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

In case anyone hasn't seen this posted around, you can go grab the Daniel Bachman/Nathan Bowles/Zeke Graves set from the Three Lobed Hopscotch show here (NYC Taper site):

http://nblo.gs/ZXZHU

Really good set in my opinion. Cool acoustic opening with some drone (Daniel does the Jack Rose rub the slide on the lapsteel trick Neal displays above) and good picking of a Jeffrey Cain song "Moonshine is the Sunshine" followed by a cool run through of a Link Wray tune "Waterboy" via two electric guitars and Nathan on drums.

Also a pretty good rundown of some Rebetika solo guitarists (including my man A. Kostis mentioned several times in this thread):

http://shellachead.com/2014/09/16/rebetika-guitar/

Pretty minimal write-ups but a handy reference of guitar-centric Rebetika music.

some good stuff in there, haven't listened to as much rebetiko since my anglo-greek friend hasn't been around to explain the lyrics

Wow what a night!
More when I'm at a computer and can type

man that was good. bill orcutt works much better in a live setting imo. i think i finally 'get' it.

i don't know what else to say, it was a show of legendary/soon-to-be legendary players, on and off stage. something i'll remember for a long time.

got my hands on some of the VDSQ stuff, the Karpinski album rules! anybody love that one too?

Never got that rundown of the show!

I sadly missed Spider John because we were waiting for our babysitter

Matthew De Gennaro - maybe the big surprise standout of the show, and I wasn't alone in feeling that way, really odd/cool set...did everything from sawing drones to more trad folky instrumental stuff, but also sang, sometimes songs recalled Silver Jews, and some odd droney things w/spoken word that almost reminded me of The Blue Mask by Lou Reed, dude seems like a real interesting guy and I was really taken with his set....

Alexander Turnquist - some of my friends didn't dig him as much, he definitely comes closest to the Windham Hill side of the scene than anyone else, I really liked it, but I knew the new album pretty well...I will say the album is better than it was live because it's pretty arranged on the album and gives it more of a Steve Reich/Glass type vibe....then again new age isn't necessarily "cooties" to me like it is for some ppl....amazing player, his guitar looked like it cost about $5K

Michael Chapman - mindblowing. It was such a strong show from top to bottom it's hard to say any one person "stole the show" but Chapman really opened my head up....such a great player, and man his skills/chops have not dimmed a bit with age, he has that "heavy hand" like Neil Young where he makes acoustic sound really heavy/loud but obviously he's a super adept fingerpicker...he seems just totally evolved into his own style, def great bridge as i said in my article between the American Primitive stuff and UK folk....his singing numbers were great too, reminded of if Townes Van Zandt could play like Fahey.....ended with a rolicking Fahey cover to the crowd's delight....huge stand ovation...."You guys have a good time...I always do"....big props to a british dude who dresses like an American truckdriver, cowboy boots, Arkansas Razorbacks baseball hat and all....At the merch booth later I told him thanks for playing and he said, "I'm a guitar player! That's what I do!".....later on in the night, got to see him and Peter Lang (who was in attendance) chatting it up, pretty cool...

Steve Gunn - I'm a huge fan and he did not disappoint...no band, just solo acoustic and man he's a great fingerpicker....also really amazing how well some of the more Grateful Dead full band stuff off Time Off worked as solo fingerpicking songs, gave me a new appreciation for what a good songwriter and singer he is....unbelieveable skills, finally picked up Time Off on vinyl too....

Bill Orcutt - was the guy I knew the least of, and frankly some of the stuff I'd listened to was a bit too choppy/crawbwalk for me...but he was really really great....super funny and affable in an oddball way ("I'm really glad Rick Bishop had to go to Brazil")....but yeah I don't know if it was his mood or just the general vibe of the night but his set was actually (for him) really gentle and almost meditative at times....he did some standards even (in his own twisty way) like "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".....his version of "Star Spangled Banner" was one of the real musical highlights of the whole night....

