and teacher Jack Rose following the official services in Bala Cynwyd. We will be gathering at the Latvian Society of Philadelphia on Saturday December 12th from 8pm to 2am to keep company, share memories and say further goodbyes. For Jack, friendship was an art, bringing people together another of his gifts. We warmly welcome all to stop by, catch up with friends and family, and enjoy the company of those brought together by our dear Jack.

Latvian Society of Philadelphia
531 North 7th Street (7th and Spring Garden)
Philadelphia, PA 19123-3501

Finally, an overall tribute site is now up:

http://www.drragtime.com/

Thanks for all the info and links, Ned.
My heart still hurts from this...

yeah, it really sucks -- i didn't know anything about the guy personally before he passed, but it seems like he was a pretty beloved figure ...

My strongest memory of Jack: he was playing midway on a bill of folk-pop bands at the Garage in London. Glenn Jones was on directly before him, and a lot of people in the audience had talked through the whole set; someone said to Glenn, "Why don't you tell them to shut up?" and he replied, "Oh, I can't do that." Then Jack came out, stood in the middle of the stage and shouted, "Shut the fuck up you fucking limeys!" at the top of his voice. He then proceeded to play the most intense set of solo, instrumental folk songs I've ever heard. After a couple of pieces he snapped a string and had to switch to his backup instrument, a huge 12-string guitar. It was hopelessly out of tune and he ended up playing a long atonal improvisation, which didn't go down too well.

By all accounts that incident was far from representative; I saw him play twice more, and he was extremely amiable and laidback on each occasion. But I still remember it with some fondness. RIP

Chris Scofield of Strange Attractors Audio House just sent around this description of the forthcoming DVD with Jack and Glenn Jones, and with his permission I'll post it here -- he apologizes for any grammatical errors, and says there will be more information forthcoming as the time draws nearer:

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Yes, the completion of this DVD is just around the bend. This has been in
the works since the idea germinated last August, the sessions shot in Sept
2008. A very experienced filmmaker named Jesse Sheppard approached Glenn
about his wish to capture he and Jack on film. There are many folks who are
performing today as part of a "new guard" celebrating the solo acoustic
steel string tradition by moving it forward - Steffen Basho-Junghans, James
Blackshaw, Harris Newman, Sean Smith, Sir Richard Bishop, just to name a few
- but Jack and Glenn are two of the most traditional leading the pack, and
unique in the sense that they are friends and collaborators who represent
two generations of the idiom, share many similarities in their styles, but
also share just as many marked differences. Jack and Glenn both took to solo
acoustic early in their lives, abandoned it for rock and experimental
hybrids, yet both came back and embraced it later on, which I find
interesting. The tandem is a well-rounded representation of solo guitar,
past, present and future, and its two leading lights, and this is what the
filmmaker sought to achieve, which I believe he has done impeccably.

The filmmaker's core idea was to document them in performance but not in
front of an audience, rather in an intimate setting, in which the musicians
can tell their story to the camera through their art. The sessions took
place in a loft in Brooklyn - three cameras, and the musicians, creating a
studio in someone's lovely home. Each one plays a set of music, each song
marking "takes" just as in the recording studio, the best performances being
used. The way it was shot aims to evoke the atmosphere of performance, as
if you the viewer were watching the performer, live and alone, with some
flourishes of what the eye may focus on (the playing, close ups of facial
expressions, in between takes a wandering eye to the surroundings, etc),
using a blend of multiple angles. It was shot impeccably, on film, not
video.

Jack nailed all eight songs in the first take, save for one which he got in
the second. Jack's playing, especially the 6-string stuff, is so monstrous,
very big and ballsy, whereas Glenn's is especially cinematic and complex.
There are two songs of Jack and Glenn performing together as well, which are
just awesome ("Linden Avenue Stomp" and "Miss May's Place"), eight from Jack
solo and six from Glenn solo (about 35 minutes each). The sonic and film
quality is INCREDIBLE.

Our own Byron Coley interviewed Jack and Glenn for a 36 minute
conversational. This is just brilliant in my opinion, because the interview
quickly becomes an informal talk amongst three people who are obviously
friends with one another, and so it comes across very comfortable and
sincere. Three dudes shooting being asked questions and shooting the shit,
telling stories, joking with one another, etc. I learned a lot from it,
about the musicians themselves, inspirations, the solo acoustic tradition,
and how each musician feels about each other's playing (especially revealing
and endearing stuff here). Glenn is such a scholar of the idiom, and his
personal stories about Fahey and Basho are wonderful, and Jack's personality
just shines. My heartfelt thanks to Byron for doing this, it really is
amazing stuff.

