xpost thanx for that Big Star link, remynding me of how we got to Insect Trust (mention of Jon Hassell here in part because he was from Memphis, buddies there w Charles Lloyd, and now I'm recalling [reading somewhere] that Palmer was roommate of Pharaoh Sanders way back in Little Rock):
...In an alternate universe where money flowed plentifully, how would someone have approached producing Chilton (or Bell, for that matter)? Eno, Chips Moman and Alex, together in a little red house on the outskirts of Memphis, with Jon Hassell sitting in.― Edd Hurt, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 7:14 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
...In an alternate alternate, still no money, but on his way from school or hooky to the studio, Alex fell in with nascent Insect Trust, and thee rest is history---I just went back to the Insect Trust archives at Perfect Sound Forever, searching on term "Memphis", and wow----Nancy's version is a great place to start:http://www.furious.com/perfect/nancyjeffries.html (was thinking there was a picture of Dickinson and maybe his missus in the living room with some of them, ca. '66, but haven't found it yet)
― dow, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 11:52 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
I love Nancy Jeffries' singing on the Insect Trust albums, and think their version of "Special Rider" on the first, usually not cited LP is one of the finer late-'60s blooze reinterps. I can hear some affinity between her style and Chlton's for shure... Alex performed at a tribute-wake for Robert Palmer after he died in 1997. I saw Palmer play clarinet with CeDell Davis in Nashville in the '80s, butter-knife slide meets buttermilk licking stick, one of the most memorable avant-blues shows I ever saw.
― Edd Hurt, Thursday, August 25, 2016
― dow, Monday, 20 June 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link