A collection of thought, sound & ideas. Since 2008.
Singing the words of Georgia-born poet, Byron Herbert Reece, Jacqueline Elsner recites: "But a step before them and a step behind are people possessed of a very small mind" during this chilling rendition of If Only Lovers, recorded acapella to the traditional tune of Fair & Tender Ladies.
The following list is an attempt to summarize the truly numerous records spun at GF HQ throughout the year. Each song is linked, in no particular order, & we highly suggest you visit, listen, & support if able. Â
Proceeds of Gypsy Farm's latest release, GF012 - Tape Feed, Vol 1, have secured over 1,146 meals through donations to Feeding America, a nonprofit organization networking with around 200 Food Banks throughout the United States.
Of the notable clips included, viewers may recognize several blasts from the past including the band's infamous practice trailer, where several early works were tracked, such as 2008's Talking To A Ghost.
Tracked in the summer of 2014, 'Ted Bundy' drifts in and around Helen Scott's signature tapestry of harmony, carried on a cloud of haze, & powered by the backing of organs.
Every now & again, between cigarette breaks, after the show, the recording machine will be left unattended and running. Sometimes, we end up with what, more often than not, becomes some sort of cherished artifact for the GF archive. Remembering one such time when the Shoal Creek Stranglers would pick & lick their way through Sinful Sunday Singings, a free show & supper combo hosted at various churches in the Georgia & South Carolina area. It was an occasion when associates would track their own performance, at times unbeknownst to them.
As we round out the first half of 2021, we see a new single release from the latest group signed to Gypsy Farm, known only as "Jockey Lot Boyz" (a reference to South Carolina's largest flea market of the same name). Though their press release failed to include any official member list or biography for that matter, our specialists have determined that at least four (4) different voices appear on the group's debut track "I Remember When".
These cherished recordings, captured by original bassist Rob Keller, document The Drovers in their youth and during an extremely creative time for the punk rock-turned-bluegrass band, hailing from Prater's Creek, SC.
If you're confused as to just who this group is, much less currently consists of, the forthcoming venture of musical noise may offer little assistance with any further clarification. From the opener "Foax", we submerse into some kind of universal airport terminal that creeps and crawls along, slightly behind schedule while the listener may drift in-and-out of cave-dance consciousness, accepting the charges of what ghoulish collect call that is "Northern Telecomm 1967" before stoking into some low-down, late night, toasty-trio rehearsal on "Sundown In Pumpkintown / Soul & Sea Foam".
The tune comes from their Vampire Hours album, released on vinyl by Gypsy Farm last fall and the "M.A.S.H. on acid" type atmosphere within this accompanying video is reminiscent of my long lost youth, attempting to fine-tune our television antenna that stretched up beyond the heavens.
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