WFMU session, Jersey City NJ, 10 October 1999, by Alec K Redfearn + The Eyesores

WFMU session, Jersey City NJ, 10 October 1999

by Alec K Redfearn + The Eyesores

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	1.	7 Governor, Rear 06:23
	2.	Nausea 04:12
	3.	Hotel 2 Tango 06:22
	4.	Defenseless 02:51
	5.	Blue 11:01
	6.	Hustle 05:36
	7.	Train 09:32
	8.	Bent At The Waist 07:46
	9.	Hatful Of Rain > Hateful Morning 08:31

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Recently unearthed from the cassette collection of Joel Thibodeau (Death Vessel/Sub Pop -- not to mention, drummer on this set) ... what we have here is some early raw Primal Eyesores. 23 years ago, wow. This was at the tail end of a tour that included stops at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago and Speak In Tongues in Cleveland where we opened for Godspeed You Black Emperor! I even bought a fancy tremolo pedal for it. I also vaguely recall a set we played at a country bar in Morgantown WV that I remember going to see reggae shows at in the 80s when it used to be the Nyabinghi Dance Hall. This is (roughly) the 2nd lineup of the band, and I use that term quite loosely. There have been at least 10 different iterations after I left. Every freak in Providence was an Eyesore at some point. AKR is still doing it, dig in: www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/redfearn.html

"My favorite songwriter was (and still is) accordionist Alec K. Redfearn" (John McCauley, Deer Tick)

“Woozy mangled folk music that wholeheartedly embraces heartbreak as a natural state of being… like an eastern European wedding band that learned to play from worn-out, smuggled-in Tom Waits tapes.” (Chicago Reader, 1999)

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released September 8, 2022

Alec K Redfearn - accordion, vocal, songwriter
Margie Wienk - string bass, vocal
Laura Gulley - violin
Corwin Butterworth - lap steel, mandolin
Jeffrey Alexander - acoustic guitar
Alec Thibodeau - electric guitar
Joel Thibodeau - drums

Stork - WFMU DJ host
Jerry Fabris - engineering and live mixing
Cover image is a scratchboard piece by William Schaff depicting the infamous Columbus Ohio gig where AKR dropped his pants on stage

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Jeffrey Alexander Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founding member of The Iditarod in 1996, Black Forest/Black Sea in 2003 and Dire Wolves in 2008. Joined JOMF in 2013. Started The Heavy Lidders in 2019. Former label owner of Magic Eye Singles and Secret Eye Records. Also toured with and featured on recordings by Kemialliset Ystävät, Avarus, Es, Fursaxa, Christina Carter, Gravenhurst, Jeffrey Alexander-Andrea Belfi-Stefano Pilia Trio. ... more

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