"Bonus" footage does capture Jack and Glenn playing live at a gig both were
billed on in Philadelphia, in March of this year. Three songs by each. All
in all, the DVD clocks in at nearly 2 1/2 hours.

Graphic design is by Josh Pfeffer (who is responsible for
many of the great designs on Strange Attractors BTW, including all of the
Glenn Jones and all of the Cul de Sac releases except "Immortality
Lessons"). The cover is literally being finalized now, and it is looking
wonderful. DVD will be housed in a cardstock-style amaray.

Glenn endearingly entitled the DVD last week 'The Things That We Used to
Do'. Heartwrenching.

This film has always intended to be a celebration of the work of two very
important artists and a particular musical style. The passing of Jack in no
way alters this intent, if anything it reinforces the importance of
celebrating his work. I feel very fortunate that his playing was captured
on film, if anything because as Glenn pointed out to me, footage of Fahey is
relatively sparse given his canon of work, and with Basho its basically
non-existent. I am very humbled to help bring this project to fruition and
to further spread the gospel of Jack and Glenn.

I tried to send a photo from the sessions to share with everyone on the
list, but I think the file was too big. Anyone with a Facebook account can
check one out posted here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strange-Attractors-Audio-House/140771171629

Just posted my radio tribute to Jack over at the Holy Victrola weblog.
Songs from Jack in all his ensembles and solo, plus other things that may or may not have been the kind of music he dug.
I mean, I'd read his praise of the Pigpen led Dead burner "Easy Wind" before, and obviously Fahey was an influence, but I just kinda figured that maybe he was a Charalambides fan, and I just got to hear Market Square for the first time, so...anyway....
One of his friends told me to play something from Link Wray's self-titled, so I've got faith in that, at least.

cool! looks like a great playlist. Not that it would fit in with what you played, but judging from some of his friends' remembrances, Jack was quite the Doors booster ...

Damn. Missed opportunity. We've got Strange Days at KOPN.

A Valentine for Jack Rose

http://issueprojectroom.org/2010/01/18/a-valentine-for-jack-rose/

Wow, Michael Chapman playing in Brooklyn. I wouldn't think that happens often.

He played in Harlam a few years ago!
He might be playing at the store too, but it's unconfirmed as of yet...

lol harlam.

Yikes! Don't let me miss that one. The in-store, I mean.

i'll keep the internet posted.

Feb. 13, Philly: A Record Release Party and Memorial Concert for JACK ROSE

"Jack Rose passed away suddenly at home in Philadelphia on December 5, 2009. He was widely regarded as the most profound exponent of acoustic guitar playing of his generation. Jack grew to be loved and admired by a great many people through his live performances, electric personality, serious cooking skills and a general mastery in the art of friendship. This concert is a release party for his new album Luck In The Valley and an occasion to celebrate and remember the good Dr. Ragtime. The artists performing were all dear friends of Jack’s and admired by him musically."

Saturday, February 13, 2010 – 7:00 PM
Latvian Society of Philadelphia – 531 N. 7th Street

Tickets: $18
Available now: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/4067

Performers:
D. Charles Speer & The Helix
Thurston Moore | Paul Flaherty | Chris Corsano
Michael Chapman
Pelt
The Black Twig Pickers
Glenn Jones
Byron Coley
Meg Baird | Chris Forsyth
Megajam Booze Band
DJ Ian Nagoski
Video clips curated by Tara Young

More info: http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/01/19/memorial-concert-for-jack-rose/

Meanwhile, Strange Attractors has put up the first teaser trailer from the forthcoming DVD. Looks like it should be a winner and a half:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0r3weDRgKE

whoa, that philly memorial show sounds great. i hope tickets are still available in two weeks, i don't think i can afford it now...

The memories continue:

http://citypaper.net/articles/2010/02/11/blues-for-jack-rose

Miss this guy. Really looking forward to the posthumous album this year.

Long form trailer for the upcoming DVD now up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ5tSbLZdfM

I've been fortunate enough to receive an early review copy of the DVD with Glenn Jones. It's a treasure, and it's just nice to see Jack again, in some way.

Meanwhile, here's the information again on the tribute collection, due for release in a couple of weeks online:

http://www.fina-music.com/catalog/index.html?id=104712

Good to see some more Jack stuff being released. I admittedly still need to pick up Luck in the Valley -- will do that this week.

http://uabab.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/jack-rose-luck-in-the-valley.jpg

jesus christ

what a joyous, mystical, wonderful record

Agree -- it's fabulous.

