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

the new Vin Du Select Qualitite series is shipping now
http://vdsqrecords.com/

VDSQ 007 - Anthony Pasquarosa

VDSQ 008 - Sir Richard Bishop

VDSQ 009 - Aaron Sheppard

VDSQ 010 - Bill Orcutt <3

VDSQ SE - Special Edition box set

Coming soon
Matthew Mullane- Hut Variations LP
Glenn Jones- Changing Ships On A Falling Tide 7"

VDSQ guy is the same guy who wrote the upcoming Fahey biography, right?

i don't know :/ - I haven't heard much about that biography either other than passing mention.

Daniel Bachman's new one for Bathetic, "Orange Co. Serenade", is gonna be great too. Got passed along the files and his lap stuff is getting really good.

Just checked, and yeah same Lowenthal: http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/26412/john-fahey-biography-on-the-way-in-2014

Bathetic is a cool label, cool to see Daniel getting around. Since it'll be Bathetic will it be more out/free? Would like to see him cut loose with the slide/lap steel a bit.

Apparently the Ryley Walker album is available for streaming via selftitledmag: http://soundcloud.com/selftitledmag/sets/ryley-walker-all-kinds-of-you/s-i8uma

Haven't listened yet, but surely of interest to a bunch of folks here.

yay! been waiting on that one

wow this is gorgeous...loving the more UK, pentangle feel

great drummer on this too

yeah the band sound is excellent on this -- who is the drummer? is it the dude from cave or did make that up?
i really like it a lot -- it's so deeply UK 70s that when it starts I'm kinda like "oh it's a pastiche" but it's so well done that I don't really care.

yeah that's pretty accurate...it's definitely not as forward feeling as blackshaw, who has always felt distinctly UK in a way I can't quite articulate in comparison to lots of the more Am Primitive ppl on this thread

but fuck it, if the songs are the the songs are there, hell of a player and beautiful sounding record

yeah, he's got the appropriate swagger, doesn't feel at all like a museum piece.
kinda hope he takes a band on the road, though I'm sure a solo set would be groovy too.

yeah the arrangements are great and i def hope he brings the band...though i suspect sometimes for these guys there's the economic factor not having to split the money

as great as jansch and renbourne are, terry cox and danny thompson are kind of the secret heroes of pentangle to me

yeah, they are so good, danny thompson has a pretty stellar track record, at least all the things I've heard.
looks like walker is doing a full band thing, opening for the cloud nothings currently. http://www.windishagency.com/artists/ryley_walker

oh cool, that's kinda neat he's going outside of the scene so to speak and cloud nothings def seem pretty popular

i think i'm confused by all the cloud bands.

Really enjoying the piano/strings on the title track. Good group sound, but piano especially is a nice addition.

I am not sure I would like this as much without the bands/arrangements, though he is a really good player. I just think I like this style better with accompaniment. Glad he is taking some sort of band out, though the Cloud Nothings is a weird fit. Crowds will probably be decent though.

Definitely like the run from "Twin Oaks Pt. II"-"Tanglewood Spaces", so maybe retract my statement about the band vs. solo takes a bit. Just think a couple of the vocal numbers wouldn't be as compelling without the arrangements, but these more sparse and/or instrumental songs are really nice.

i bought the new Acoustic Guitar magazine and there's a big John Fahey primer article in it...not a lot that would be news to anyone in this thread, but it was well done, and I'm happy that it could def serve as a good jumping off point for someone who doesn't know him....definitely spoke with the people you should talk to - Lang, Kottke, Will Ackerman, Sean Smith, Glenn Jones....

one odd fact I didn't know know....The Fabulous Thunderbirds were on TAKOMA??!?

that's Powerful Stuff my friends

Whooooaaaa. I am not sure I am ready for that information ....

That was after Fahey sold the label, though, if it makes you feel any better. :)

you guys haven't heard Fahey's version of "Tuff Enuff"? pretty rare, but worth seeking out.

hey does anyone want to contribute about 90 sec of noodling to a song for me? does not need to be recorded in a hi fi sort of way, send me a msg if you think this would be fun!

ums, somewhere I expressed similar amazement when I found a Sir Douglas Quintet best-of on Takoma, also after it was sold.

Huh, not sure what it would have meant at the time to use the Takoma label to market those kinds of records. Did it have much of a profile?

must've just been transitioning into being a "roots" label?

Guess so, the only logical conclusion I guess.

Also, Jimmie Vaughan does play with his fingers ....

ok that makes sense, in the article it just kind lists it like "Takoma grew a diverse roster of acts like blah blah blah, Fabulous Thunderbirds" like nbd and i wanted the "record scratch" sound to play like "WHAAAAT?"

always impressive to me that the fabulous thunderbirds had an album called Butt-Rockin'

mission statement

i hesitate to type what the title of the Takoma version of Butt-Rockin' would be

Requiem For a Turtle's Butt

lol, very good!

This thread contains multitudes.

I mean, I actually contemplated whether the turtle's butt was inside or outside of the shell ....

actually thought the Takoma version of Butt-Rockin' would be Butt-Pickin' but Requiem For a Turtle's Butt is better

Hah

haha, but anyway, in the vein of people on Takoma who aren't quite "Takoma" I've been really enjoying Norman Blake these days! was just digging Fields of November (which is pre-Takoma, I think, but is great).

Not very familiar with Norman Blake, will have to investigate. What is "not quite Takoma"-y about him?

Blake is an amazing player.... His early stuff on Flying Fish is great

yeah Fields of November is on Flying Fish. Not quite "Takoma" just because he's a bit more a of a straightforward folk/bluegrass kinda guy? vocals, fiddles, mandolins, etc. But yeah, he really is a great player, and the arrangements of the tunes are so nice.

Alright, sounds cool enough to me. Will look out for "Fields of November".

seems like his LPs are fairly easy to come by? At least the store where I grabbed that one had a bunch for cheap, now I need to go back...

The album Old and New is great

Cool, thanks for the further recs.

hey cool, New Bums are playing in my town on Friday!

whiskey before breakfast by norman blake is my jam

not loving ryley walker & ambivalent about the pastoral albion idyll but the best record w/in this threads' remit that evokes it is the DBH album that I have unsuccessfully repped here already, similar blend of solo guitar & pieces w/ violin/drums/piano/banjo/bass, but much fresher, more sensitive/interesting structurally/generally excellent. I'll link it once more in case someone hasn't had the opportunity to ignore it yet > http://open.spotify.com/album/4Oq8HJhXnjJucSwEGEyQMZ

also don't know if anyone is into bengali slide guitarist debashish bhattacharya, but he is touring the UK next month. an amazing guy, a virtuoso, he designs his own guitars too & they are gorgeous. here he is playing a 1300 year old raga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLk5iGC6Z6s