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

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Jim White is one of the greatest living drummers imo

sleeve, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link

Chuck might be my favorite of contemperary "American primitive" players

Ditto. I pre-ordered the LP months ago and it hasn't arrived yet, getting antsy (though I've had the mp3s for a week now). Love this dude and psyched to see him here in a few weeks

Didn't realize that last track, "Private Violence" (which is an early favorite on this new abum) was used as a soundtrack for an HBO special of the same name? Maybe not HBO, I forget where I heard that.

Never saw Metzger but always wanted to. Love his records.

Wimmels, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link

i've loved a lot of the lou harrison guitar stuff i've heard, and i'm always interested in alternate tunings and just intonation and whatnot. any particular comps/releases i should explore for that stuff? (looking at you, ogmor? i believe you turned me onto that stuff with some of the tracks on your volk guitar playlist)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTbgpW6s3A

global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link

ooops, broke my own rule about embeds.

global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link

lol I think last time you asked I posted that video! I will get back to you but my mind is being blown a little bit by xylouris white right now, amazing stuff

ogmor, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link

it is pretty happening! weirdly guy piccioto (sp?) from fugazi produced their record. (not that it is a big production job or anything.)

tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, that Xylouris White record is cool. Looks like the shows are finally swinging your way Tyler, glad to see it!

grandavis, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link

Finally someone's listening to me whine!

tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link

palmer/sowell/helgeson trio improv set up now:

https://soundcloud.com/stpalm/sets/palmersowellhelgeson-trio-live-clown-lounge-7615

hopefully more to come

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link

(last track is probably my favorite)

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 01:19 (eight years ago) link

man, why do places have weeknight shows that begin at 10 PM? i'm gonna be so tired by the time chuck johnson starts up.

wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link

I would literally go se anything with Jim White playing drums

anyone know Jennifer Gentle?

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link

On the first track of that collab set Global/UMS, sounding great so far! How did you guys record it, a Zoom recorder or something similar?

grandavis, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link

Track up for streaming for the Jim Elkington & Nathan Salsburg record:

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/07/song-premiere-james-elkington-nathan-salsburg---up.html

Haven't listened yet, but obviously relevant to a lot of folks here.

grandavis, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link

Listening now. It's beautiful!

Evan, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link

getting super excited to see the Steve Gunn full band experience on Thursday

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link

it's so good. see you there!

matthew degennaro was cool at old familiar chime too, definitely gonna catch him

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link

I don't know if this is the good thread but anyone has heard of The Weather Station? Toronto based fokl artist that I find quite lovely.
https://soundcloud.com/outside-music/theweatherstation-wayitiswayitcouldbe

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link

on second spin of chuck johnson's new one, it's wonderful. has a lot of the stock rose/fahey moves in it but he manages to inhabit them with some new spirit, i think. it's also recorded very beautifully.

global tetrahedron, Thursday, 9 July 2015 01:17 (eight years ago) link

Hey UMS/Global, really enjoyed that set. The opening track was my favorite, but it all sounded really good. Must have been a hell of a show all around. Hope you guys play again though, it's a good sound, seems like it could have serious legs.

grandavis, Thursday, 9 July 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link

thanks! I think we all had fun doing in and are planning to do more....we only got together 3 or 4 times before the show so I think we can achieve a more psychic garcia/weir/lesh mental jam connection with more practice

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 July 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link

yeah dudes, palmer/sowell/helgeson is sounding groovy! you have my permission to quit yr day jobs and focus on this full time.

tylerw, Thursday, 9 July 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link

"we've added the only thing that can make American Primitive guitar even *more* lucrative.....free improv!"

*mr. burns fingers*

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link

Who is gonna wear the short shorts and tank tops Global, you? An integral part of the Weir sound.

Also, in re "we've added the only thing that can make American Primitive guitar even *more* lucrative.....free improv!", I can tell you all you want to know about this hah hah.

grandavis, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link

make it rain!

