― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 24 September 2004 04:29 (nineteen years ago) link
should i go see this guy live tomorrow nite?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 24 April 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
He's been really, really good both times I've seen him. His solo stuff (judging on the two live shows I've seen, both of which were 3-4 years ago) is pure Fahey/Takoma worship in a very good way.
Is he with Pelt? Pelt are flat- out great, probably the best drone-y group I've seen.
― BigLurks, Thursday, 24 April 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes. I mean, why not? I saw him in a church in Chicago on a psych folk underground superstar bill (Espers, Heather Leigh Murray, Born Heller, Bridget St John, Fursaxa) and he was great! Have you liked solo acoustic performances in the past? If so, he shouldn't disappoint.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 24 April 2008 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
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yeah i mean i checked out his myspace and it seemed pretty cool, was just wondering if anyone had seen him before....seems good, totes fahey, bert jansch etc etc etc but good
i'd kill to see espers
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 24 April 2008 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
You should go, Matt. He rips shit up with the slide.
― ian, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Agreed. His slide playing is great to watch.
― krakow, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Picked up a couple of this guy's albums last night, Raag Manifestos and the one with the black cover, also on VHF. Both pretty good, playing a bit more straightforward than, say, Chasny or Blackshaw or other guys doing similar stuff -- more Fahey-esque, I'm aware he's often compared but if the shoe fits... anyway, so far I like him a lot.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i've been listening to him (and Pelt) a lot lately. def. more steeped in blues/appalachia than the guys you mentioned, yeah -- for once the Fahey comparison is fairly accurate.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Looking forward to an upcoming collab album with the Black Twig Pickers.I bought a Jack Rose record from Mike Gangloff when he was in my town doing music with Pelt and Spiral Joy Band. I think it was a Dr Ragtime thing, I'm forgetting the name right now. It's really good, collaboration record with a bunch of folks on it, instrumentals. Mike plays banjo on a lot of the tracks. I'll have to check on the name of the record at home.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
He is indeed Fahey-esque: so much so that he even does the spoof liner notes thing on a couple of albums, signed "Joe R Sack, blues scholar".
I like him a lot - I really ought to get some more of his stuff.
― Duke, Thursday, 7 May 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Details on that Jack Rose/Black Twig Pickers record. Guess it is out!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Members of Joy Band and Pelt join Jack Rose for the newest Jack/Twigs recordings - if you have enjoyed the collaborations on recent 7" and Dr. Ragtime records, then this is going to be a beautifulexperience!!! Shoudl be posted on Klang.org soon!!!!!
Raw and rocking collaboration between Jack Rose and the Black Twigs with some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed in the service of dropping right-hand bombs – his use of a thumbpick originates from his years of duets with Twig Mike Gangloff, struggling to make his guitar heard over Gangloff’s crashing banjo. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four players lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock. Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition – without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & family classics, with the group turning the stately “Kensington Blues” upbeat and an issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” first recorded by Pelt (w/Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double “Ayahuasca.”
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't have a link but apparently Jack Rose passed away due to a heart attack in his sleep.Fucking awful miserable thing to have happen. Too young.
― ian, Saturday, 5 December 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
oh shit, no way! how old was he?
― tylerw, Saturday, 5 December 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know exactly. Forties?
― ian, Saturday, 5 December 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i didn't think he could be much older than that ... RIP ...
― tylerw, Saturday, 5 December 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I really hope it's not true, where did you hear?
― krakow, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
FUUUUUCK that. What?!
― Trip Maker, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man, also hope this isn't true. :-(
― original bgm, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
No sign elsewhere yet, so I have hope.
― krakow, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I just saw jjt post something on facebook about it.
― ian, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yikes, RIP. glad I saw them/him.
― sleeve, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit
― crazy farting throwback jersey (gbx), Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
It's true. Cory from Threelobed just posted it to twitter.
― krakow, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Totally unexpected and terrible news.
― krakow, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Awful. RIP.
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
That sucks - I've met him a few times and he was a really great awesome guy, in addition to being a great musician. The last time I saw him, there was this drunk dude heckling him, but I'm not remembering the details of it right now.
― sarahel, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
This is fucking terrible news.
― Duke, Saturday, 5 December 2009 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry for the random update, but Three Lobed Recordings is extremelysad to pass along news that our dear friend Jack Rose passed away thismorning in Philadelphia at the age of 38. This news is still fresh tous and we're still trying to process it. Jack was a warm, caringperson and was always a pleasure to be around. His larger than lifespirit will truly, truly be missed even moreso than his inspiredmusical ability. Our deepest sorrow goes out to his wife.Rest in peace, Jack.Cory
Rest in peace, Jack.
Cory
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
38! fuck me.
― Duke, Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
That's fucking miserable. Going to jam some of those records tonight for sure.
― ian, Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
couldnt believe it when that email arrived
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
this sucks, just saying that again.
― sleeve, Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Lord, I just saw a retweet from 3 Lobed about this. Hard to get my head around. Dude was barely a month older than I was.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
geez, 38! i guess we're lucky to have gotten all the great music from him while he was here, but you can't help but think he had a lot left to give ...
