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

just had a show with Bill Orcutt of Hairy Pussy that i really regret missing, i guess they were both in full on fahey worship mode

Harry!
I saw Orcutt recently and he said "I'm trying to learn how to play songs"
It was charming.

orcutt wins the "best song title" sweepstakes on the latest imaginational anthem -- "John Fahey Commemorative Beer Can"
i've never seen him live, but i've watched a few youtubes -- he really mangles that guitar.

william tyler record does end with a feedback / drum machine freakout, so maybe it does have a little edge.

tyler is the tyler streaming somewhere?

Orcutt is kind of American Primitive Death Blues by way of Cecil Taylor

xp not that i know of, i just got sent the promo mp3s.

#ballerstatus

#bragginboutmp3s

aquarium drunkard paying dividends? :)

thought that said 'american drunkyard' at first

i'm so well-respected in the blogging world these days that PR dudes are sending me PONO promos.

fuuuuck dude, tell neil you need a prototype

honestly, i honestly want a PONO i hope it's not too much

even after reading neil's book, i don't even really understand what it's going to be -- an ipod? but different?

haha i haven't read the book

i mean i think there are hi-fi digital music players already on the market, but is PONO like a different music format (like distinct from WAV or FLAC or whatever lossless formats?)...i know there are sites that sell 24-bit digital audio files now....

...and thus we have proven that it's pretty much impossible for tyler and i to be on a thread for more than 20 post w/o talk turning to neil young

otherwise known as the pono conundrum

here's a guy that i found on spotify i know literally nothing about: Sean Smith (btw spotify is a little tricky because it's got his bio confused with a jazz bassist of the same name and spelling) anyone know this guy?

his s/t album from 2007 is pretty good stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpy8cqFDH1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5uRDNsKCQI

also skip ahead to the 9 minute mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThanInD0LBs

(more stefan grossman type stuff than fahey but goddamn how good is she??)

early stuff is kinda boring dude talking but as a mpls person did appreciate the Profane Existence mention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ-xmJAFnqk

^ awesome

XD

dudes i was just checking out adrian legg albums on spotify :/

this stuff is a dangerous game

you want to play the game, you got to know the risks.
just saw this relevant mix by danny paul grody, who is on the latest imaginational anthem thang. grody!
http://rootstrata.com/rootblog/?p=7754

god i'm going to end up sad & alone with a pile of used michael hedges records.....

Well now you've made me go youtube Adrian Legg performances. Slippery slope indeed.

hey you're never alone when you have michael hedges records to keep you company

I find Michael Hedges to be really terrible. The precursor to that slap and tap Andy McKee Youtube gibberish. I can't believe that the recent Fahey show uploaded to Youtube, the New Varsity series, were of him opening for Hedges. Slippery slope indeed.

I bought this Alex De Grassi album for $1 because it was in mint condition and was only $1, but it's pretty good for light (not lite) guitar music. It took me forever to remember his name because all I could remember is what the cover looked like.

http://991.com/newGallery/Alex-DeGrassi-Turning-Turning-B-495700.jpg

friend of mine put out this solo acoustic guitar CD a few years ago -
http://www.josephbrenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/josephbrennacover.jpg
he's the one who hates fahey though! much more into things like Hedges. Though I think he's actually not that into acoustic guitar playing, really, this was more of a side-trip for him.
http://www.josephbrenna.com

the exact point at which this stuff starts to sound like "healing music" is my tipping point

Tyler, thanks for that! I have now moved on form A. Legg to listening to D.P. Grody's album "In Search Of Light", which is really nice. Synth and acoustic guitars and a few other instruments so far. Nicely layered and detailed (lots of overdubs), but hitting the spot on a slow wintery Wednesday for sure. Can stream it on his bandcamp page.

That was in response to that D.P. Grody mix of course

yeah it's pretty good. feel like it's 5-4-3-2-1 til some label is reissuing that great Cromarty record. [which, if you haven't heard it, is up for dl on root blog].

Can't really download right now. What's the Cromarty like? Straight solo fingerpicking stuff of songs?

it's solo fingerpicking except for the last song (which has vocals). really pretty playing, probably closer to john renbourn than fahey.

Thanks Tyler. Will add it to the things to download when I have a slow day at home.

yeah the cromarty thing is really gorgeous

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2012/11/15/george-cromarty-grassroots-guitar/

i mean...just the #swag on the cover alone:

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cromarty.jpg

i like that on the back of that album he offers a pronunciation guide for his name. more people should do that.

does he use IPA symbols and everything??!

haha, no, here it is
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjq0dI44F1qzy30io1_1280.jpg

oh sorry that's tiny, here: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/image/35789942787

huh! i've heard that name a zillion times and i've never heard it pronounced like that
always cro-MAR-ti
thanks g cromarty!

i know! as in cromwell and thirty! would have never known.

this is a great thread. have nothing new to share atm but was watching this great little set by jack rose earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3esteBtuPrs
he kinda loses it at the end, there's a lot frustration in playing this kind of music i suppose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorXt58DZUg

^ Do you guys know Alexander Turnquist? Think he's been around for a few years but I've only just started picking up his stuff. Kind of in a James Blackshaw/Robbie Basho vein of 12-string playing.

steve gunn & mike wexler playing tonight in brooklyn, both some of my fave locals.
gunn is more raga-psych-jamz on acoustic/electric and wexler is more songwriting but both are really great.
union pool! endless boogie are headlining.

I'm basically a tourist since I mostly just follow y'all's lead and I live in a region of the country where pretty much none of these musicians tour and I think my contributions are minimal but I think this is the single thread that has changed my music listening habits more than any other, it's endlessly valuable.

yeah this thread is so good. but yeah, a 2015 fresh start is probably a good idea....

working on one right now!

clever thread title is escaping me

Revolt of the ILX Brigade Vol 2: The Dance Of The ILXors (New Post-Fahey Folk For PPL that post in the Takoma & Tompkin's Square Threads)

maybe not, too long, wanted to keep original search terms plus Fahey-related "Vol. 2" pun

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

heyo - http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2015/02/fahey-week-needs-your-help.html
Hello faithful Delta Slider readers. As you may know the annual Fahey week is approaching. Unfortunately I’m pretty much out of material and buried at work, in other words: I got nuthin’.

So…here’s the opportunity you’ve been looking for! If you’ve always wanted to post an essay about Fahey and his music, your guitar tab of his song, that rare bootleg that hasn’t been posted yet, etc. Then now is the time to contact me about it! If you send me ready to publish material I can post it and you get the byline.

I would love to continue the tradition but frankly I’ve been short on time and resources. Let’s see what happens!! Fahey Week traditionally starts February 22nd.

Use the contact form below or email me at the addy listed in the "About" page.

Thanks all,
Scott

oh durr this is the old thread!

I'm basically blaming this thread for not alerting me to the gorgeous new Nathan Salsburg albums. Slowly letting volume 2 wash over me right now. It's sort of a homage to Leyland Kirby, using the ghosts of his vast collection of 78s as a bed for some very minimal guitar explorations. Flailing around for comparisons but in tone and emotional valence it has some similarities with Bruce Langhorne's Hired Hand.

Vinyl already sold out, natch.

Doh! Wrong thread! Only 5 years out...