Glenn Jones-Vade Mecum

I was friends with John for about 25 years. I've produced and / or written liner notes for a bunch of his albums. Great man.

Yes, and hie created many new forms of music.

richardp69 said:

I just listened to Glenn's (aka Wiley Pickett) newest CD and it is truly a gem. I've always loved his playing style. It's soothing, relaxing and contemplative and helps put me into a good frame of mind. I had to Google Vade Mecum because, being the ignorant redneck I am, I had no idea what it meant. But, now I know.

This might be my favorite of the CD's of his which I now own. Some of that is likely the "newness" but I'm pretty sure that even after that wears off it will be one of my go-to CD's that I play nearly daily.

All the songs are good but # 5 "Each Crystal Pane Of Glass" and # 6 "A Handul Of Snow, really speak to me.

If you get a chance you should check it out. It won't disappoint.

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I have ordered it and am very much looking forward to listen to it once it hits Germany. I own a few of his CDs und all of them are great. But I so also like the that he keeps promoting the American Primitive Guitar ( a silly name, though) school of acoustic guitar playing. His compilation The thousand incarnations of the Rose is excellent and highly recommended. I am glad we have him here on the forum.

Greetings from Germany

From today's Bandcamp Daily, more Glenn Jones:

Love your playing, Glenn! Actually I was a Cul de Sac fan. I got turned on to your band by some friends in Chicago (Five Style, Tortoise, Lounge Ax folks) who were into experimental and instrumental music. I'm also friends with Scrawl who were label mates on Rough Trade (pre-Cul de Sac), and the drummer told me to check you guys out.

This was the time, of course, when indie meant a label, not a music genre. I loved the 80s and early 90s underground music scene. It was such a vibrant creative period, and it seemed like bands went in a thousand divergent musical directions.

I would imagine that Cul de Sac would be plopped into the genre of post rock now by the young hipsters. Regardless, I really dug it because it had diverse instrumentation, was really expressive and sonically rich and, well, just plain fun to listen to.

Wow -- never expected to encounter a Cul de Sac fan here. (There were less than a dozen of you in the whole world, so far as I can tell!)

Thanks JP!

I'm sure Glenn knows this, but as an FYI, there's plenty of Cul De Sac on YouTube!





This one rocks! Love the animation!





walrus

walrus said:

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I loved that first record - ECIM as well as the next two after those. :C)