In a message dated 03/05/2006 00:35:49 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The real point of this missive is
to ask you for a recommendation as to which Jackie Leven album I should
buy...he sounds very interesting .
Well, all of them, obviously. Trouble is there's so many - a dozen or so
studio albums, the most recent "Elegy for Johnny Cash" is excellent; "Forbidden
Songs from the New West" is considered by some to be his best; "Shining
Brother Shining Sister" is one of my favourites. There was one released under
the pseudonym Sir Vincent Lone called "Songs for Lonely Americans" which
features half a dozen crackers (And a couple of duffers "from the vaults"
including one called Balamorey Death Chant which means nothing unless you know that
Balamorey is a childrens tv programme).
Then theres the Haunted Valley series of albums, mainly live recordings with
the odd studio track thrown in. These include Greek Notebook, an hour or so
of fragments of songs recorded round the campfire (in Greece), copies of which
have gone for £100+ on ebay, supposedly an insight into the songwritring
process but I don't know of anyone who has played the whole thing twice.
However Men in Prison, recorded in a prison in Sweden, is the business.
Jackie's studio records are sometimes criticised for being overproduced
(this generally is the case when JL is himself the producer). Live he generally
plays solo, acoustic. And at his best with nothing but guitar and voice he
is one of the most phenomenal performers around. Honest.
_www.jackieleven.com_ (http://www.jackieleven.com)
_www.myspace.com/thejackieleven_ (http://www.myspace.com/thejackieleven)
and there's a yahoo group which occasionally has postings about Jackie & his
music but more importantly - for American & Australian listeners - you can
find out all about English football scores, creme eggs and Macclesfield
crematorium
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