...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 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
Great cover anyway!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:02 (thirteen years ago)
iirc it's a still from a fellini movie i haven't seen (amarcord?)
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:04 (thirteen years ago)
The new album by Dr. John
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 13:40 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
yeah, Otis Rush on Cobra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJ5EgWyaKg&feature=relmfu
― warren harding (Zachary Taylor), Friday, 29 June 2012 05:52 (thirteen years ago)