Produced by and featuring Willliam Tyler on guitar, Jake Xexes Fussell's 2015 debut album transmutes ten arcane folk and blues tunes into vibey cosmic laments and crooked riverine laments. As a teenager Fussell began playing with elder musicians in the Chattahoochee Valley including Piedmont blues legend Precious Bryant, Alabama bluesman George Daniel and Jimmie Tarlton, as well as accompanying Etta James in North Carolina. Now collaborating with guitar virtuoso William Tyler, Fussell has made a conscious decision to depart cloistered trad scenes and sonics, for broader, more oblique horizons, imbuing these songs with equal parts vapourish, percolating atmosphere and academic rigour.
Track Listing:
1. All in Down and Out - Jake Xerxes Fussell (3.13)
2. Let Me Lose - Jake Xerxes Fussell (5.05)
3. Star Girl - Jake Xerxes Fussell (4.04)
4. Raggy Levy - Jake Xerxes Fussell (3.59)
5. Rabbit On a Log - Jake Xerxes Fussell (3.11)
6. Boat's Up the River - Jake Xerxes Fussell (4.04)
7. Man at the Mill - Jake Xerxes Fussell (3.1)
8. Push Boat - Jake Xerxes Fussell (5.47)
9. Georgia Buck - Jake Xerxes Fussell (2.06)
10. Pork and Beans - Jake Xerxes Fussell (4.02)
Year of Production:
2015
