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There Are Always Three Men
by Jordan
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Yusef Lateef is one of my dad's favourite recording artists and his "Russell and Elliot" (a weeping, plaintive blues) is one of the first songs I can remember hearing. From Lateef's excellent Live At Pep's recording comes "Sister Mamie," a jazz, blue and far-eastern. The drums are off to the side, pushing the song from left to right, not supporting it or pushing forward. The piano is an insistent low-down shake of the head. The bass slides. Lateef is on senai, a quadruple-reed woodwind. He wails and cries. His playing frames the other more traditional solos in the context of an anguish inexpressible by the twelve-tone blues. Play it for your babies. They will end up like me. *** Is it OK to write lyrics like these: ''Histories of ages past 'Tis then when the hurdy gurdy man Certainly not. However, colossal distorted electric guitars (and sitars, of course), constant drum fills and a twee voice affected with tremolo join his special brand of pre-prog fantasy lyrics to make "Hurdy Gurdy Man" a strange and beautiful classic of psychedelic folk/rock. For further listening consider Jim O'Rourke's perverse hurdy gurdy drone album, Happy Days. Posted by Jordan at October 20, 2004 8:48 PMComments
Oh man I love Donovan. I grew up listening to him. Posted by Zak at October 20, 2004 11:17 PMyou ever see the movie "l.i.e."? it's great. "hurdy gurdy man" is sort of the theme. Posted by george at October 21, 2004 9:44 AMThanks for Tortoise and Over Jordan. I really wonder what everyone else's mom or dad liked the best and how much influence that had. jim o'rourke has a hurdy gurdy album?!? where can i find it? Posted by Anonymous at October 21, 2004 7:16 PMsign me up for the hurdy gurdy too Posted by daniel at October 22, 2004 12:07 PMHey Jordo, very cool - ask AH where I think all this will end up!! Posted by DMC at October 22, 2004 7:05 PMno one even mentioned this is like the first led zeppelin recording, minus robert's plant. but plus bonham, paul jones, paige. and donovan. Posted by jesse at October 30, 2004 9:11 PMPost a comment |
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Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Montreal. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto, where he is editor in chief of The Mark. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by . 
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