Revolt of the ILX Brigade: New Post-Fahey Folk For PPL that post in the Takoma & Tompkin's Square Threads

I really like Megafaun a lot, but I'm also the guy here who won't shut up about Calexico (periodically).

They were great live by the way. They like to experiment, and I think they mix that pretty well with their more straightforward pretty stuff.

hey do any of you (guitar players) take requests? don't feel like you have to answer that right away...just think about it.

...what sort of requests?

Guitar playing requests (nothing untoward!)

what sort of guitar playing are you looking to request?

Freebird!

ok... i'm playing freebird. wow i'm really on fire tonight, hitting all the notes.

i can play a good array of open tuning/fahey kinda standards, i dunno if you're looking for something specific but i'd be happy to give it a go. feel free to pm or email me

will do!
i'll explain elsewhere, this probably isn't the place for requests anyway

I take requests
Whether I have the ability to fulfill them is another question

coupla things relevant to this thread to listen to, all very good
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cian_Nugent/Live_on_WFMUs_The_Long_Rally_with_Scott_McDowell_-Sep_17_2013
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/William_Tyler/Live_on_WFMUs_Shrunken_Planet_with_Jeffrey_Davison_-_May_11_2013
http://folkadelphia.bandcamp.com/album/don-bikoff-folkadelphia-session-6-15-2013

oh and this too!
http://www.nyctaper.com/2013/09/daniel-bachman-september-6-2013-hopscotch-music-festival-long-view-center-raleigh-nc-flacmp3streaming/

Hah cool! FYI pretty sure my buddy just played a live "Marquee Moon" on his radio show that he pulled from a certain blog, or very likely did. It really cooked! 1978-07-02 Live in Portland.

that is the marquee moon you want to play. what's your buddy's radio show?

The Broadcasting System on WTJU. He is the other guy in my band Grand Banks btw, and biased opinions aside, his show is pretty damn great most of the time:

http://wtju.net/stream?s=pl

Unrelated request: if you see that Tom Carter set from the Hopscotch/Three Lobed day party posted anywhere before I do please share. That is something I want to dig back into in a big way.

yeahhhh, would love to hear that one again too. i was hoping some of those 3 lobed sets would pop up. someone more technically savvy must've grabbed the broadcast stream?

A buddy of mine started recording shows BECAUSE of encouragement from Cory Rayborn way back in the day, so I am pretty sure that recordings of all of those sets exist. The question is just whether or not they will surface as free sets or get officially released (my guess at least, if I played a set as good as Tom's I would consider releasing it). My friend corresponds with him still, so if anything comes through on my end I'll certainly let you know. I would think that someone probably grabbed the streams as well, so yeah, something should turn up. Can't believe that apparently no one recorded that C. Forsyth and Solar Motel Band as Television set.

ha, i know -- i think it's been one dude in Philly who's been recording those Forsyth shows, and he couldn't make it to that one. what a bastard!

Hah yeah, a missed opportunity for sure. Guess they will just have to play that set again ....

Man this Cian Nugent song/clip is lovely. I really enjoy his phrasing/timing and string bends on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZuKhPHKfg&app=desktop

the forthcoming album is pretty amazing

Yeah, looking forward to it! Wish I could have made that Three-Lobed Desert Heat set. Would have loved to see him stretch out on an electric with Steve Gunn.

Sorry reposting cause I'm needy. Though it's not great. Was lost in fingernail discussion. A few separate melodies laced together- still have trouble playing cleaning with record button pressed.

https://soundcloud.com/factual-1/medley

No worries Evan, that did get lost in the fingernail shuffle. It's good man, I especially like the first part/song. Some cool notes emphasized. You gotta find some like-minded folks up there and start a band, no reason this wouldn't fly far in the land of Hoboken.

yeah sounds very nice -- was going to ask if you saw this stuff as purely solo or with a band or what?

Thanks!

Yeah arrangements to jam/record with local people I know always disintegrate quickly- trying to keep up the enthusiasm. I need someone else to be as into the project as I am. So they can bug me about recording more/setting up sessions more often. Need some give and take.

Thank you, too!

Uhhh I see them as fleshed out with a band in my mind ultimately.

But I've been playing them for myself so often that I account for the bass parts right in my guitar arrangements. It doesn't really come out as much in these recordings though. Basically I try to emulate Kozelek song constructions in a way.

I can hear what you mean in re the bass parts, came across to me.

I also would think folks would be excited to jump on some of these progressions/parts, good launching points all over. A big reason I started imagining how to play stuff I liked solo was because of how hard it is to get a band rolling though. Good luck, hope you find the right combo/partner in crime at some point.

Very much appreciate your support. I don't get a ton of in-person interest.

And as far as people to play with I've always been nervous about craigslist ads etc. I can only imagine it being like connecting with people on eHarmony...

lost in the fingernail shuffle

Good song name idea btw

Btw that medley is also with DGDGmBE but with a capo on the fourth fret I think.

It's a pretty tuning for sure. I need to use a capo more to milk my own tunings a bit.

The capo certainly makes tunings feel fresh again!

Yeah, I use one now and again but I like the feel of fully open strings best. Also I am lazy, but a capo is easier than retuning.

Also, I somewhat don't want to do this (cause it is probably on purpose that I have hadn't seen/heard about it anywhere), but the upcoming Chris Forsyth "Solar Motel" album is up on Spotify. PoB is teasing it with a five minute stream that is getting passed around twitter etc. but no one seemed to suggest it was there, but listening to it right now. I opened up Spotify to look for something else and it was recommended to me.

It just casts a new light on a song. Suddenly it's brighter, or has more yearning to it. Then I can't decide which version I prefer.

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Only halfway into the Solar Motel album but god damn it is sick!

Yep, finishing up now, it rips. Forsyth really tearing it up. A lot more rhythmically aggressive than most of his stuff. Very excited to see if he tours with this band, would absolutely love to see this.

Yeah, "Solar Motel" is cool. Going to listen to it again, but having just seen this whole record live (which was great) and listened to various versions of these songs from the other live sets he's been posting, it's definitely cool to hear the recorded versions. Way more texture and detail, it gets really dense here and there. More skronky and "wall of noise" type playing here and there as well. All of which is summed up by global much more succinctly: definitely more rhythmically aggressive/varied. Some nice touches like droney organ etc. as well.

yeah i was worried the record would suffer in comparison to the live stuff, but it delivers in a big way. exciting from start to finish.

Yeah, he packed a lot of details in there that cannot be duplicated live but make the record a real cool straight-through listen. Cool transitions and moments popping up throughout.

Tyler, do you know if Chris plays all of the guitar on the album, or is the guy Paul from the live band on there too? Seems like all Chris to me, but not sure I could really tell.

It's all Chris

That's what I thought listening to it, thanks Jimmywine!

Finally made my way through this whole thread, took a few days. Really love the Lena Hughes record, Cian Nugent, and George Cromarty and lots more, thanks guys!

hey jacob! listening to your night moves mix right now, it is pretty amazing.

Wow Jacob, quite a task! Still gotta get a copy of that Lena Hughes at some point, another reminder.