...but aren't Tom Waits. I'm thinking not of the piano ballads or spoken word beatnik shit, but the Ribot-sounding fucked up stoner blues shit. Loose (not Beefheart) and gnarly (not Califone). Only thing I found quite like it is that (way underrated) Hounddog record. Are the Lounge Lizards any good?
My least favorite thing about TW albums is TW. Don't get me wrong - I got love for Tom, but a little of his schtick goes a long way with me. I'd kill for instrumental versions of Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years, etc.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
first lounge lizards alb is great, it's p jazzy (t. monk covers and everything), but it's also got arto playing some p 'gnarly' guitar all over it. it isn't really 'fucked up stoner blues shit', tho.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
The Neneh Cherry & The Thing record has restored my interest in the Waitsian approach to jazz-fakejazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jovsxh8FeYo
― bendy, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
this is a great alb, btw, features somesame players as on the waits recs, inc ribot, and also makes use of harry partch instruments:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5162j0ISmkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:29 (twelve years ago) link
Great cover anyway!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
iirc it's a still from a fellini movie i haven't seen (amarcord?)
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
The new album by Dr. John
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Big Harp's 2011 album "White Hat" has some good guitar playing on it, but if you have some problem with Waits' personality this may bug you too. I like it, and think the lyrics are pretty good.
What do you mean, no Beefheart? Have you tried <i>Bat Chain Puller</i>? That one verges on normal, but with plenty of way out kicks. The title song kind of predicts the whole Adrian Belew approach that would emerge a few years later, as well as the end of the world.
Otis Rush is a guitar root of Ribot, as is the somewhat more recent but deceased Robert Quine.
― Vic Perry, Friday, 29 June 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, Otis Rush on Cobra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJ5EgWyaKg&feature=relmfu
― warren harding (Zachary Taylor), Friday, 29 June 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link