Family Vineyard – FV59
These two nice Catholic boys, Loren Connors and Jim O'Rourke, met at the
crossroads each night during a 1997 European tour. By this time
O'Rourke already reissued Connors' seminal heartbreak album In
Pittsburgh on his Dexter's Cigar label and produced the guitarist's
big-band mash-up with Alan Licht, Hoffman Estates.
Together, they unravel slow motion ghost blues across three extended
pieces that evolve from Connors' martian style to the thundering,
feedback splattered lead grooves of O'Rourke. The spontaneous melodies
shift from devastating, country road intimacy to hypnotic overamped
rock. It's ferocious, epic, and utterly beautiful. This live CD is only
the second duo release by these musical partners. During the past
decade, O'Rourke has repeatedly returned to hours of recordings captured
across Europe to select these 47 minutes.
" ... a beautiful collaborative effort between two closely tied musical
experimentalists. Somehow these two, whose typical musical pursuits
often differ widely in nature, have managed to form a musical
relationship that allows each to expand their standard repertoire in a
creative and enriching way." -- Henry Smith, Brainwashed
"The last piece, 'Most Definitely Not Koln' starts with distant,
haunting, shimmering, chords. Power chords like sunspots exploding with
the occasional screaming, note-bending cries. The distortion is so thick
that it nearly blinds us if we get too close. There is a sigh of relief
when it finally calms down to a more peaceful conclusion. Notes
drifting delicately like a lost lullaby at the end of an apocalyptic
battle. Good vs. evil? Loud vs. soft? The dark vs. the light? You
decide. Me? I'm still weighing the odds."
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