:(

i was just listening to opium musick this morning.

I played Raag Manifestos the other night. Really great album.

http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2010/03/jack-rose-brickbat-books-bootlegs.html

A year ago today.

Rest well, sir. We all still miss ya.

^^^^^ this

^^^^^^

love this guy 4eva

Yo La Tengo dedicated a song to him at Maxwell's last night.

can't believe it's a year already. listened to z.m. dagar playing raga yaman the other night and thought of him.

dedication in the new Six Organs of Admittance record:

"Missing you, Dr. Ragtime. Now who will call bullshit on the bullshitters?"

Coming this month:

Thurston Moore - VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume Five
12 String Meditations For Jack Rose

Solo, untreated, 12-string compositions in tribute to one
of the greats. An album of instrumentals in requiem.

Really miss Jack. The few times I had the privilege of seeing him live are forever burned in my memory. A truly savage loss.

http://www.decal.org/file/2443

Nice syllabus

would enroll

idk what he wld have made of this. i wonder if it means money for his estate.

Four years.

Yeah, still sad. I am now older than he was when he passed.

New Pelt album has some heavy Jack-inspired moments on it related to their shared history, as well as a song called "Of Jack's Darbari" (the album is also called "Effigy", though I don't think it is solely because of Jack being gone). It is a great record and a very fitting way to pay tribute in some ways, barring just playing a ton of Rose's albums and the Pelt records he is actually on.

three years, but yeah, still a bummer. listened to luck in the valley last week and it really seemed like he was just getting started. haven't heard the new pelt yet, but will seek it out!

It's really good Tyler, and pretty unique to my ears. Still doing the all acoustic drone thing from the last 2 records or so, but even more of a strange mix of instruments/strategies.

agreed that the new Pelt is great. soundscape with the jaw harp blows me away.

it's LP/Digital only...the record is nice. sounds great, too. out here: http://mie.limitedrun.com/products/504355-pelt-effigy

also can't believe it's been 4 yrs...saw him play just a month before he passed, and was lucky enough to see him & pelt at the last Terrastock. great shows.

Forever missed:

http://soundamerican.org/jack-rose-is-real

Man, reminiscences of Jack are just so interesting, cause everyone feels compelled to lay a heavy story or two on you, which speaks volumes about the path this guy cut through music/life. Hope there are a bunch of unreleased beauts out there awaiting release, just cause it would be nice, but still sad there won't be new tunes.

nice article... yeah, there should be some sort of big jack rose box set w/ unreleased stuff.
by the way, anyone have this? http://oh-be-joyful.blogspot.com/2010/11/nice-and-nasty-selections-from-dr.html [link is dead there...]

listened to "two originals of..." last night -- man, "red horse" has to be up there with the all time great Takoma epics. the whole thing is stunning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP0LnKJSU1o

Yeah man, that is killer. I need to own more Jack Rose records.

I suppose red horse was the first solo piece he released? arrives perfectly-formed. that bit ~1.20-1.50, gaaaah. mb the only thing that withstands comparison to the great san bernardino birthday party. it was always a beautiful, melancholy piece but it feels so sad now.

think i posted this over on the other thread, but if you missed it - http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/49362884245/jack-rose-peel-sessions-two-very-much-missed

Whoa, thanks Tyler. If you posted it already I missed it.

I wonder how much of this (Red Horse)was improvised? Some of it is so damn good it is hard to imagine it being so, but it seems a lot of times pieces this long are "loosely structured" so say the least. I gotta say, that interview in Arthur was really enlightening, just full of cool details. Like I said, I gotta get more Jack Rose records.

Sad doesn't even begin to describe the feeling. The way he pushed himself, and the run he was on, made it pretty evident that he had some tremendous things ahead of him. Just a shame, but at least he got a pretty decent amount out whilst charging ahead.

xp sun dogs! heard him play it in a church & it was the most incredible thing

by the way, anyone have this? http://oh-be-joyful.blogspot.com/2010/11/nice-and-nasty-selections-from-dr.html [link is dead there...]

Yeah I have that. Pretty lo-fi (in both sound & packaging) CDr. Don't recall if I got it from Volcanic Tongue or Rough Trade.

ysi? actually i'd just settle for a tracklisting...

i have that nice and nasty thing. could post a track listing tomorrow.

