New Jack Rose album? (Dec 2009: RIP Jack Rose)

Agreed. His slide playing is great to watch.

Picked up a couple of this guy's albums last night, Raag Manifestos and the one with the black cover, also on VHF. Both pretty good, playing a bit more straightforward than, say, Chasny or Blackshaw or other guys doing similar stuff -- more Fahey-esque, I'm aware he's often compared but if the shoe fits... anyway, so far I like him a lot.

yeah i've been listening to him (and Pelt) a lot lately. def. more steeped in blues/appalachia than the guys you mentioned, yeah -- for once the Fahey comparison is fairly accurate.

Looking forward to an upcoming collab album with the Black Twig Pickers.
I bought a Jack Rose record from Mike Gangloff when he was in my town doing music with Pelt and Spiral Joy Band. I think it was a Dr Ragtime thing, I'm forgetting the name right now. It's really good, collaboration record with a bunch of folks on it, instrumentals. Mike plays banjo on a lot of the tracks. I'll have to check on the name of the record at home.

He is indeed Fahey-esque: so much so that he even does the spoof liner notes thing on a couple of albums, signed "Joe R Sack, blues scholar".

I like him a lot - I really ought to get some more of his stuff.

Details on that Jack Rose/Black Twig Pickers record. Guess it is out!
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Members of Joy Band and Pelt join Jack Rose for the newest Jack/Twigs recordings - if you have enjoyed the collaborations on recent 7" and Dr. Ragtime records, then this is going to be a beautifulexperience!!! Shoudl be posted on Klang.org soon!!!!!

Raw and rocking collaboration between Jack Rose and the Black Twigs with some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed in the service of dropping right-hand bombs – his use of a thumbpick originates from his years of duets with Twig Mike Gangloff, struggling to make his guitar heard over Gangloff’s crashing banjo. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four players lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock. Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition – without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & family classics, with the group turning the stately “Kensington Blues” upbeat and an issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” first recorded by Pelt (w/Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double “Ayahuasca.”

I don't have a link but apparently Jack Rose passed away due to a heart attack in his sleep.
Fucking awful miserable thing to have happen. Too young.

oh shit, no way! how old was he?

I don't know exactly. Forties?

yeah i didn't think he could be much older than that ... RIP ...

I really hope it's not true, where did you hear?

FUUUUUCK that. What?!

oh man, also hope this isn't true. :-(

No sign elsewhere yet, so I have hope.

I just saw jjt post something on facebook about it.

yikes, RIP. glad I saw them/him.

holy shit

It's true. Cory from Threelobed just posted it to twitter.

Totally unexpected and terrible news.

Awful. RIP.

That sucks - I've met him a few times and he was a really great awesome guy, in addition to being a great musician. The last time I saw him, there was this drunk dude heckling him, but I'm not remembering the details of it right now.

This is fucking terrible news.

sorry for the random update, but Three Lobed Recordings is extremely
sad to pass along news that our dear friend Jack Rose passed away this
morning in Philadelphia at the age of 38. This news is still fresh to
us and we're still trying to process it. Jack was a warm, caring
person and was always a pleasure to be around. His larger than life
spirit will truly, truly be missed even moreso than his inspired
musical ability. Our deepest sorrow goes out to his wife.

Rest in peace, Jack.

Cory

38! fuck me.

That's fucking miserable. Going to jam some of those records tonight for sure.

couldnt believe it when that email arrived

this sucks, just saying that again.

Lord, I just saw a retweet from 3 Lobed about this. Hard to get my head around. Dude was barely a month older than I was.

geez, 38! i guess we're lucky to have gotten all the great music from him while he was here, but you can't help but think he had a lot left to give ...

now playing: Pelt "Ayahuasca"

I'm 5 years older than he was...

just played "Dr. Ragtime" -- such great, open-hearted stuff ...

I saw him pestered by a heckler to play "Kensington Blues" over and over at an instore at the old location of The True Vine in Baltimore and eventually he played it, with great humor and force and compassion. A great musician and a life-force. As I understand it through the grapevine, the heckler was a troubled guy who died not too long ago of a drug overdose, and now Jack's dead too.

I can't believe he's dead at 38. Jeez, I'm 38.

