Fussell, Jake Xerxes / What In The Natural World
| Album: | What In The Natural World | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Fussell, Jake Xerxes | Added: | Aug 2017 | |
| Label: | Paradise Of Bachelors | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-09-08 | Pull Date: | 2017-11-10 |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 29 | Oct 22 | Oct 15 | Oct 8 | Sep 24 | Sep 17 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 21, 2023: | LIVE! Music Genealogy
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4. | Aug 06, 2022: | Hanging In The Bone Yard
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| 2. | Feb 22, 2023: | Hanging In The Boneyard
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5. | Jul 29, 2022: | Music Genealogy
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| 3. | Jan 20, 2023: | Hanging In The Boneyard
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6. | Jul 01, 2022: | Traditions
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Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2017-08-31
Reviewed 2017-08-31
TRADITIONAL FOLK / SOUTHERN BLUES
From Durham, NC, Jake Xerxes Fussell sings lead and plays acoustic and electric guitar.
His 2015 self-titled debut had original compositions, but this sophomore effect is all old traditional tunes and covers (see notes on back cover). Accompaniment includes banjo, keys, bass, drums, and occasional steel guitar.
RIYL: Taj Mahal; Dave Van Ronk
No FCC issues
1 ** Mid-tempo. Happy Duke Ellington song. Resonator & acoustic guitars. Sweet. (4:15)
2 ** Mid-tempo. High & lonesome. Resonator, elec guitar, bass, drums. Wonderful! (6:10)
3 Mid-slow. Work ballad. Story telling lyric. Acoustic & steel guitars, bass. (4:18)
4 Mid-slow. Reinterpretation of several old folk songs. Acoustic & steel guitars. (4:40)
5 Mid-tempo. Jazzy, sped-up version of folksong done by Pete Seeger, Byrds, Judy Collins, others. Rough voice; electric guitar, drums, bass. (4:02)
6 ** Mid-tempo. Mix of old folksongs. Gorgeous electric resonator & melodica. (4:45)
7 Slow. Story-telling Western ballad. RIYL Marty Robbins. Electric & steel guitars. (4:34)
8 * Lively waltz tempo. Joyous sea shanty about a phantom island. (3:53)
9 Very slow. Mournful Irish style ballad. Acoustic guitars. (6:44)
From Durham, NC, Jake Xerxes Fussell sings lead and plays acoustic and electric guitar.
His 2015 self-titled debut had original compositions, but this sophomore effect is all old traditional tunes and covers (see notes on back cover). Accompaniment includes banjo, keys, bass, drums, and occasional steel guitar.
RIYL: Taj Mahal; Dave Van Ronk
No FCC issues
1 ** Mid-tempo. Happy Duke Ellington song. Resonator & acoustic guitars. Sweet. (4:15)
2 ** Mid-tempo. High & lonesome. Resonator, elec guitar, bass, drums. Wonderful! (6:10)
3 Mid-slow. Work ballad. Story telling lyric. Acoustic & steel guitars, bass. (4:18)
4 Mid-slow. Reinterpretation of several old folk songs. Acoustic & steel guitars. (4:40)
5 Mid-tempo. Jazzy, sped-up version of folksong done by Pete Seeger, Byrds, Judy Collins, others. Rough voice; electric guitar, drums, bass. (4:02)
6 ** Mid-tempo. Mix of old folksongs. Gorgeous electric resonator & melodica. (4:45)
7 Slow. Story-telling Western ballad. RIYL Marty Robbins. Electric & steel guitars. (4:34)
8 * Lively waltz tempo. Joyous sea shanty about a phantom island. (3:53)
9 Very slow. Mournful Irish style ballad. Acoustic guitars. (6:44)
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