Jones, Glenn - Against Which the Sea Continually Beats
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SAAH046
In the last five years or so, there has been a surprising re-appraisal and resurgence of the Americana-style guitar music as invented by great 60s players like Robbie Basho, John Fahey and others. There is a large number of players out there now performing interesting, unique slants on this great sound. One of the players that I consider most responsible for this resurgence is Glenn Jones, who is also the guitarist with the pre-postrock band Cul De Sac. He has been talking about the influence of this type of guitar music on his work for quite some time, and in fact recorded a Cul De Sac album with John Fahey, when Fahey was not a very 'hip' figure. This album is an extremely fine work and I recommend it very highly to anyone interested in this sound.
"Since 1989, Glenn Jones has led Boston's "avant -garage" instrumental rock band Cul de Sac, whose musical adventures are documented on nine albums to date. A 30-plus-year devotee of the so-called "Takoma school," Jones has written extensively on the steel-string guitar's leading lights: John Fahey, with whom he was friends for nearly 25 years, and Robbie Basho, who befriended Jones during the five years before his untimely death in 1986. In 2001, Jones began playing acoustic guitar in earnest, which he hadn't touched in more than a decade. In 2004, Jones stepped out of the long shadow cast by Takoma's guitar visionaries and offered his own "new possibility" -- This Is the Wind That Blows It Out, an impeccable album of acoustic 6 & 12-string beauty, released to rave review. Since then, Jones has kept busy performing with many leading lights of the guitar soli movement, past and present, while penning new material for what is destined to be known as his crowning achievement. Against Which the Sea Continually Beats is an indisputable triumph of acoustic guitar composition, a reverential and innovative melding of sound and form. Against Which the Sea Continually Beats was recorded over four days during late September 2006 in beautiful West Tinsbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA. The peaceful, seafaring setting of the island community inspired the recording sessions, lending an air of tranquility that served to coax from Glenn Jones impeccable performances, most of which were captured in just one take. Graceful and subtle, resonating with confidence and at times sheer power, Against Which the Sea Continually Beats is a masterpiece of guitar soli by a truly singular talent."