― tylerw, Saturday, 5 December 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
now playing: Pelt "Ayahuasca"
I'm 5 years older than he was...
― sleeve, Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
just played "Dr. Ragtime" -- such great, open-hearted stuff ...
― tylerw, Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw him pestered by a heckler to play "Kensington Blues" over and over at an instore at the old location of The True Vine in Baltimore and eventually he played it, with great humor and force and compassion. A great musician and a life-force. As I understand it through the grapevine, the heckler was a troubled guy who died not too long ago of a drug overdose, and now Jack's dead too.
I can't believe he's dead at 38. Jeez, I'm 38.
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
:(
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:33 (fourteen years ago) link
this is fucking awful. great musician, great guy.
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/12/05/remembering-jack-rose/
― luol deng (am0n), Sunday, 6 December 2009 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Show at the house here in a couple hours.. I intend to be playing much Pelt/Rose in between setsThis is totally a bummer
― "I get through more mojitos.." (bear, bear, bear), Sunday, 6 December 2009 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
nice long jam w/ peter walker here ...http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Walker_with_Jack_Rose/and a radio session herehttp://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2008/11/jack-rose-vpro-dwars-session-2007.html
― tylerw, Sunday, 6 December 2009 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
NO WAY.
Just saw this... :-(
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 6 December 2009 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Opium music & knob creek at the Johnson estate this evening. RIP Jack. That was some awful oatmeal we ate, but you sure seemed to love it.
― ian, Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
;_;;;;________________________
― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Sunday, 6 December 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Friend just texted me this...i need to get drunk. fuuuuck
― sknybrg, Sunday, 6 December 2009 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
All Jack Rose/Pelt playlist, all night long. :-(
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 6 December 2009 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
jamming cathedral et chartres at top volume - fuck the neighbors...
― sknybrg, Sunday, 6 December 2009 04:59 (fourteen years ago) link
from over here: http://www.plasticcrimewave.com/projects/merchandise/
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I knew the Galactic Zoo Dossier guy did them, but had never seen them. Thanks for sharing, fun indeed. Maybe another thing to add to the Christmas list ....
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
played raag manifestos again the other day after listening to kevin drumm's sheer hellish miasma. hart crane's old boyfriends still sounds like staring into a black hole & i really miss that playing & the attitude behind it
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 December 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
I need to go on a Rose listening spree. He was quite an individual, can't believe I missed him when he played here.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 December 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Michael Yonkers looks like Marc Maron in that drawing.
― Evan, Thursday, 5 December 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
i saw him play on new year's eve in knoxville just under a year before he died. during his set, power went out, he played on. most of the crowd seemed to be more buzzed for local band for which rose was opening; a bit too much talking during his set for my taste, especially since he wasn't amplified for most of it. i was totally spellbound though and bought a bunch of stuff from him and chatted afterward. i had only discovered him in 2005 or somewhere around there. my partner had been a pelt fan for longer. his death came as a total shock to me; it was horrifying. he was only a few years older than me.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
i think i still have that nice&nasty comp on itunes. email me to remind me and i'll look it up when i get home.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
actually i think it was new year's day (night).
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
Almost five years now. Dammit.
Daniel Bachman covering Jack's "Levee"
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/11/05/the-lagniappe-sessions-daniel-bachman/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 November 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
i was just thinking it'd been five years. :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 6 November 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
A tribute concert for Jack to be held in Philadelphia on December 19:
http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/141219/
A NIGHT FOR JACK remembering Jack Rose featuring performances by Glenn JonesNathan BowlesDaniel BachmanChris ForsythMegajam Booze Band plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaikenand exclusive video of Jack performing
featuring performances by Glenn JonesNathan BowlesDaniel BachmanChris ForsythMegajam Booze Band
plus DJs Ian Nagoski and Michael Chaikenand exclusive video of Jack performing
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
megajam booze band!listened to raag manifestos a few nights ago and wow -- i obviously like/love a lot of stuff that has come in Rose's wake in the past few years, but the dude towers pretty high above 'em all.
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
Man I wish I could go to that. I imagine that is going to be a very heavy but musically super-rich evening.
Who is in the megajam booze band btw?
― grandavis, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
ha, i don't know -- i just assumed it was going to be a collab between all the guys playing.
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
I think they play periodically, see them on bills now and again. Maybe it is a Philly thing, i.e., a crew gets together to jam for momentous occasions? Sometimes Philly seems like the nexus of my musical universe, wish it was a little closer.
― grandavis, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
Cool! Totally going, thanks!
