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

I overheard him mentioning it to someone after a show, but I'm not sure exactly which one it was. I figured it was more recent since it was at his show a few months ago.

Shit man I really like the Rother cover, pedal steel with effects is ace. Falls right into my country-kraut tangent from upthread, hope I get to see this kinda thing live at some point.

ah shit i should have bought that 7 inch at the show, just try not to cuz i never end up listening to them much

snagged a vinyl copy of Behold the Spirit for $15 which he was sold out of last time he came through

Hope to grab some C. Forsyth vinyl in person, I always like buying direct if I can. Still excited they are headed here, haven't seen a really good rock band in a small room for some time, just improv/jazz/solo guitar type stuff. Need some amps and serious guitar solos.

i'd be into going to that show jvc!

Just to stoke the fires a bit, here is C. Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band doing Television's "Little Johnny Jewel":

https://soundcloud.com/#solar-motel-band/03-little-johnny-jewel

There are some other live sets and songs on that soundcloud page, so dig around a bit and you can see for yourself whether this is your kind of thing live or not. As stated, they are probably gonna get better and better as this tour goes on, they are still a relatively young band.

That cover's great!

jvc + ll, I'm definitely into going to see them too!

Yeah, the band definitely cooks a little on that one.

I've always wanted a record that was like just Jerry Garcia's sublime noodling without his voice or anything else and this kinda gets close! Just love this sound so much.

― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If this is your wheelhouse (it's mine to!!), you also need Kenzo Deluxe, which is as good as the new one but those liquid-y Garcia-isms are even more upfront (less St Stephen, more 'middle of Playing In The Band' vibe)

ugh, abysmal typing there, sorry, my hands are ice cold. Fuck a wintertime

Yeah, cosign on Kenzo, cool record.

don't forget paranoid cat! that one (at least the title track) kinda moves in a more popol vuh direction (or maybe fairport).
jealous of everyone who's seeing the solar motel band. as usual.
listened to the new don bikoff record this morning -- generic cover art aside, it is really enjoyable.

Yeah Paranoid Cat is what got me on board with Forsyth originally, really love that record and the title track in particular, such cool momentum to that song. I really like the current full-band take on that song:

https://soundcloud.com/#solar-motel-band/paranoid-cat-part-1

https://soundcloud.com/#solar-motel-band/02-solar-motel-parts-i-ii

The song "Anniversary Day" is another standout from that record, and a different side of Forsyth. Some really lovely pedal steel by Marc Orleans on it:

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

did you guys vote in the ILX albums poll? hoping at least one album from this thread places

I placed one of the albums itt very high, and one near the bottom

hope something places, definitely

voted for Glenn Jones. Forsyth just missed my ballot

Didn't even open that thread, just not my thing to vote in those, though I am interested in the results.

yeah i'm thinking not, we're getting past the point where it would have placed...like the new arcade fire album just came up

did u vote m@tt?

I voted chuck johnson #4

Yep...had tyler, Johnson,Jones,solar motel, Lena Hughes, maybe a couple more

nice

I voted for a bunch of albums that fall into whatever area we're talking about -- William Tyler, Chris Forsyth, Steve Gunn, Glen Jones. I should thank this thread for turning me onto most of that stuff!

this will probably be of interest: https://soundcloud.com/nbraddo/sets/john-fahey-mix-tapes-1
"In the 1990's my future wife was a record store clerk in Portland, Oregon. American guitar legend John Fahey was living in a nearby town and would visit the shop. Here are two mix cassettes that he made for her during that time"

!!

that's Salem, god damn it, it may be a shithole but it is the state capital and not exactly "a nearby town" being an hour from PDX

that said, this looks amazing

it'd be cool if these were all bon jovi or something.

Anyone looked for a tracklist for this?

haven't recognized anything thus far, but i'm in the middle of a long classical drone thing... lamonte young?

this is crazy!

oh wow

This is awesome. Only on the first track, sounds like a South American garage rock band? really good

Any recongnized tunes welcome, all new to me so far. Tyler, that drone piece is mighty indeed. Seems somewhat familiar but I can't place it, would love to know what it is for sure if anyone can hep us to it, because this kind of thing is the best.

This rules

haha yeah it is pretty crazy

Has it been verified as real by anyone? Not sure why it wouldn't be, but I posted this to a friend and a bunch of folks jumped on it a little bit. Of all people it made its way to Tom Carter, and I am not sure he was sold (rightfully so in some ways). Would just love to know that it is fully legit.

this is the guy who posted 'em https://www.facebook.com/NathanielBraddockMusic

Yeah I know, of all things he is my buddy's guitar teacher and came up recently because he is selling a bunch of gear (part of a gamelan, which is what got me sending his gear list to friends). I was really surprised to see that he was the same dude who posted these mixes after I had listened to most of them. I got curious when folks started sharing this in earnest on other sites.

you get used to the internet sometimes, or take it for granted but sometime it still trips me out, like i step back and realize i'm sitting here in the middle of the snow in MN at work and listening to a cassette mix tape john fucking fahey made for a record store clerk in portland

Totally. For me this particular set of bizarre internet synchronicities is weirding me out a little. Especially when I am in the deep vortex of the buzzing bowed strings all over this mix. Fahey paying me back for spending so much time on this thread, or some other cosmic hoax?

Well, I love the guitar track at 59 min in.

I just love the idea tht john fahey, like many music geek dudes all across america, would be all (*voice cracks nervously*) "hey uh here's a couple mix tapes I made you" with a barista

Stuffing drone cassette tapes in the lockers of my crush always worked for me in high school.

that guitar track is actually one of the few things i recognized -- a fahey cover! "dry bones in the valley" by gastr del sol.

I think the ealry string sawing/drone stuff is Tony Conrad, but not sure (and not sure what it would be from).

Oh! I am only very familiar with one Gastr Del Sol track.

If Fahey really did give these tapes out, maybe he had Jim make them for him?

album, not track****

The Black Dirt Oak Wawayanda Patent album is streaming on Tiny Mix Tapes. Just tuning in now, only heard a couple of songs from this, but the first track is really doing it for me so far:

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/premiere-black-dirt-oak-wawayanda-patent?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

when does Ryley Walker come out btw? the folk event album of early 2014 ;)