Glenn Jones - Glenn is probably my personal fav out of all these guys and seemed like the perfect headliner, the one guy who can kind of connect the dots between all the aspects of night, from Ocutt to Chapman to Spider John.....he played so lovely, did a few new things and some banjo stuff...he seems like an extradinarily kind guy, and it was really moving how much he spoke about Jack Rose and how much he obviously misses him...dedicated songs to locals Paul Metzger (who he said inspired him to take up banjo) and Peter Lang (who came up and shook his hand before his left)....Glenn's stuff is so well composed and just lovely in a totally unfussy way that avoids any taint of saccharine....he makes it seems so easy and effortless it's easy to ignore how masterful of a player he is....told lots of great tales including one about being very unimpressed by a young Bruce Springsteen when he played Glenn's college in Jersey in 1971 opening for Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

overall, one of the best nights of music i've ever seen....

thanks ums!

Yeah thanks UMS, good rundown! Sounds like a truly great night all around.

De Gennaro and Chapman were both stand outs to me...De Gennaro was really something...else entirely...AmPrim Brick Layer Cake or something

I was a pretty big Orcutt stan going in and he didn't let me down, he's moving into a bit more melodic realm while keeping that kind of Derek Bailey/Cecil Taylor splattering notes approach...actually I think he does the standards thing better than Bailey did.

I kind of wanted to be "Hey Bill remember when Harry Pussy played the Terminal Bar twenty yrs ago and you guys were like two hours late and played for ten minutes? That was great", but I passed.

haha brick layer cake, yeah it had that weird energy of a brick layer cake gig

Apparently a new Matthew De Gennaro tape out now: http://www.softabuse.com/catalog.php?catno=SAB068

I love the Orcutt "Star Spangled Banner", and find his playing really cool generally but especially when he rides the line between melodicism and "splattering notes"-mode.

don't get me started on how great Harry Pussy were, I'll need to take it to a different thread

Man that rundown made me SO jealous. But on the other hand it made me SO super re-excited that Glenn Jones is playing my wedding!

I wish Orcutt played some standards when I saw him in Brooklyn months ago. I know I was a little cold about his set at the time however I would have loved to witness his more structured take on playing in a live setting.

I have yet to dive into Michael Chapman's material and have been meaning to.

I'm still butthurt about missing Steve Gunn play a solo set at Academy Records in BK on record store day sometime soon after I left the store. I don't remember seeing any flyers at the time so that really bummed me out. So that always comes to mind with the jealousy of Steve Gunn solo, but on the other hand I have tickets to see him and the band play at Rough Trade (also BK) next month? Anyone going to that?

**next month!**

Nobody? I may be the only one here in NYC area I guess.

Hah yeah Evan a few years ago I would have tried to hit that up, but now I gotta hope stuff comes to Virginia. Thankfully Steve + band are coming here soon, psyched to see him in a small setting.

Oh good! I've been pretty excited since hearing he has a second guitarist with him. Should allow him to let loose a bit.

Yeah, hope to see him solo in the not-too-distant future, but pretty excited for the full band action. I think the whole band is gonna cut loose a little, which is definitely fine by me.

hey have any of you ppl ever jammed via skype? i have never tried it but i was thinking wth, i have a laptop, internet connection, and a speaker -- is there something else i need to beam someone into my basement?

Does that actually work or do digital delays become apparent when trying to keep time?

i don't know, that's why i asked!

Gotcha- I'd give it a shot sometime in the future whenever I'm free!

i think lag could be a problem

Yes- lag was the word I was failing to conjure

just based on the guitar hero games, you had to calibrate lag with the plastic guitar controller and the falling notes onscreen to really make it feel exact and that was a wired connection like 4 feet away

i saw the steve gunn/michael chapman show in milwaukee. it was fun. i bought some random fairly recent self-released Lp from michael but haven't had a moment to listen to it yet.

what do people think of the new daniel bachman album?

Amateurist, I really enjoy that latest Bachman record. I think his last two have been great, seems to be maturing and hitting a stride to my ears, but I am maybe most excited to see what he comes up with on his upcoming Three Lobed record. Would like to see the weirder, or freer, side of his playing get aired out a bit, but at this point he seems like a sure bet on delivering an at least very enjoyable record no matter the direction.