― liam fennell, Thursday, 4 December 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
R.I.P. Bill Kellum from VHF just shared this "early version" of Kensington Blues, apparently submitted in 2005 to the label but scrapped for what became the official album. Glad there is still new music from him to share:
http://www.vhfrecords.com/news/2014/12/3/jack-rose-kensington-blues-early-version
― grandavis, Friday, 5 December 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
Two originals of is my jack rose jam, that album rules
― marcos, Friday, 5 December 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
JACK ROSENEW SINGLE – ‘CHASING CARS’RELEASED ON 11TH DECEMBER 2015 Fourteen-year-old Kent-based, Jack Rose is set to release a brand new single on the 11th of December 2015. ‘Chasing Cars’ is the follow up to Jack’s debut single ‘Lost’ and is the young singer’s unique take on the classic Snow Patrol tune from 2006. Produced by Kevin Energy Thorpe from Big Jam Studios in Kent, the song will be accompanied by a stunning video by renowned film and music video director Mark J Blackman and produced by Inspiration Films (http://www.inspirationfilms.co.uk). The video will see Jack Rose star alongside TV and movie star Rosie Day and fellow actors Ceejay Sergeant, Michelle Archer and Graham Fletcher-Cook. Taking inspiration from Ed Sheeran, Nathan Grisdale, Chris Brown, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Sam Smith and Ty Dolla $ign, the multi-talented Jack Rose, although only fourteen, has already proven himself to be an accomplished singer-songwriter, rapper, actor and radio presenter, hosting the UK Top 30 Countdown Show on Hit Mix UK (www.hitmixuk.com) every Sunday between 7 and 9pm.
A rare talent, Jack’s last single ‘Lost’ picked up radio airplay within hours of being released and he gained between 500 and 1000 Twitter followers per day from all over the world.
Jack Rose is set to announce himself to a wider audience in the coming months and he is without doubt a name to watch in 2016 and beyond.
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Friday, 13 November 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
see that this thread is kept clean
― ogmor, Friday, 13 November 2015 14:48 (eight years ago) link
Lordy at the above. To the real Jack: peace, once more.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 December 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
^^^^^
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 5 December 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
good stuff to read (in conjunction with the reissues out today)
daily.bandcamp.com/2016/09/16/the-blooms-not-off-jack-rose-in-remembrance-and-retrospect/http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/09/13/spirit-in-the-house-jack-roses-enduring-legacy/ (i put this one together)http://adhoc.fm/post/conversation-bill-and-cory-bringing-jack-roses-cat/
these records still sound so good
― tylerw, Friday, 16 September 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
It's so great to see him get this attention once more.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 September 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
should i go see this guy live tomorrow nite?― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:57 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
where was this anyway? turf club?
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 September 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
been heavy into this lately & absolutely loving it, esp his ragtime/old timey stuff has gone from being my least to most favourite. some combination of playing/thumbpick/micing on kensington blues makes the bass on tracks like flirtin with the undertaker bludgeon the song to death a bit, but dr ragtime & his pals sounds awesome and is pure joy
really enjoyed the remembrances, the points about his craftsmanship & attention to sonic details are very otm, and the bachman stuff in particular is v sweet and chimes with my starry-eyed memories of meeting jack
also just want to bask in this magnificent sentence again:
His ragtime songs were so powerful and executed with such precision and might that even “hipsters” got it.
the stuff about him 'owning' everything he did rang true, and makes me think more about how confidently and fruitfully he followed fahey, thriving in his shadow, following him upriver deep into the mountains in such of the source. watching some of his performances on youtube it's incredible how much he looks & dresses like fahey, as if his quest had started transformed him physically, presumably starting at that mighty right hand. and yeah, it's great to hear sundogs again, was a truly awesome piece to hear
― ogmor, Thursday, 22 September 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
I could live inside of "Sundogs".
― grandavis, Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Seeing this thread has made me dig out Two Originals Of... God but Mountaintop Lamento is beautiful. Think I might put Effigy on next and go run around in the woods in a bear suit.
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Nine years.
Great story:
“Yeah I got Terry Reilly records, man - at home, where ya listen to that kind of stuff. I’m trying get people to buy beers here!” - Jack Rose to Jeff Zeigler when the latter made a request while the former was DJ’ing at JBs. Relayed to me yesterday while mixing with JZ. RIP.— Chris Forsyth (@TheChrisForsyth) December 5, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
A new tribute next month for the good man, for the tenth anniversary of his passing.
https://obsoleterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years-gone-a-tribute-to-jack-rose
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
Ten years gone.
Article at NPR.
https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/12/05/784805461/vikings-choice-the-house-that-jack-rose-built
And the tribute album, now out via Tompkins Square:
https://tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years-gone-a-tribute-to-jack-rose
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
And a good separate piece as well:
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/09/20/494234199/-a-real-little-taste-of-heaven-visionary-guitarist-jack-rose-in-11-songs
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
(That's from 2016 but understandably making the rounds today.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
Eleven years.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
Went on a listening trip tonight. Just the best. Spirits in the house.
― grandavis, Sunday, 6 December 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
Luck in the Valley now on Bandcamp.
https://jackrosetj.bandcamp.com/album/luck-in-the-valley
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 December 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
12 years gone.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 December 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
not in a mainstream sense but there's a whole zone of guitar playing now that doesn't exist without Rose, a giant
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 December 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
Absolutely true. If only he could have seen it.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 December 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
worth checking out: https://new.sound-o-mat.com/downloads.php
― tylerw, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
Very. I provided the liners via an old interview.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
nice!
― tylerw, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
where do you get those liners (not seeing them in my download ...)?
― tylerw, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Huh, odd! Drop 'em a line.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
14 years.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 20:07 (six months ago) link