VHF have put their entire in print catalog on Soundcloud and that includes _Kensington Blues_...

https://soundcloud.com/vhfrecords/sets/jack-rose-kensington-blues

As mentioned upthread re: the Arthur issue it appeared in, the extensive interview with Jack done a few months before he died

http://arthurmag.com/2013/12/04/ah-man-a-career-spanning-conversation-with-jack-rose-by-brian-rademaekers-from-arthur-no-33/

great interview...
amateurist (or anyone else) would still like to see the tracklisting of that nice and nasty comp....

That interview is great. There is a Coley rundown of Rose's recordings in that issue as well I believe, which is also great.

Still sad as hell that he passed.

totally...
they've put up that discography as well it seems: http://arthurmag.com/2013/12/04/jack-rose-discography-by-byron-coley-from-arthur-no-33

still some stray tracks i need to hear... like the "hey fuck you rag"!

http://www.terrascope.co.uk/features/Images/jack%20card.jpg

Man, never seen any of those "damaged guitar gods" cards. Cool idea, are they posted generally somewhere?

Also, I also haven't heard "Hey Fuck You Rag" but imagine that it is amazing based on the title alone.

the damaged guitar god things have been in a few issues of the Galactic Zoo Dossier mag -- I've only got one set. but they are pretty fun!

http://www.plasticcrimewave.com/files/gimgs/8_gzdcards6.jpg

from over here: http://www.plasticcrimewave.com/projects/merchandise/

Yeah, I knew the Galactic Zoo Dossier guy did them, but had never seen them. Thanks for sharing, fun indeed. Maybe another thing to add to the Christmas list ....

played raag manifestos again the other day after listening to kevin drumm's sheer hellish miasma. hart crane's old boyfriends still sounds like staring into a black hole & i really miss that playing & the attitude behind it

I need to go on a Rose listening spree. He was quite an individual, can't believe I missed him when he played here.

Michael Yonkers looks like Marc Maron in that drawing.

i saw him play on new year's eve in knoxville just under a year before he died. during his set, power went out, he played on. most of the crowd seemed to be more buzzed for local band for which rose was opening; a bit too much talking during his set for my taste, especially since he wasn't amplified for most of it. i was totally spellbound though and bought a bunch of stuff from him and chatted afterward. i had only discovered him in 2005 or somewhere around there. my partner had been a pelt fan for longer. his death came as a total shock to me; it was horrifying. he was only a few years older than me.

i think i still have that nice&nasty comp on itunes. email me to remind me and i'll look it up when i get home.

actually i think it was new year's day (night).

Almost five years now. Dammit.

Daniel Bachman covering Jack's "Levee"

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/11/05/the-lagniappe-sessions-daniel-bachman/

i was just thinking it'd been five years. :(

A tribute concert for Jack to be held in Philadelphia on December 19:

http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/141219/

A NIGHT FOR JACK
remembering Jack Rose

featuring performances by
Glenn Jones
Nathan Bowles
Daniel Bachman
Chris Forsyth
Megajam Booze Band

plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaiken
and exclusive video of Jack performing

megajam booze band!
listened to raag manifestos a few nights ago and wow -- i obviously like/love a lot of stuff that has come in Rose's wake in the past few years, but the dude towers pretty high above 'em all.

Man I wish I could go to that. I imagine that is going to be a very heavy but musically super-rich evening.

Who is in the megajam booze band btw?

ha, i don't know -- i just assumed it was going to be a collab between all the guys playing.

I think they play periodically, see them on bills now and again. Maybe it is a Philly thing, i.e., a crew gets together to jam for momentous occasions? Sometimes Philly seems like the nexus of my musical universe, wish it was a little closer.

Cool! Totally going, thanks!

R.I.P. Bill Kellum from VHF just shared this "early version" of Kensington Blues, apparently submitted in 2005 to the label but scrapped for what became the official album. Glad there is still new music from him to share:

http://www.vhfrecords.com/news/2014/12/3/jack-rose-kensington-blues-early-version

Two originals of is my jack rose jam, that album rules

JACK ROSE
NEW SINGLE – ‘CHASING CARS’
RELEASED ON 11TH DECEMBER 2015

Fourteen-year-old Kent-based, Jack Rose is set to release a brand new single on the 11th of December 2015.

‘Chasing Cars’ is the follow up to Jack’s debut single ‘Lost’ and is the young singer’s unique take on the classic Snow Patrol tune from 2006.