:(

this is fucking awful. great musician, great guy.

http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/remembering-jack-rose/

Show at the house here in a couple hours.. I intend to be playing much Pelt/Rose in between sets
This is totally a bummer

nice long jam w/ peter walker here ...
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Walker_with_Jack_Rose/
and a radio session here
http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2008/11/jack-rose-vpro-dwars-session-2007.html

NO WAY.

Just saw this... :-(

Opium music & knob creek at the Johnson estate this evening. RIP Jack. That was some awful oatmeal we ate, but you sure seemed to love it.

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Friend just texted me this...i need to get drunk. fuuuuck

All Jack Rose/Pelt playlist, all night long. :-(

jamming cathedral et chartres at top volume - fuck the neighbors...

Really really fucking depressed about this. An obsessive alchemical giant. Chatted with him (and Pelt) for hours in the parking lot of Spaceland after a post Terrastock 2 gig. Gave me a hug for releasing the Last Days Of May album.

Going to hoist a pint or three.

A phenomenal talent. Really sad about this. My wine bottle is nearing its bottom and I've played Pearls from the River and Skullfuck and Raag Manifestos and the Archive live album and onward we go...

Jesus this is ridiculous, RIP

Jack Rose really isn't in the category of musicians you are a bit scared to open a bumped thread about because you think it might tell you they're dead

shocking. rip.

Horrible news. Obv bummed that I didn't go and see him in Glasgow a cpl of week ago, now.

Oh shit, terrible news, I'm 3 years older than he was! Saw him in London 2 or 3 years ago - he got a wonderful growling tone out of his guitar but still played with subtlety and emotion, without lapsing into sentimentality. Seemed like a cool guy too, I'm quite upset about this actually. RIP

fukkers and suckkers..this was my firsat booking when i came to hudson..."Inveterate fumbler of keys,pitches and tumblers full of "brown" drinks,Michael Hurley will be at the Hudson River Theater in Hudson NY this Mon May 5th at 8pm..opening are Charlambides frontthing Tom Carter and ace outster Jack Rose of Pelt..all who train up are invited to sleep over and I will make breakfast in the morning.PS-Sorry this is not a question
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Saturday, 3 May 2003 00:56 (6 years ago)"

i will miss th behemeothick strangslingnsneing beauty poeretryfy related fresh fry of a glandtars strings..rip jackyboy

actually i think it was new year's day (night).

Almost five years now. Dammit.

Daniel Bachman covering Jack's "Levee"

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/11/05/the-lagniappe-sessions-daniel-bachman/

i was just thinking it'd been five years. :(

A tribute concert for Jack to be held in Philadelphia on December 19:

http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/141219/

A NIGHT FOR JACK
remembering Jack Rose

featuring performances by
Glenn Jones
Nathan Bowles
Daniel Bachman
Chris Forsyth
Megajam Booze Band

plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaiken
and exclusive video of Jack performing

megajam booze band!
listened to raag manifestos a few nights ago and wow -- i obviously like/love a lot of stuff that has come in Rose's wake in the past few years, but the dude towers pretty high above 'em all.

Man I wish I could go to that. I imagine that is going to be a very heavy but musically super-rich evening.

Who is in the megajam booze band btw?

ha, i don't know -- i just assumed it was going to be a collab between all the guys playing.

I think they play periodically, see them on bills now and again. Maybe it is a Philly thing, i.e., a crew gets together to jam for momentous occasions? Sometimes Philly seems like the nexus of my musical universe, wish it was a little closer.

Cool! Totally going, thanks!

R.I.P. Bill Kellum from VHF just shared this "early version" of Kensington Blues, apparently submitted in 2005 to the label but scrapped for what became the official album. Glad there is still new music from him to share:

http://www.vhfrecords.com/news/2014/12/3/jack-rose-kensington-blues-early-version

Two originals of is my jack rose jam, that album rules

JACK ROSE
NEW SINGLE – ‘CHASING CARS’
RELEASED ON 11TH DECEMBER 2015

Fourteen-year-old Kent-based, Jack Rose is set to release a brand new single on the 11th of December 2015.

‘Chasing Cars’ is the follow up to Jack’s debut single ‘Lost’ and is the young singer’s unique take on the classic Snow Patrol tune from 2006.

Produced by Kevin Energy Thorpe from Big Jam Studios in Kent, the song will be accompanied by a stunning video by renowned film and music video director Mark J Blackman and produced by Inspiration Films (http://www.inspirationfilms.co.uk).

