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

Yeah def I was happy that the crowd was pretty responsive. Peter played very well, overall was a perfect early afternoon vibe. Hope he plays out more, but definitely glad e had the chance, and for free

BTW I think it was after you left he revealed that his bottleneck slide was given to him by Duane Allman

That's great. That sounds like a story he'd share during a lesson, always these cameos by various 60s/70s folk. What else did he play? I remember he told me once that he liked to end sets with a medley of St. Charles' Shuffle and As I Lay Sleeping because they were 'fun and easy.' Would have loved to see that.

uhh i'm so bad w/names of intrumental songs...after that slide anecdote he did one off the first album that's slide intensive...i can hear it but i can't think of the name

uhhhhh maybe Wide Oval Ripoff? I hope he plays out more this summer now that there's a lot of festivals and stuff

yep! just looked it up and that's the one

listening to Guitar by Peter Lang today on Spotify...really great record, horrific 90s local bin CD art and all

yeah listened to that one last night.

i remember listening to dharma blues a lot back when i went on a itunes binge in 06/07. not sure how that measures up to his recent stuff but i remember digging it, and the plaintive cover too

these william tyler podcast things are very enjoyable - https://soundcloud.com/williamtylermusic/untitledmay-2

Yeah man, just checked that one last Friday. William is an incredibly likeable dude on top of being a great player. I want to play his place in Nashville some day, seems like an artist friendly joint.

Was just coming here to remind/notify any folks that live near NYC that a pretty amazing show is coming up. The VDSQ showcase is happening on Saturday, June 7 at Issue Project Room. Bill Orcutt, Glenn Jones, Matthew Mullan, Anthony Pasquarosa & Mark McGuire (whom I have never been able to get into at all but will maybe play acoustic and be more up my ally, not that I am going mind you):

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/vdsq-showcase

I really don't wish I lived in New York any more for the most part, but I sure wish I lived there for shit like this.

damn that looks tight

ha, yeah, that looks awesome. the orcutt VDSQ LP is totally gripping - definitely the kind of thing that makes you sit up and pay attention.

Yeah I was planning to go to that actually!

Was also going to check out Glenn Jones tomorrow as well (he is playing at a hotel in Manhattan) but it's my dad's birthday so can't make it both places.

Can anyone school me on this guy and his movie doc? This is happening in D.C. this week at the Library of Congress

Thursday, June 5, 2014
12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm
West Dining Room, Sixth Floor, James Madison Building

Michael Ford.

Homeplace Mississippi: a Cultural Journey, presented by Documentarian Michael Ford, Yellow Cat Productions, Washington, DC

During the early 1970s, filmmaker Michael Ford lived in and documented traditional music, farming practices, blacksmithing, molasses-making, and other aspects of community life in La Fayette, Marshall, Tate, and Panola Counties, Mississippi. Portions of his material were published in his documentary film Homeplace (1975). Recently, Ford's important collection of films and photographs documenting grassroots community life in northern Mississippi was acquired by the American Folklife Center archive. To celebrate this recent acquisition and to discuss his experiences in the 1970s as well as talk about his on-going work documenting life and culture in contemporary Mississippi, Mr. Ford joins American Folklife Center archivist Todd Harvey for a program highlighting his work.

Well, Glenn solo will be back, but Glenn with a crazy line-up like that will not. Go to the VDSQ showcase, especially for those of us that cannot go!

I gotta get that Orcutt at some point, though I am not going to buy records for a little bit. Hopefully a copy will be available at some point.

Sorry curmudgeon, no info here, but that still looks cool. I would consider going to that if I lived in D.C.

The Pink Room: 100 Hours Volume 1

new Paul Metzger release is a cassette shaped USB drive with 100 hours (!!) of performances culled from a weekly jam session he does at an Afghani restaurant in St. Paul #wow

http://twitter.com/RoaratorioRecs/status/457339481322819584/photo/1

ok that's pretty cool

Damn, that is cool.

he is so damn good

Good rundown of the Lowenthal Fahey book up on Aquarium Drunkard:

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/06/03/dance-of-death-the-life-of-john-fahey-american-guitarist/

And Evan, through this on your list as you live close enough to go. It's free too:

http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/newyork/book-release-tuesday-dance-death-life-john-fahey-american-guitarist-steve-lowenthal-060314

Uh, "throw" it on your list obviously.

eesh, i gotta get that book

in other news, if you're anywhere near these towns...

CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND SUMMER TOUR:

7/11 - CLEVELAND @ Happy Dog
7/12 - CHICAGO @ West Fest
7/13 - MADISON @ The Frequency
7/14 - MINNEAPOLIS @ 7th St Entry
7/15 - IOWA CITY @ Trumpet Blossom
7/16 - CHICAGO @ HQ w/ Bitchin Bajas & Axis: Sova
7/17 - ROCK ISLAND, IL @ Daytrotter Session
7/18 - LAFAYETTE, IN @ Spot Tavern w/ Apache Dropout
7/24 - PHILLY @ Spruce Street Harbor Park w/ Purling Hiss
7/25 - PHILLY @ Boot & Saddle w/ Oneida

Whoa, show with Oneida would be killer. Wish I could go to that!

7/14 - MINNEAPOLIS @ 7th St Entry

holla

should be a bunch of new stuff too - new album out this fall on no quarter.

Have any of you had probs with family vineyard? I'm trying to get the record I ordered in March and no one will return my (polite and respectful but direct) emails. It's bumming me out.

Never dealt with Family Vineyard, but that always sucks. Seems so easy to just return an email.

Part of our fine national school of minimal acting, glints of feeling shining through the stoic, awesome professionalism that is characteristic of the American hero, John Fahey seems to me to be the Clint Eastwood/Steve McQueen of the guitar.

^love this take on mid-fahey, "high period fahey" if you will

Yeah, that was a cool take. I am pretty much sold on getting this book now, seems like it is going to have a lot of good quotes/stories at the very least.

it's a great read. the best part for me was the stuff on his 'twilight' years (80s thru rediscovery), feel like that had the most compelling and interesting interviews. the book also emphasized how goddamn hilarious he could be, which i think gets ignored sometimes.

excited for Friday night, going to be playing guitar between sets during night 2 of the Heliotrope Festival, really cool annual event for the Mpls art rock/psych/noise/weirdo/goth/whatever scene

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/05/heliotrope_festival_announces_2014_lineup.php

Thanks for the tip grandavis- I knew about that show yesterday but didn't have any plans to go since I'd be out of town. Especially because I'm already set on seeing the show this Saturday. Pretty excited. Not sure if I should worry about tickets.

Just saw that you had it on your radar already, but yeah, heavy week for guitar action in NYC (though that could be said for almost any week in NYC). I would have picked that Saturday show too I think, though both would have been hard to pass up.

Hope that show goes well UMS, I like that format (interstitial/between sets music etc.). Looks like a cool festival too.

yeah it is good! thought metzger is playing thursday and part of me was secretly hoping he would be friday and see me and say "say good sir you are the most talented guitarists i've seen in these parts" and become my mentor and snuggle me in his beard

Hah hah. Maybe he'll be there man, you never know. Keep the dream alive ....

oof this basho live recording: https://soundcloud.com/grasstopsrecording/cathedrals-et-fleur-de-lis

Yeah I checked that out earlier today. Pretty great. I am a real sucker for harmonics on a 12-string, such a cool sound.

so special (tho the very end is kind of funny). I find it really inspiring how much basho's technique improved over the years. by the 80s his right-hand playing by the 80s is just gorgeous, no one else can finger-pick twelve-string like that

Wish I could see more people play 12-string live. Haven't seen anyone play one, and certainly not finger-pick one, in a long while.

Some cool stuff just got posted, which is funny for late on a Friday. Cool stuff though.

Ben Chasny just announced his first release on his new Hermit Hut Records label, and as noted above it is going to be Tashi Dorji's s/t first vinly LP.
http://www.sixorgans.com/hermit-hut-and-tashi-dorji/

The song included is pretty damn cool, this dude can really play.

Tashi solo = best show I've seen in 2014

Yeah man I really want to see him live. Hopefully I'll get my chance sometime this year, but I bet it is really something to see him do it in person.

http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/88013517836/listed-daniel-bachman

bachman picks recs

Dusted hasn't been as consistent since "coming back" (guess they lost some of the better writers while trying to figure out what to do) but I am glad that it is chugging along generally, and they consistently choose pretty interesting folks to do the "Listed" feature. Bachman can be a funny dude, good list.

Really digging that Dorji tune in the Hermit Hut post though, maybe my favorite thing I have heard by him so far.