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

That's a good thread idea

"Examples of" style

yeah it would be but i don't know if i could articulate other examples

flight: booked

as it gets closer we should have a roll call and figure out how we could have a meetup at 1000 roses :)

there's a bluesy dbh tune that comes to mind but yeah off the top of my head it's tough to think of more

We (wife and I) just got our tickets

yay!

omg, yeah, xylouris white were off the hook. yikes. so great. they are going all over the states and if you have never seen them....

so much fun

jim white is one of the most entertaining musicians to see live imo

i could have watched him all night.

he plays in a very communicative style
does anyone not dig it?!

i played you follow me for an engineer that was recording our band and he described white's drumming as a "bowling ball made of jello" XD

haha! i hear almost universal praise for the guy, i was just wondering if anyone just does not dig his style.
does that guy prefer a crunchier drum sound?

no he meant it as a compliment! like powerful but somehow "wobbly" feeling i guess?

i don't know anyone that doesn't like j. white, but i guess it's a bit self-selecting like if you are the type of person who would know who jim white is you are probably the type of person who would like jim white

fwiw he is one of the only drummers where I have played like Dirty Three tracks for people and said "just listen to the drums"... "Sirena", my god.

i think so many people who have never heard/heard of jim white would have loved the performance last night. it's such an undeniable thing. and the telepathic vibe between the two of them AND just how damn good they are as musicians. it's like watching great athletes. who are really hairy. and who smoke a lot.

It always looks like his arms are moving too slow to fall on the beat, but they always do. Like, when you watch him, you think, "oh no, he's not gonna hit that snare in time, not with his arm all the way up there like that!" and then somehow it lands, and it sounds perfect

Obviously, I'm not a drummer

But yes, that guy is amazing

it kills me that they played to like ten fucking people in my town. in a 200-person hall.

anyone heard the new album? What's the ratio of vocal tracks to instrumental tracks?

i forgot to buy vinyl last night. i was busy deejaying. after they played i put on my fave kenny dope track in their honor.

willie lane electric was awesome last night too. such a great sound.

there were about 50 people there last night? something like that. a good crowd. very enthusiastic. a couple of drunk greek guys going nuts. j. mascis was there. he's a fan.

I saw them open for Godspeed You Black Emperor, which was actually a pretty good crowd for them, they went over well and I'd say there were about 1000 ppl there. I think they were opening that whole tour, I hadn't seen GYBE for a long time and wanted to see XW

also i told a kid to quit trying to mosh and he wanted to fight me and called me a cop

XW show i saw was sponsored by a local greek restaurant and like the entire greek community in denver (which is not big but still) turned out and went nuts. (my understanding is that xylouris' uncle was huge in greece)

yeah some friends of mine went to a show in new york that was packed with greek fans and they said it was pandemonium.

X's dad. very prolific:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/3116537-%CE%A8%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82

https://img.discogs.com/5OxzJNiSR5qOUdZuiahHfsmoMyU=/fit-in/499x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4279092-1360521666-8724.jpeg.jpg

I saw XW open for Jessica Pratt & there was like 20 people there, still great though, I need to get that new record

i was there! both acts were excellent

am listening to Elkhorn - The Black River and goddamn I know this is old news but what a great record

Need to listen to that Elkhorn again. I remember enjoying it at the time but got a little exhausted by it, if that makes sense. Excellently played and a nice approach, for sure, but yeah I think I wasn't ready for it when I visited it the first time.

From Tompkins Square, re: Thousand Incarnations festival:

Tompkins Square is excited to present a Festival-eve show on Thursday April 12 at RhizomeDC. The bill will feature Joe Bussard in conversation with Tompkins Square's Josh Rosenthal, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Joe's first recordings of John Fahey for his Fonotone label. Also appearing is Wall Matthews, guitarist for 70's Folkways label collective, Entourage; and the US debut of Welsh multi-instrumentalist, Gwenifer Raymond. Showtime is 7pm and tickets are $10 at the door. **

FOR FESTIVAL PASSES AND MORE INFO, PLEASE VISIT 1000Rose.org

Wish I could go to this. Bussard is a trip, and lately I've been really digging Wall Matthews, who I'd never heard of before Tompkins Square's announcement of that Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble reissue. And speaking of the Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble thing, it's really good. I could see it especially appealing to the people on this thread with Windham Hill / Shadowfax / Oregon sympathies.

There's also a video of Wall Matthews on Youtube playing on some public access show, some of it straight up sounding like Steve Tibbetts. Eager to explore more of this guy's catalog, seems like a very interesting player in the Bert Jansch mold (but thankfully, no vocals) who can also shred

damn i wish i woulda known about that before booking
typical tho of him to piggyback and not actually have it be part of the festival

So I received a promo of the new Glenn Jones-curated comp. It's pretty good! Some will balk at some of the obvious choices here but as a primer for your average curious newbie (as well as a nice "mixtape" for the kind of people who frequent this thread), you could do a lot worse. Very well sequenced and very listenable.

Only skippers for me are the two Max Ochs ragas, which I'd somehow never heard before; they just sound like inept, out of tune slide guitar to me. I remember enjoying other things by him but this is a curious inclusion imo. Biggest revelation for me: Billy Faier! Need to get his record, and need to explore more American Primitive banjo in general.

sweet, how many songs/discs?

2 LPs (I think), 1 CD. 17 tracks including 3 by Fahey, 2 by Kottke and Basho's "Thousand Incarnations..." (all previously released, obviously)

nice

i think my rule for this will to only go see people i haven't seen before or people i probably will never see again. altho i guess the schedule is kind of set up to let you see everyone? i might need an occasional break from all the guitarin' at times

good interview about the fest (and other related topics) here: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2018/03/20/thousand-incarnations-of-the-rose-american-primitive-guitar/

btw we should get a roll call of ilxors who are going and try to do a meetup

will u guys facebook live me in :'(

^^^

we'll be posting a lot of hot #1000Rose #guitarsoli content to all the popular social media networks!!!

we'll be posting a lot of hot #1000Rose #guitarsoli content to all the popular social media networks!!!

(also you guys should just say fuck it and get tickets!!!)

just do it

i literally said 'fuck it' as i queued up the ticket ordering haha

my good mate set up a reel-to-reel bootlegging site that is both lovely and informative and is very relevant to this thread

https://southernjukeboxmusic.com/

sets by Alexander and Rob Noyes, in my backyard last summer. and don't want to spoil anything but there is a LOT more to come :)

check it out!

i support this endeavor ...

man, that was a great night...

Really enjoying the new Dorji/Damon record. I'm all in on Dorji in duo/group settings, can someone recommend some good solo Dorji? I heard Appa a few years ago and couldn't really get into it.