Whoa, thanks Tyler. If you posted it already I missed it.
I wonder how much of this (Red Horse)was improvised? Some of it is so damn good it is hard to imagine it being so, but it seems a lot of times pieces this long are "loosely structured" so say the least. I gotta say, that interview in Arthur was really enlightening, just full of cool details. Like I said, I gotta get more Jack Rose records.
Sad doesn't even begin to describe the feeling. The way he pushed himself, and the run he was on, made it pretty evident that he had some tremendous things ahead of him. Just a shame, but at least he got a pretty decent amount out whilst charging ahead.
― grandavis, Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
xp sun dogs! heard him play it in a church & it was the most incredible thing
― ogmor, Thursday, 23 May 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
by the way, anyone have this? http://oh-be-joyful.blogspot.com/2010/11/nice-and-nasty-selections-from-dr.html [link is dead there...]
Yeah I have that. Pretty lo-fi (in both sound & packaging) CDr. Don't recall if I got it from Volcanic Tongue or Rough Trade.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Friday, 24 May 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
ysi? actually i'd just settle for a tracklisting...
― tylerw, Friday, 24 May 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
i have that nice and nasty thing. could post a track listing tomorrow.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 24 May 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link
VHF have put their entire in print catalog on Soundcloud and that includes _Kensington Blues_...
https://soundcloud.com/vhfrecords/sets/jack-rose-kensington-blues
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
As mentioned upthread re: the Arthur issue it appeared in, the extensive interview with Jack done a few months before he died
http://arthurmag.com/2013/12/04/ah-man-a-career-spanning-conversation-with-jack-rose-by-brian-rademaekers-from-arthur-no-33/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
great interview... amateurist (or anyone else) would still like to see the tracklisting of that nice and nasty comp....
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
That interview is great. There is a Coley rundown of Rose's recordings in that issue as well I believe, which is also great.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
Still sad as hell that he passed.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
totally...they've put up that discography as well it seems: http://arthurmag.com/2013/12/04/jack-rose-discography-by-byron-coley-from-arthur-no-33
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
still some stray tracks i need to hear... like the "hey fuck you rag"!
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.terrascope.co.uk/features/Images/jack%20card.jpg
Man, never seen any of those "damaged guitar gods" cards. Cool idea, are they posted generally somewhere?
Also, I also haven't heard "Hey Fuck You Rag" but imagine that it is amazing based on the title alone.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
the damaged guitar god things have been in a few issues of the Galactic Zoo Dossier mag -- I've only got one set. but they are pretty fun!
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
http://www.plasticcrimewave.com/files/gimgs/8_gzdcards6.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
from over here: http://www.plasticcrimewave.com/projects/merchandise/
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I knew the Galactic Zoo Dossier guy did them, but had never seen them. Thanks for sharing, fun indeed. Maybe another thing to add to the Christmas list ....
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
played raag manifestos again the other day after listening to kevin drumm's sheer hellish miasma. hart crane's old boyfriends still sounds like staring into a black hole & i really miss that playing & the attitude behind it
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 December 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
I need to go on a Rose listening spree. He was quite an individual, can't believe I missed him when he played here.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Michael Yonkers looks like Marc Maron in that drawing.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 December 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
i saw him play on new year's eve in knoxville just under a year before he died. during his set, power went out, he played on. most of the crowd seemed to be more buzzed for local band for which rose was opening; a bit too much talking during his set for my taste, especially since he wasn't amplified for most of it. i was totally spellbound though and bought a bunch of stuff from him and chatted afterward. i had only discovered him in 2005 or somewhere around there. my partner had been a pelt fan for longer. his death came as a total shock to me; it was horrifying. he was only a few years older than me.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
i think i still have that nice&nasty comp on itunes. email me to remind me and i'll look it up when i get home.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
actually i think it was new year's day (night).
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
Almost five years now. Dammit.
Daniel Bachman covering Jack's "Levee"
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/11/05/the-lagniappe-sessions-daniel-bachman/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 November 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
i was just thinking it'd been five years. :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
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 JonesNathan BowlesDaniel BachmanChris ForsythMegajam Booze Band plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaikenand exclusive video of Jack performing
featuring performances by Glenn JonesNathan BowlesDaniel BachmanChris ForsythMegajam Booze Band
plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaikenand exclusive video of Jack performing
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
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?
― grandavis, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
ha, i don't know -- i just assumed it was going to be a collab between all the guys playing.
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Cool! Totally going, thanks!
― liam fennell, Thursday, 4 December 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
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
― grandavis, Friday, 5 December 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
Two originals of is my jack rose jam, that album rules
― marcos, Friday, 5 December 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
JACK ROSENEW 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.
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 13 November 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
see that this thread is kept clean
― ogmor, Friday, 13 November 2015 14:48 (eight years ago) link
Lordy at the above. To the real Jack: peace, once more.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 December 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
^^^^^
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 5 December 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
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
― tylerw, Friday, 16 September 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
It's so great to see him get this attention once more.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 September 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
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?
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 September 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
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
― ogmor, Thursday, 22 September 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
I could live inside of "Sundogs".
― grandavis, Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
(That's from 2016 but understandably making the rounds today.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
Eleven years.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link