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MP3 Kirk Withrow - Hogtie The Devil
13 MP3 Songs in this album (35:18) !
Related styles: FOLK: Appalachian Folk, ROCK: Americana
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From the liner notes:
This album is the follow-up to my first solo album ‘Yesterday Will Be Better.’ In some ways it is an extension of that album, but it does possess several singular qualities. This album, too, is comprised largely of my interpretations of various traditional songs I have known and enjoyed. Unlike ‘Yesterday,’ the songs on ‘Hogtie’ stray a little more into the realm of blues and even rock occasionally. Nevertheless they are still ostensibly folk songs. The title track is the only truly ‘original’ song on the album; it summarizes the mood of the album as a whole. Like all good old-time tunes, the album generally resides on the darker side of things. There are songs of sin and salvation, heaven and hell, good and bad. Listen carefully, there are lessons to be learned.
The songs recorded here are among my favorites. ‘Little Sadie,’ Devil and the Old Lady,’ ‘The Cuckoo,’ and ‘Lonesome Scene of Winter’ are songs I played on the banjo early in my musical career. With its haunting melody, ‘Lonesome’ has long been one of my favorites to play; this arrangement was taught to me by Chris Thile of Nickel Creek fame many years ago. In my mind, ‘The Cuckoo’ hails as one of the most classic old-time tunes in part due to Harry Smith’s Anthology. Other songs are more recent additions to my repertoire. Son House’s performance of ‘John the Revelator’ accompanied only by his clapping is one of the most powerful I have seen; this only adds to the power of the song itself. My introduction to the traditional ‘God''s Gonna Cut You Down’ was via Johnny Cash’s recent recording. Perhaps most significant for me are the songs and playing Dock Boggs. In his songs and playing style I hear what I feel. Boggs referred to it as ‘playing it straight,’ that is playing and singing the same melody simultaneously. To me that style of playing is the style of playing; the power and emotion it brings is truly awesome and unexplainable. ‘Little Black Train’ and ‘Calvary’ are from Dock’s repertoire. The latter, with its droning melody and powerful lyrics, seemed like the perfect track with which to conclude the album.
With few exceptions, the songs are played and recorded ‘live.’ The areas of overdubbing seem fairly obvious (it’s hard to play two lead instruments at once). The instrumentation remains largely homemade. Such imperfect, garage-born instruments bring with them a sound that is perfectly married to these dusty songs. The entire album was recorded and mixed in late 2007.
Instruments used on this recording are 4-string cigar box guitar, hambone/clapping, leg-tam, voodoo stompbox, shake-stick, mandolin, mandolesk, shruti box, and box snare.
All songs traditional, arranged by K. Withrow except ‘Hogtie The Devil’ written by K. Withrow. All vocals and instruments by K. Withrow except additional vocals on ‘Hogtie The Devil’ by Chris Luker.
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