The Epiphany of Glenn Jones, by Cul de Sac & John Fahey

The Epiphany of Glenn Jones

by Cul de Sac & John Fahey

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	1.	Tuff 05:05
	2.	Gamelan Collage 10:10
	3.	The New Red Pony 05:51
	4.	Maggie Campbell Blues 03:16
	5.	Our Puppet Selves 08:20
	6.	Gamelan Guitar 05:27
	7.	Come On in My Kitchen 04:06
	8.	Magic Mountain 09:00
	9.	More Nothing 06:37
	10.	Nothing 15:49

about

Much has been written about this album. In my opinion this came at an important time to both Fahey, and the band Cul de Sac. Fahey was having a career resurgence thanks to Spin magazine and being name checked by artists such as Sonic Youth and Jim O'Rourke.

At the time of the recording, Glenn Jones had known Fahey for the better part of 20 years. Cul de Sac had just come off their strongest album to date the year before with China Gate. Where would they go next?

The answer is an album that sounded like nothing either artist had done before and much different than what was originally planned (read Glenn's recollections in the liner notes to the album).

Out of print now for decades, we're happy to present it again.

From AVclub.com (4/19/2002):

In his liner notes, Cul De Sac founder Glenn Jones describes what it was like to work with legendary guitarist John Fahey after years of worshipping him and his music. The epiphany to which the title of their album refers is that working together turned out to be a pain in the ass. But initial setbacks, particularly tensions among the players, didn't stop them, and The Epiphany Of Glenn Jones stands as monument to perseverance. As instrumental albums go,

Epiphany possesses an ambient sound second in sparseness only to Fahey's recent City Of Refuge. As with City, every note here conveys a boundless wealth of emotion, traversing desolation, remorse, exuberance, and more, without unpleasantly sudden jumps between tracks. Despite the prevalent sparseness, or perhaps because of it, no sound goes unnoticed or unappreciated. Fahey's somber acoustic guitar is augmented by electronic effects, muted cymbal crashes, electric guitars, and even, on one track, an assortment of dry beans being dropped into glass bowls of varying sizes.

The surprising thing about The Epiphany Of Glenn Jones is that it is the sound of artists giving up on planned material and succumbing to chance. Instead of coming off like a group of tunnelvision-afflicted artistic twerps jerking off on tape, Epiphany showcases artists who can successfully experiment in the studio. The album is a work of brilliance, and a credit to both the artists who made it and the label with the guts to back such a decidedly risky venture.

credits

released September 23, 1997

Produced and engineered by Jon Williams
John Fahey - all acoustic guitars, electric lap steel guitar, tapes
Robin Amos - electronics
Chris Fujiwara - bass
Glenn Jones - electric guitars, contraption, rice, lentils, beans, bowls
Jon Proudman - drums
Jon Williams - tapes

Tuff (Ace Canon)
Gamelan Collage (Fahey)
The New Red Pony (Fahey)
Maggie Campbell Blues (Tommy Johnson, PD; arr. by John Fahey)
Our Puppet Selves 9 (Jones/Cul de Sac)
Gamelan Guitar (Fahey)
Come On in My Kitchen (Robert Johnson, King of Spades Music, BMI; arr. by John Fahey)
Magic Mountain (Fahey)
More Nothing (Fahey/Jones)

John Fahey compositions: Tortoise Music, ASCAP
Cul de Sac compositions: Fourth Eye Music, BMI
Arrangements: Fahey / Cul de Sac, except as noted

Recorded at Normandy Studios, Warren, RI
November 1996

Normandy Assistant: Steve Grant, fred Bortolotti
Cover Art: (Frog Paintings): Laurie Hogin
Group Photo: Clay McLachlan
Nothing (Fahey)

Thanks: Dean Blackwood, Byron Coley, Ray Farrell, Peter Gordon, Kathy Harr, John Jacobson, Nora Smith and Ralph, Dick and Phil at Normandy Sound

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Cul de Sac Boston, Massachusetts

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Cul de Sac was a Boston band active from 1990-2009.

During their tenure, they released albums with John Fahey and Damo Suzuki, as well as genre defining albums, such as "ECIM", "China Gate", "Crashes to Light, Minutes to It's Fall" and "Death of the Sun." ... more

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