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

was just jamming the black dirt sessions over the weekend — it's really fortunate that he did so much in such a short span of time. always finding new favorites.

slightly related — i saw glenn jones last week in denver (glenn's first time playing here!). really wonderful — only complaint is that he could've played twice as long ...

Rest up, big fella.

slightly related — i saw glenn jones last week in denver (glenn's first time playing here!). really wonderful — only complaint is that he could've played twice as long ...

― tylerw, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 10:23 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

glenn is always amazing, though perhaps too mild mannered and nice to be fahey's true heir lol

haha yeah.
i'm also considering going to see the windham hill 30th anniversary winter solstice concert in boulder next week, which feels like it could be either a step in the right direction for my life or a step in the wrong direction.

haha dooo iiiitttt

Tyler...Windham Hill has been there your whole life, just waiting for you to arrive

Ackerman probably still brings the heat, right?

he'll spit a hot 16 for sure

I was literally just joking that I made a new age record (well, a bunch of tracks that sound like it that COULD be an album). Still waiting to see which direction (right or wrong) this will be hah hah.

I would love to have seen what Jack would have made of the new players. big trees fall and saplings get a shot at making it to the canopy, and just as I don't think he wld have been impertinent enough to adopt his Dr Ragtime shteez while Fahey was still alive, had Jack lived longer his mere presence in the landscape might have spared us D. Bachman's whole career

wld kill for at least one full album from the Rose & Jones duo, they brought out the best in each other

Agreed, I wish Jack had been able to carry on, and would have loved to have heard more Jack and Glenn records.

As far as the rest, all it takes to be spared the players popping up in his wake is ignoring them. Glad I don't make this choice, as I still get a lot of the players he inspired, but obviously this is a line you ride and I appreciate it. Gotta keep us honest!

new age is hot right now, especially if it has balearic vibes

I recently tried and failed to tune my guitar to a traditional Portuguese tuning (need to check later what it actually became) after visiting the country recently.
Starting to have fun playing again! I'd cooled off a bit due to other distractions.

what's the trad portuguese tuning? i need a new tuning to fool around with.

No balearic vibes to be found, just my usual styles/approach provided severe limitations and transported to a few new instruments. Also lets be clear, my music is never going to be hot (which is fine by me).

I recently tried and failed to tune my guitar to a traditional Portuguese tuning (need to check later what it actually became) after visiting the country recently.
Starting to have fun playing again! I'd cooled off a bit due to other distractions.

― Evan, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 12:20 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah would be interested in hearing/learning more about this tuning....

Balearic is like neoliberalism I've been pretending I know what I means for years but I really don't
I think it's like...Dire Straits but more tropical and dance music? I dunno

Rather than "traditional" it's better described as the tuning for the Portuguese guitar, which is a unique instrument and very beautiful. I tried a whole bunch of them out in a store in Porto.

I believe I got the tuning here: http://www.fernandezmusic.com/PortugueseGuitarMethod.html

I ended up not following it perfectly!

xps

I'm not going to pretend I know what anything vaguely defined really means. I envy people that do.

However I feel like I could point out a Balear in a crowd.

What I think is balearic music is the specialty of this store: https://shop.commendnyc.com/collections/vinyl

xpost - thanks! i'm gonna get super balaeric tonight in portuguese tuning

i didn't know the portuguese guitar was a thing, how big is it? I can't tell if it's small like a mandolin or balalaika

It's basically reg western guitar size! Neck is a little shorter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btEVpuTxXL8

that's lovely

https://66.media.tumblr.com/90837bf651bd7f618232575b1f6595e1/tumblr_p9vittqZSX1uvepz6o1_1280.jpg

(ultra dubie)

Better get those advance tickets now

Hah hah. That is great.

sandy bull...john fahey...the ultra dubie brothers

lolz
even though i think they played together a fair amount i kind of imagine fahey and bull just glaring at each other backstage.

was Bull more popular than Fahey at that point? (he looks like the headliner on the flier)

i don't know — i can only imagine the same 27 dudes were buying their records ...

Not to be confused with the 27 million people that bought the Fahey x-mas album

https://scissortail.bandcamp.com/album/fire-and-earth

don't know if joseph allred has been discussed much itt, but i like him a lot

did not see him at 1000 rose unfortunately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShJn4DFr0xQ

On one listen, this seems like an actually listenable Christmas album by longtime acoustic folk guitarist Don Ross: https://donross.bandcamp.com/album/flake-wintertide-bundle?fbclid=IwAR2UUJpqQwwt3cpyaQrCrQ32IdZESDFpR4Wl6qnK2x2JASAQw7tLnST9Oyo

Got the Canyon pedal for xmas. It feels like cheating!

Makes everything super pretty and moody. Watch out William Tyler, here I come!

What's the Canyon pedal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzOLbZhy5E0&vl=en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzOLbZhy5E0&vl=en

That didn't work?

hmm no but who makes it i'll google

Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay Looper

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kPvWDj0wdRg/maxresdefault.jpg

That looks good — I want to get back with into playing electric again this year ... and I love cheating, too.

it's so crazy growing up there was all the standard Boss, DOD, Ibanez pedal, then old school stuff like Superfuzz Bigmuff, Proco Rat, Crybaby etc

now it's like craft beers there's zillions of them

i got the electro harmonix 'freeze' recently. i think it will come in handy at drone not drones. it's super cool

https://youtu.be/IDFOWh49HaM

don't pedals like these kinda defeat the purpose? I mean, if everyone has the same pedals won't everyone sound exactly the same? Like an effects pedal demonstration?

no

All acoustic guitars sound the same too.

I mean mine has more soul but the point stands

I have seen people use the freeze pedal in all kinds of contexts and to different purposes, I think it just depends on the player. I mean, in the 2000s every single guitar player I saw had a Line 6 looper / delay pedal. The bands didn't all sound the same generally, but of course many did if they weren't creative with the pedals (or just wanted specifically to mimic players they liked).

yeah, the looper / delay phenomenon was exactly what I was thinking of. Boy, that got old quick.

I have 12 nominations left for the ILM poll if anyone has used up their noms and wants any guitar music on the ballot. Lmk.

Whooooa! Marisa Anderson just posted a picture of her in the studio with Jim White. That sounds like an amazing pairing, hell yes to this development.