The video will see Jack Rose star alongside TV and movie star Rosie Day and fellow actors Ceejay Sergeant, Michelle Archer and Graham Fletcher-Cook.

Taking inspiration from Ed Sheeran, Nathan Grisdale, Chris Brown, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Sam Smith and Ty Dolla $ign, the multi-talented Jack Rose, although only fourteen, has already proven himself to be an accomplished singer-songwriter, rapper, actor and radio presenter, hosting the UK Top 30 Countdown Show on Hit Mix UK (www.hitmixuk.com) every Sunday between 7 and 9pm.

A rare talent, Jack’s last single ‘Lost’ picked up radio airplay within hours of being released and he gained between 500 and 1000 Twitter followers per day from all over the world.

Jack Rose is set to announce himself to a wider audience in the coming months and he is without doubt a name to watch in 2016 and beyond.

see that this thread is kept clean

Lordy at the above. To the real Jack: peace, once more.

^^^^^

good stuff to read (in conjunction with the reissues out today)

daily.bandcamp.com/2016/09/16/the-blooms-not-off-jack-rose-in-remembrance-and-retrospect/
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/09/13/spirit-in-the-house-jack-roses-enduring-legacy/ (i put this one together)
http://adhoc.fm/post/conversation-bill-and-cory-bringing-jack-roses-cat/

these records still sound so good

It's so great to see him get this attention once more.

should i go see this guy live tomorrow nite?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:57 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where was this anyway? turf club?

been heavy into this lately & absolutely loving it, esp his ragtime/old timey stuff has gone from being my least to most favourite. some combination of playing/thumbpick/micing on kensington blues makes the bass on tracks like flirtin with the undertaker bludgeon the song to death a bit, but dr ragtime & his pals sounds awesome and is pure joy

really enjoyed the remembrances, the points about his craftsmanship & attention to sonic details are very otm, and the bachman stuff in particular is v sweet and chimes with my starry-eyed memories of meeting jack

also just want to bask in this magnificent sentence again:

His ragtime songs were so powerful and executed with such precision and might that even “hipsters” got it.

the stuff about him 'owning' everything he did rang true, and makes me think more about how confidently and fruitfully he followed fahey, thriving in his shadow, following him upriver deep into the mountains in such of the source. watching some of his performances on youtube it's incredible how much he looks & dresses like fahey, as if his quest had started transformed him physically, presumably starting at that mighty right hand. and yeah, it's great to hear sundogs again, was a truly awesome piece to hear

I could live inside of "Sundogs".

Seeing this thread has made me dig out Two Originals Of... God but Mountaintop Lamento is beautiful. Think I might put Effigy on next and go run around in the woods in a bear suit.

Nine years.

Great story:

“Yeah I got Terry Reilly records, man - at home, where ya listen to that kind of stuff. I’m trying get people to buy beers here!” - Jack Rose to Jeff Zeigler when the latter made a request while the former was DJ’ing at JBs. Relayed to me yesterday while mixing with JZ. RIP.

— Chris Forsyth (@TheChrisForsyth) December 5, 2018

A new tribute next month for the good man, for the tenth anniversary of his passing.

https://obsoleterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years-gone-a-tribute-to-jack-rose

Ten years gone.

Article at NPR.

https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/12/05/784805461/vikings-choice-the-house-that-jack-rose-built

And the tribute album, now out via Tompkins Square:

https://tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years-gone-a-tribute-to-jack-rose

And a good separate piece as well:

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/09/20/494234199/-a-real-little-taste-of-heaven-visionary-guitarist-jack-rose-in-11-songs

(That's from 2016 but understandably making the rounds today.)

Eleven years.

Went on a listening trip tonight. Just the best. Spirits in the house.

Luck in the Valley now on Bandcamp.

https://jackrosetj.bandcamp.com/album/luck-in-the-valley

12 years gone.

not in a mainstream sense but there's a whole zone of guitar playing now that doesn't exist without Rose, a giant

Absolutely true. If only he could have seen it.

worth checking out: https://new.sound-o-mat.com/downloads.php

Very. I provided the liners via an old interview.

nice!

where do you get those liners (not seeing them in my download ...)?

Huh, odd! Drop 'em a line.

14 years.