Peter Lang: Thing At The Nurseey .. (CD)

Peter Lang

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Label:: Ace
Artikelnummer:: 3299438
UPC/EAN:: 0029667982023
Erscheinungstermin:: 27.11.2000

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Like his labelmates at Takoma, John Fahey and Leo Kottke, Peter Lang used the techniques and vocabulary of country blues guitarists to create his own compositions in a variety of alternate tunings. Though not as well known as Fahey and Kottke, Lang did make a name as a guitarist and composer of exceptional ability and originality. His bright sound, driving rhythm, and whimsical compositional sense were already well-defined by the time of his first record, which was made in 1972 when Lang was living in Southern California and working with “Takoma’s other offbeat eccentrics,” an experience he details in his personable, newly-written liner notes. Long considered one of the best fingerpicking records of its time, this reissue of The Thing at the Nursery Room Window features three additional bonus tracks by this master of the six- and 12-string guitar. (concordmusicgroup. com)

I recorded The Thing in the summer of 1972. It was produced by Kerry Fahey and John Isted, and recorded in the verdant gardens of Cecil Spiller, a movie soundman in Los Angeles. The "Audio-Sonic Research Installation" was a converted garage in the backyard. Cecil would put on reels of tape and start the recorder, and with pinking shears in hand, he would disappear into the gardens beyond the door.

This album is special to me for many reasons. In part, I suppose, because it was my first record, and therefore I had a whole life to write it. However, just as important was the magic of the times (and the timing) which brought me to the label. It is hard for me to look back without taking that into perspective.

That time encompasses the 60s and early 70s, a breakwater period in American popular music. The historic traditions of blues and jazz had reanimated in the rich musical trappings of the late 50s. By the mid-60s, the power of the black experience had infused itself into much of the music that dominated the era. Takoma Records was a child of the era. The same blues traditions so seminal in the formation of the music of Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and dozens of other artists and bands of that era were also present in the early music of Takoma's founder and first artist, John Fahey. But Fahey evolved, and that evolution created a broader form of expression that encompassed texture, dissonance, and space. Takoma facilitated change in the way people look at the traditions and trappings of acoustic music, and (more specifically) the guitar in America.

The album's songs were written during a period from 1966 to 1972. John Fahey's input expanded the horizons of this album. Though he felt I was ready to record, he suggested I open the music up, try to go with a little regimentation, and experiment with space and form. He also suggested that I try working in a longer format with some of the pieces - I believe those tracks represent some of the strongest material on the album. This reissue features three additional tracks V/The Connecticut Promissory Rag, Flames Along The Monongahela, and Going Down The China Road. I believe all three embody the spirit of the record.

By Peter Lang