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link

just came across this relevant ad
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJfEW-SVAAEeVnR.jpg

tylerw, Thursday, 9 July 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link

lmao

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link

dude's solo banjo LP by the light of the loews minibar is next level shit

tylerw, Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link

Hah hah. Bonus points for it being a 6 string with pickups and volume knobs.

grandavis, Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link

checked out this latest dying for bad music thang from Andy Mcleod this morning -- an eclectic mix of sounds... straight takoma, bowles-ian banjo workouts, spacier electric stuff, carter family trad jams. i like! https://dyingforbadmusic.bandcamp.com/album/forge-the-valley

tylerw, Thursday, 9 July 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link

Hey, how was that Steve Gunn Band show? Any new songs? And was Elkington definitely in the fold, or was it Sukeena? Don't think I will get to see them on this tour anyway, but just curious.

grandavis, Friday, 10 July 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link

Great show! MdG was great, highlight was actually this really stern, mammoth 10 min instrumental on pump organ

Gunn band w Elkington was really in the zone, maybe a less classic rock guitar hero version of Solar Motel, but yeah epic jams... Jennifer Castle was good, very beautiful voice, a wee bit twee at times but will end up buying the record,

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 July 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

Nice, didn't get to see the Sukeena version but the show I saw with Elkington was great. That Matthew De Gennaro set sounds right up my alley, I love the sound of a pump organ.

grandavis, Saturday, 11 July 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link

Hi, I haven't been here for a while, but wanted to leave something for you:
Andy McLeod: http://dyingforbadmusic.bandcamp.com/yum?code=2nte-gv4m
Lebo Jenkins: http://dyingforbadmusic.bandcamp.com/yum?code=ykqh-ybvg
Should work for a few downloads.

Also: Check out Alex Archibald: http://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2015/07/alex-archibald-accidental-waltzes-2015.html
It's a nice short EP, just the right size.

DFBM (Nikolaus Höhle), Sunday, 12 July 2015 11:06 (eight years ago) link

Thanks for throwing these up Nikolaus, Tyler already repped for that McLeod, psyched to check the rest of these out.

grandavis, Monday, 13 July 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link

took a rare trip to the record store over the weekend, picked up a few things relevant to this thread, including
http://cdn.discogs.com/WBTT4FBB2PAr6-JSRUyi-XQT7Sg=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-2654014-1295128405.jpeg.jpg
which is very good!

tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link

also grabbed the Cromarty Wind in the Heather LP, which I'd only had on mp3. that album is gorgeous.

tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link

yeah wind in the heather is great, and a lot easier to track down than grassroots guitar

funny story: i spoke w/metzger once about his influences and he says he never even heard of fahey before people started comparing him to fahey, but he LOVES duck baker

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 July 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link

ha, that is great. he's new to me (unless he showed up on some comp I'm forgetting about).

tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link

think he has ties to stefan grossman. he's also on this very excellent collection:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81SWickNBYL._SL1210_.jpg

no lime tangier, Monday, 13 July 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link

ooh that looks good - yeah the Duck Baker album is on Kicking Mule, which I think was Grossman's label?
also got this one!
http://cdn.discogs.com/lhioGswxJY-cfJds8Sh36DaVl2I=/fit-in/600x594/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-5640717-1398703333-8427.jpeg.jpg

tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link

Speaking of Duck Baker, local jazz station used to play some of his takes on Monk--think there was a whole album---just now spotted this (if it's gone, it's a YouTube clip in which he demonstrates how to play Monk on guitar: a nine-minute workshop, but not too clinical)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF055gY1af0

dow, Monday, 13 July 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link

grossman is kinda nerdy guitar stuff but i like him ok

Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 July 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link

i've just heard a couple things by him, but this one sounded very nice.

tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link

xpost: well, his first release was an instructional lp... most entertaining grossman i've heard is a library lp he and a bunch of people did demonstrating different old-timey styles.

another good kicking mule lp to look out for: http://ghostcapital.org/peter-finger-bottleneck-guitar-solos-kicking-mule-km-116-1973/

no lime tangier, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link

yeah! i like that album. kicking mule stuff i've heard is pleasingly low-key.

tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link

https://igcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t51.2885-15/1922247_1661948707359269_1149418051_n.jpg
xylouris white was so good last night, everyone should go see them. seriously amazing.

tylerw, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link

Nice, and I wish! Glad you got to at least.

grandavis, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link

Jim White is one of the greatest living drummers imo
ready to agree with this, just a stunning musician, pure inventiveness, natural feel, great hair.

tylerw, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link

Hah hah "great hair" otm. Not to be underrated if you can pull it off (which I unfortunately cannot).

grandavis, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link


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