ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

i really like parts of Mudlark ... but mainly the instrumentals. Keep thinking I'll come around on his vocals, but it hasn't really happened yet.
this is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4xNFl521s

the solo version of cripple creek on fahey/kottke/lang is mb my favourite kottke thing

i feel like that and 6-and-12 string are about the only kottke i really 'need'

I've always thought that self-deprecation became structural with Kottke - like a habit he couldn't shake (certainly not something you could ever level at Basho or Fahey). It may well have been deliberate, but it ultimately means he's always a few rungs down the ladder for me.

Which is to say he had all the talent, but seemed wary of, or simply didn't have the means of, transcendence.

Weird because I understand he is (or was) one of the preeminent pot smokers of guitar soli

Maybe I'm totally misreading him and it's a kind of zen clowning or something. Ach, I dunno. I feel like I'm doing him a disservice; he's always going to seem grounded and a bit meat and potatoes next to the sheer Otherness of artists like Fahey and Basho.

Lang>Kottke IMO

feeding tube with some gorgeous reissue ish

http://feedingtuberecords.com/releases/rusalnaia/

Hmm very interesting!

yeah, don't know that one!
was just thinking that an "espers scene" box set/comp would be kind of a cool thing.

honestly feeding tube should do a subscription thing like numero i feel like i'm always interested in everything he puts out

I know, I wish I could keep up!

there was an unreleased roger miller from mission of burma album i wanted to get

That was a reissue of an old LP on Forced Exposure, and it is very good

new cian nugent up on streaming services... only partway in but i really like it. not sure how much i'd latch on to it if i didn't know he came from the '~guitar soli~~' community but thought some folks in here would appreciate

yeah, i think it's fantastic, but he's going pretty far afield from the fingerpicking scene (though there's one solo instrumental included). great guitar playing throughout, though.

yeah i guess there's something about the record that connects to this thread though- less so the fingerpicking or lack of fingerpicking and maybe more the overarching approach. i dunno. i'm no good at writing about music!

i mean, it's as relevant to the thread as the last few steve gunn records
forsyth sings a bit on his new one, too (though it's more of a side thing than on Night Fiction)

The thread goes where the thread goes, as it should.

NO! we must keep it puuuure.
speaking of which, I just finally watched the Fahey doc from a little while back -- not *bad* per se, but man, they really could've gotten better people to interview. I guess a lot of people (kottke, glenn jones, lang, etc) just didn't want to be involved? really, what would be cool is a multi-part doc (or maybe just a book) that covers the whole american primitive/takoma scene from fahey through now. who's gonna do it?!

i still wanna see a semi-fictionalized movie about fahey (or a fahey-like character). since he played so many games with his biography/persona i think it'd lend itself to a truer representation of who he was than listening to pete townshend talk about how good he was

^definitely, I've thought this

although the chances of it being abysmal are high

Gotta be some weirdo auteur with some access to capital that is a Fahey nut out there. It could be really cool or abysmal, it is true, but probably more fun than a straight bio.

speaking of "keeping it pure", been meaning to relisten to lenny breau.

ctrl+f'd him but was really surprised there was never a discussion on him.

you definitely get a different vibe than listening to fahey, but the fingerpicking is just so good.

anyone a fan?

Not heard of him, will check him out

Lenny Breau is excellent! If you have any tolerance at all for jazz playing (or even dig Django), he will be your new dude. Incredible dexterity, but also style for miles. Not really a great fit for this thread imo, but a great player nonetheless. This is the one I have (a twofer) and I listen to quite a bit:

www.discogs.com/Lenny-Breau-Five-OClock-Bells-Mo-Breau/release/7586560

yeah, you're right that he's not a right fit for this thread, but i think there might be people here who would appreciate it.

kind of reminds me a bit of chet atkins sometimes, but yeah, where *is* the appropriate thread for that stuff?

I like Django a lot sounds cool. Is it more jazz?

yeah and he throws some classical elements in there

I love Lenny Breau btw! (Would probably just go with the jazz thread for it myself. Could use more guitarists in there.)

(Also, hi guys. I've been lurking on these threads when I can.)

Listening to Gimmer Nicholson now and regretting not having lurked more.

Sund4r I'm curious if you'd like Matthew Mullane. I owe you a recommendation after your generosity over in the classical thread.

https://soundcloud.com/jimmullane/a-second-choir

Sir Richard Bishop / Ava Mendoza split just out, with what appears to be SRB's version of The Beatles' She Loves You

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/bishop-ava-mendoza-sir-richard-ivory-tower-hanuman-lp/UNROCK.005LP.html

RE: Lenny Breau - Five O'Clock Bells/Mo' Breau
www.discogs.com/Lenny-Breau-Five-OClock-Bells-Mo-Breau/release/7586560

I'm not familiar with any of Lenny's stuff, but this CD is a re-release of two Adelphi Records albums onto what looks like the CD reissue offshoot of "Gene's CD Co.". I'd say the thread-through-line is there :)

If you head over to the labels page, the remainder of the discography is mostly country blues material re-licenced from content owned by Adelphi Records.

There always seems to be some sort of six degrees of connection type situation for anything brought up in this thread. Or maybe that's just obsessive compulsion driving me into another unproductive corner again, oh boy.

Seems like endless cool stuff to check out
I love music!

Hey Evan, Matthew Mullane is pleasant. Thanks.

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Hut Variations and I really like this. Sort of thing I can see myself putting on a lot. Guy can definitely play. He's also an electronic musician on Mego? Intriguing.

I'm glad you like him! I was blown away when I caught him as an opener. I've been absolutely addicted to his VDSQ LP for awhile. Finally picked up Hut Variations myself a few months ago.

Also thanks for reminding me to pick up his electronic album under the Fabric moniker. It's been on my list.

This Gimmer Nicholson album sounds, on first listen, like a cross between Big Star and George Cromarty. It very occasionally gets a tad--I wanna say stately?--for my tastes, but I'm probably going to be listening to it quite a bit over the next few days because it feels like there's some magical stuff lurking just beneath the surface. "Red and White Light Ship," in addition to being a great title, is a particularly gorgeous tune. Glad I pre-ordered this one.

ILM's Rolling Post-Fahey Folk Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

cool

i'm getting into the cian nugent
took me a minute, sometimes when ppl do different things than you want them to do it takes a bit

but it's a good album not that different than steve gunn but in cian's style

i will say he doesn't have a great voice but it's good enough

Don't wanna reopen a can of worms here but I really wish we could leave Spotify out of this. 95% of the artists (and labels) here are exactly the sort than need all the help they can get, and while I realize most of us are the type who 'audition' albums on Youtube, Spotify, etc and then do our best to support the artist either by purchasing records or attending shows, I still feel a Spotify playlist sets a really bad example.

the larger economic and ethical consumer questions of music streaming are very personal, so i respect your opinion. if it's not something you want to interact with, that's cool, no one's forcing you.

fuck you dude! how about showing you respect that opinion instead of paying lip service to it and doing what you want anyway.

him, i respect. you, i don't.

ulysses I'm pretty sure Matt doesn't buy loads of counterfeit psych reissues on Radioactive and then act all holier-than-thou about streaming, but I respect your opinion.

also pretty sure every thread regular here except Jimmywine is totally cool w/a Spotify playlist.