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i think lost colony rules. i admit i wasn't as taken by impossible truth as everybody, a lot of good tunes but the extra textures and instrumentation seemed a bit overcooked or something to me

I enjoy W. Tyler plenty, but his playing can come across as "just" pleasant at times because of how smoothe and effortless his playing sounds (imo). If I am not in the mood it can come off as a little toothless and send me looking for something else.

Pretty cool video of Steve Gunn talking show w/ Matt Sweeney. It is the day of Steve Gunn all over the place, as the record is officially "out" today, but this was the most enjoyable for me:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/steve-gunn-unfurls-his-acoustic-roots-young-guns-20141006

oh yeah i've gotta get that steve gunn lp today

I love these episodes! Loved watching the episode with Cass McCombs, too. Very fun to hear all my favorite musicians talk in depth about guitar playing.

I'd love an episode with Alasdair MacLean of The Clientele for one.

that's a great series. and there's a cass mccombs one? awesome!

Yeah- I guess the show got rebranded? Same thing though:

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

new steve gunn is great on first listen!

seems to go a bit farther in each direction than time off, more pastoral in part and more television-gone-hippie in others....

the end of "fiction" could have gone on forever as far as i'm concerned.

dude is a seriously great player

excited, should pick up a copy at the fetus after work today

I specifically held off on buying this last weekend because I was hoping to grab one from the merch table this coming Sunday! Can't wait.

I picked up the new Steve Gunn as well today on a whim only to find that Jim Elkington plays on the darn thing!

Record is great, as well.

Hey Austin, I am pretty sure that Elkington is part of the touring band right now too. Can't wait to see them on Saturday, I have high expectations.

Wow, that Steve Gunn show was awesome! The Gunn/Elkington interplay was really good, tasteful all the way through but definitely periods where they were digging in hard and playing around the themes and tunes in really cool, interesting ways. Full band was hot too, Nathan and Jason made a completely solid and fluid rhythm section. Just a cool as hell set. The ending of "Tommy's Congo" and then "Way Out Weather" was just killer, though no duds in the set at all. Hope this band/line-up gets to play together more down the line, cause I could see it getting really special down the line.

Said down the line twice there, oh well. You get the point.

Mary Lattimore + Jeff Zeigler were also really good, drifting and mellow through most of it but great interplay and very cool "depth" to the sound. They got a lot out of that harp/synth setup.

Still, wish I could catch more of those Gunn Band shows on this tour, would like to see where they end up by the end of it. Hopefully some recordings will surface ....

Wow, that Steve Gunn show was awesome! The Gunn/Elkington interplay was really good, tasteful all the way through but definitely periods where they were digging in hard and playing around the themes and tunes in really cool, interesting ways. Full band was hot too, Nathan and Jason made a completely solid and fluid rhythm section. Just a cool as hell set. The ending of "Tommy's Congo" and then "Way Out Weather" was just killer, though no duds in the set at all. Hope this band/line-up gets to play together more down the line, cause I could see it getting really special down the line.

― grandavis, Sunday, October 12, 2014 9:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I just got back from the show in NYC tonight and was literally about to type "Wow, that Steve Gunn show was amazing!" then I read up a few posts...

I echo all of that. Applies exactly to my experience. Incredible show!

Hey Evan, glad that you got to see it. Did you see anyone there recording it by chance? Maybe NYC Taper did the right thing and rolled into that show ....

steve gunn band/solar motel band arena tour across america!!!

Forsyth and co are coming back to the Entry. It's up on the First Ave site!

nice!

Yeah man, want to catch the Solar Motel tour for the new album too. Hope both of these bands get elevated attention, they are operating on a high level.

I didn't see anyone recording... it's possible! I would be beyond thrilled if it were.

I mean this whole touring band definitely needs to be heard by everyone. Decided to check out Jim Elkington because I was so impressed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBTQ91n5kaI

yeahh, that elkington / salsburg record is very nice. think there might be a new one on the way?
he was in a band called the zincs a while back that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Is also in the Horse's Ha with Janet Bean of Freakwater / Eleventh Dream Day, etc. Great band.

I **think** I'm the official ilx Zincs fanboy.

Because, jeez, were they good.

I know I saw the Zincs live (and enjoyed it), but I am not sure I have ever checked out any recordings. Gonna have to go down that road. Horse's Ha too.

yeah haven't checked out horse's ha, tho i generally dig freakwater. zincs made me think of the sea and cake doing feelies covers, but i haven't listened in a while.
hey, i wrote about global's album over here! http://t.co/PAEROAztkQ

great write-up, thank you! surreal to see my name splashed up on there. gotten some good feedback from people resulting from the post too

Yeah man, that was a great write-up. Congratulations on the activity Global, well-deserved. Gonna dig into the Avant Ghetto radio archive today too, look forward to hearing you in the mix.