Produced by Kevin Energy Thorpe from Big Jam Studios in Kent, the song will be accompanied by a stunning video by renowned film and music video director Mark J Blackman and produced by Inspiration Films (http://www.inspirationfilms.co.uk).

The video will see Jack Rose star alongside TV and movie star Rosie Day and fellow actors Ceejay Sergeant, Michelle Archer and Graham Fletcher-Cook.

Taking inspiration from Ed Sheeran, Nathan Grisdale, Chris Brown, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Sam Smith and Ty Dolla $ign, the multi-talented Jack Rose, although only fourteen, has already proven himself to be an accomplished singer-songwriter, rapper, actor and radio presenter, hosting the UK Top 30 Countdown Show on Hit Mix UK (www.hitmixuk.com) every Sunday between 7 and 9pm.

A rare talent, Jack’s last single ‘Lost’ picked up radio airplay within hours of being released and he gained between 500 and 1000 Twitter followers per day from all over the world.

Jack Rose is set to announce himself to a wider audience in the coming months and he is without doubt a name to watch in 2016 and beyond.

see that this thread is kept clean

Lordy at the above. To the real Jack: peace, once more.

^^^^^

good stuff to read (in conjunction with the reissues out today)

daily.bandcamp.com/2016/09/16/the-blooms-not-off-jack-rose-in-remembrance-and-retrospect/
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/09/13/spirit-in-the-house-jack-roses-enduring-legacy/ (i put this one together)
http://adhoc.fm/post/conversation-bill-and-cory-bringing-jack-roses-cat/

these records still sound so good

It's so great to see him get this attention once more.

should i go see this guy live tomorrow nite?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:57 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where was this anyway? turf club?

been heavy into this lately & absolutely loving it, esp his ragtime/old timey stuff has gone from being my least to most favourite. some combination of playing/thumbpick/micing on kensington blues makes the bass on tracks like flirtin with the undertaker bludgeon the song to death a bit, but dr ragtime & his pals sounds awesome and is pure joy

really enjoyed the remembrances, the points about his craftsmanship & attention to sonic details are very otm, and the bachman stuff in particular is v sweet and chimes with my starry-eyed memories of meeting jack

also just want to bask in this magnificent sentence again:

His ragtime songs were so powerful and executed with such precision and might that even “hipsters” got it.

the stuff about him 'owning' everything he did rang true, and makes me think more about how confidently and fruitfully he followed fahey, thriving in his shadow, following him upriver deep into the mountains in such of the source. watching some of his performances on youtube it's incredible how much he looks & dresses like fahey, as if his quest had started transformed him physically, presumably starting at that mighty right hand. and yeah, it's great to hear sundogs again, was a truly awesome piece to hear

I could live inside of "Sundogs".

Seeing this thread has made me dig out Two Originals Of... God but Mountaintop Lamento is beautiful. Think I might put Effigy on next and go run around in the woods in a bear suit.

Nine years.

Great story:

“Yeah I got Terry Reilly records, man - at home, where ya listen to that kind of stuff. I’m trying get people to buy beers here!” - Jack Rose to Jeff Zeigler when the latter made a request while the former was DJ’ing at JBs. Relayed to me yesterday while mixing with JZ. RIP.

— Chris Forsyth (@TheChrisForsyth) December 5, 2018

A new tribute next month for the good man, for the tenth anniversary of his passing.

https://obsoleterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years-gone-a-tribute-to-jack-rose

Ten years gone.

Article at NPR.

https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/12/05/784805461/vikings-choice-the-house-that-jack-rose-built

And the tribute album, now out via Tompkins Square:

https://tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years-gone-a-tribute-to-jack-rose

And a good separate piece as well:

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/09/20/494234199/-a-real-little-taste-of-heaven-visionary-guitarist-jack-rose-in-11-songs

(That's from 2016 but understandably making the rounds today.)

Eleven years.

Went on a listening trip tonight. Just the best. Spirits in the house.

Luck in the Valley now on Bandcamp.

https://jackrosetj.bandcamp.com/album/luck-in-the-valley

12 years gone.

not in a mainstream sense but there's a whole zone of guitar playing now that doesn't exist without Rose, a giant

Absolutely true. If only he could have seen it.

worth checking out: https://new.sound-o-mat.com/downloads.php

Very. I provided the liners via an old interview.

nice!

where do you get those liners (not seeing them in my download ...)?

Huh, odd! Drop 'em a line.

14 years.

15.

Aww man. Gonna go listen to "Spirits in the House" right now.