| Stone Jack Jones / Ancestor |
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| Album: | Ancestor | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Stone Jack Jones | Added: | Jul 2014 | |
| Label: | Western Vinyl | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-07-25 | Pull Date: | 2014-09-26 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 28 | Sep 21 | Sep 14 | Sep 7 | Aug 31 | Aug 24 | Aug 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 02, 2016: | Music Casserole Way Gone Wrong | 4. | Sep 13, 2014: | Music Casserole Way Gone Wrong | |
| 2. | Sep 25, 2014: | The Sunset Life Marvelous | 5. | Sep 13, 2014: | BravoMarco Variety Show Red Red Rose | |
| 3. | Sep 20, 2014: | BravoMarco Variety Show Red Red Rose | 6. | Sep 06, 2014: | BravoMarco Variety Show Red Red Rose |
| Album Review |
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| Mr. Tumnus Reviewed 2014-07-24 | ||
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Stone Jack Jones—Ancestor Beautiful, simple, talky male voice. Folksy, but with polished electronic tones. Neofolk, I guess? Conjures up images of a shimmering, magical, dreamlike world. A vision of the South that is melancholy but beautiful. Lots of longing after lost love; talk of whiskey, Jackson, the South. Lyrics clearly enunciated and sometimes haunting (see “Way Gone Wrong”). Excellent use of harmonica. Reminds me a bit of Mutual Benefit. Very strongly recommended. One of the best albums I’ve heard this year. Sidenote: Stone Jack Jones is a total badass. According to his bio, he has worked “as a carny, an escape artist, a ballet dancer, a professional lute player, and even owned a late night performance art club in Atlanta.” Recommended: 1, 7, 3, 2, 6, 5, and I could go on but will restrain myself 1) *** “O Child” (3:49): Very simple lyrics. Surprisingly catchy. Rich, warm sound, with high whistling tones overhead. Lovely. 2) ** “Jackson” (4:39): Slower, and with lovely female harmonies on top. Dreamlike. Nice use of strings at the end; long, soft exit. 3) ** “Black Coal” (4:52): Rhythmic, repetitive, charming guitar. Fantastic use of arrhythmic harmonica in the last minute. 4) “State I’m In” (4:28): FCC: SHIT. Really relaxed song. Voices gently murmuring in the background. Unfortunately one of the voices murmurs “shit.” Bonus points for the sax solo. 5) * “Joy” (3:27): Lighter, upbeat. Personifies “joy” as a young, beautiful girl walking down the street. “Joy’s a-coming.” 6) * “Red Red Rose” (4:25): Folksy, magical, entrancing. Very poetic lyrics. Last half of the song is instrumental. Quiet, slow end. 7) *** “Way Gone Wrong” (3:37): Talk of hell, electrocution, visions. Nicely jarring notes pop in halfway through. Another soft end. 8) “Anyone” (4:22): Very slow, instrumental start. Melancholy; themes of loneliness, isolation. Electronic bookends at beginning and end. 9) “Good Enough” (3:21): Also slow, heavy, but entrancing. Lovely disintegration in the last thirty seconds. 10) “Marvelous” (3:42): Very simple song, but nice, and lighter than the previous few. 11) “Petey’s Song” (2:42): Very simple, sincere lyrics. Still a lovely sonic background though. --Mr. Tumnus | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | O Child | 6. | Red Red Rose | |||
| 2. | Jackson | 7. | Way Gone Wrong | |||
| 3. | Black Coal | 8. | Anyone | |||
| 4. | State I'm In | 9. | Good Enough | |||
| 5. | Joy | 10. | Marvelous | |||
| 11. | Petey's Song | |||||