For those not on the promo/insider tip, the new Steve Gunn record has just been posted as part of NPR's "First Listen" series:

http://www.npr.org/2014/09/28/350591891/first-listen-steve-gunn-way-out-weather

Haven't listened to the full album yet, but the title track and "Milly's Garden" that have been sent out into the world already are pretty great, definitely excited to hear the rest.

Man the title track "Way Out Weather" gives me Led Zeppelin III vibes (the pastoral side of course), which in my book is cool as hell.

Very excited to get to listen to that this morning! Thanks.

Yeah man it is really hitting the spot and I am only a few songs in. So many great guitar tones, and the production is completely spot-on for the songs. Black Dirt definitely on a roll.

Oh that reminds me! I FINALLY picked up that latest William Tyler EP and it is so fantastic. Makes me want to drive up the hudson and hang out outside all day.

Hopefully will get that W. Tyler at some point, really enjoyable stuff.

This Gunn record is definitely solid all the way through, no duds on it at all, though I found that the first half/side hit more buttons for me than the second half. Happy that it goes in multiple directions though, probably some stuff in there that will grow on me over time.

thanks for posting that davis, could've passed me by - had no idea it was premiered yet.

tonight thoroughly sucked, and this album is great. ripping it to a tape in the morn, fresh commuting tunes.

Neal sorry about the bummer night, but this record seems like a good "remedy" kind of album. Deep enough to get lost in, sad at times and not devoid of bummer topics but all approached with a light hand and sonics/music propulsive enough to lift you out if it. Think I'll return to it a bunch, definitely going to grab it at the show here in a couple of weeks.

global and i played a show last night with kyle fosburgh (owner of grass top who's reissuing all the basho stuff and an amazing player in his own right) and nic garcia who did some really great super spacious stuff that reminded me of a more american primitive paris, texas soundtrack by ry cooder...

anyway global did an amazing version of "dance of the inhabitants" wish i would have recorded it..

did get this one of kyle, really encourage y'all to watch it (the weird phase sounding thing on the guitar is an artifact of my phone not a pedal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vw89OHBGKE&feature=youtu.be

here's some nic garcia recordings, good stuff

http://nicgarcia.bandcamp.com

reminded me of a more american primitive paris, texas soundtrack by ry cooder

I clicked that bandcamp link extra quick for this reason^

oops meant to quote or italicize that top line

BTW the youtube video is blocked as "private"...

Loops try it now

That Fosburgh is nice, phasing effect and all. Must have been a good show all around, gonna go check that Garcia now as well.

i did manage to record that, here it is!

https://soundcloud.com/stpalm/dance-of-the-inhabitants-live-10114

nic was great and i thought you sounded awesome ums, sound-cutting-out notwithstanding. think the sound there is way better than at acadia tbh.

and worth reposting this if ppl haven't listened, this is seriously one of the best recordings i've ever heard of anything (Fahey live 1973 doing Dance of the Inhabitants), it is so insanely great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cTdPTrihlI

Yeah man this is the best. So damn good (that low end action around 8:30-9:45 is just so otherworldly and awesome). Really liked your version too.

i'm glad you dig it, a lot of what's awesome about it i think is the fidelity and recording quality. also live at Swarthmore 1968 (available on Delta Slider!) has some more awesome big slide stuff. (and a killer version of Some Summer Day which I think is like the heaviest thing I've ever heard)

Yeah man, the recording quality is great, just a beautiful sound. Gotta go grab that Swarthmore show as well.

Unpacking my tapes and records today after moving into a new place and glanced at my copy of 2012's "With Endless Fire" by Ilyas Ahmed. I don't know why but seemed to have not thought about his records in a while. I have no idea if he has released anything recently, anyone else a fan here? Another of his most recent ones was a collaboration with Liz Harris of Grouper. Pretty sparse, downer-inclined stuff compared to other stuff here, but it's pretty great. I don't know why we haven't heard from him in a few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CetntS5czpw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmK9PBqVhF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTtdSyFB-M8