It really is fantastic music- congrats! I hope I can get there sometime myself. You're motivating me... the record is so good.

i need to hear the rest of it!
good job fellas

it really is a great album

thanks all!

only partway through water wheel but this NYC taper set is fantastic. band sounding on point.

have to login via FB for this, but new Solar Motel track up:

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/features/2014-10-15/high-hopes-chris-forsyth-the-solar-motel-band#

got to hear this twice when they were in MPLS, they soundchecked with it. it was rad

Acidjack of NYCtaper also just uploaded Ryley Walker's set from Hopscotch Fest. The full band sound is so great, hoping that this is the exact material to appear on the next full length.

http://www.nyctaper.com/2014/10/ryley-walker-september-6-2014-hopscotch-music-festival-fletcher-opera-theater-raleigh-nc-flacmp3full-set-streaming/

A lot of people raved about that set, psyched to check it out when I get a chance. Thanks Neal!

I enjoy W. Tyler plenty, but his playing can come across as "just" pleasant at times because of how smoothe and effortless his playing sounds (imo). If I am not in the mood it can come off as a little toothless and send me looking for something else.

― grandavis, Tuesday, October 7, 2014 12:11 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think that's an issue. sometimes i am swept away by the grandeur of his music, other times it strikes me as pretty and dull. lately i've been having the latter reaction.

the new steve gunn is really a grower, i find myself playing it every day. i should probably find the sameness of the melodies objectionable, and perhaps i will wear it out soon, but i'm digging the hell out of it ATM.

can someone repost the link to that downloadable gunn live show? i tried downloading it several times at home and it just stalled; maybe i'll try at work.

That show is so good. Give the album a rest and dig into it: http://www.nyctaper.com/2014/10/steve-gunn-october-12-2014-rough-trade-nyc-flacmp3streaming-full-set/

Little accecdote just posted this morning on the Yahoo Fahey email group:

Virgil E. said "Some of Fahey's early recordings were done on Gene Rosenthal's reel-to-reel in Gene's basement. The original recording of Dance of Death for sure."

Glenn Jones replies, "There's a whole unreleased Fahey album amongst Gene Rosenthal's archives, as well as hours worth of film shot by Gene of Fahey and several other collectors canvassing for 78 RPM records in the south in the '60s. Gene played some of his Fahey tapes for Lance Ledbetter at Dust-to-Digital several years ago. Lance told me Fahey's playing is sharp as a tack and that it's some of the best recorded Fahey he's ever heard. But Rosenthal is impossible to deal with -- unlikely it'll be issued any time soon, if ever."

This email group used to super active, nowadays gems like the above pop up every few weeks or so. But the membership is spiked with tons of people who were close to Fahey himself. It's kinda annoying but surely worth it to just sign up for a random yahoo account, join the Fahey group, and then forward all the mail to your proper email addy.

as well as hours worth of film shot by Gene of Fahey and several other collectors canvassing for 78 RPM records in the south in the '60s.

^^ wow would love to see this

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FaheyGuitarPlayers/info
The group has been brought up here before as difficult to follow. But once you forward your Yahoo inbox to your real address, checking out new posts is as easy as going through your inbox.

But really though, that material Glenn is talking sounds perfect, especially if it was recorded around the time of Vol. 2 Dance of Death. That guy Gene used to be very active at the Yahoo group and everything Glenn suggests seems to be true regarding Rosenthal's personality, such a bummer when stuff gets locked up and kept under wraps.

Yeah for sure. Moving pictures of a young Fahey. Something never seen other than that one tiny tiny clip in either Desparate Man Blues or that new doc. I can't remember but it's Fahey holding a Patton (maybe wrong?) record up to the camera.

Yeah, would be very cool to see, and lowsy that it isn't likely to be any time soon. Hope it sees the light of day at some point. Maybe Glenn can sweet talk him somehow.

And, speaking of Glenn, Steve Lowenthal just posted that the next two VDSQ records will be Glenn Jones and Matthew Mullane. New Glenn tune here:

https://soundcloud.com/vdsq-1/glenn-jones-changing-ships-on-a-falling-tide

lol any relation?

In re the Mullane record via Steve: "This Mullane LP ... people aren't ready. Total next level. The bar has been raised."

oops never mind, got the names wrong

Hah yeah Sleeve, different folks. Had never heard of Gene Rosenthal other than what was posted here.

man, wonder what rosenthal's problem is! weird dudes abound when it comes to fahey i guess. guess it's another one for 78 Collectors: Why are they so weird?