The search for the ultimate lost classic album.
Or the search for the holy grail. The evelasting quest of the best album you’ve never heard before, has led us to the phenomenon of loner folk, real people music, the kings and queens of private press music. Artists using their hard earned money to make an album in small quantities, ending up selling close to nothing, before being «discovered» 40-50 years later as cult heroes.
Through the brilliant and tedious work of reissue labels such as Numero Group, Anthology, and contributions from Drag City etc., we have gotten to know and love many of these artists.
Lost and unsecure artists, always on the road to new adventures, preferably on their own. Such as the Jim Sullivan story. He made 3 albums, including 2 versions of his debut, before he disappeared without a trace in New Mexico.
Take a look at the Kenny Knight sleeve, the hobo-guru riding the rails towards full freedom. Or take a listen to Not Down This Low by Jeff Cowell. It’s dark and real stuff.
There’s an underdog story to most of these artists, and decades later they proved they were right all along. Not just lost, but lost classics.
This mix is for the loners, and to The Loner himself, Uncle Neil who turned 75 this week.
⁃ David
||| Angel Oak - I Saw Her Cry | F.J. McMahon - The Spirit of the Golden Juice | Philip Lewin - Am I Really All Alone Here? | Frank Adams - Ol'Sundown | Jimmy Carter & The Dallas County Green - A Night of Love | Art Lown - Deep Blue Sea | Kenny Knight - Carry Me Down | Gary Higgins - I Pick Notes From the Sky | Relatively Clean Rivers - Hello Sunshine | Jim Sullivan - Whistle Stop | Mistress Mary - Jekyll An' Hyde | Jeff Cowell - Not Down This Low | Dennis Stoner - Maybe Someday/Maybe Never |||
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Innlandet Hestejazz Society is a moniker that my good friend David Jønsson and me use when we are dj'ing around Oslo. Though to call it dj'ing might be an overstatement, we play records and have a good time. As crate diggers and heads we were drawn to the country-rock and the flying freak flags when we met behind the counter of a record store many years ago. Moonshine Blends are mixes of tunes we would have played in bars, but since we are confined to our own living rooms we are putting them up on the net for everyones pleasure. So tune in for some vibey west coast, hillbilly hobnobs, no-depression and blue collar country. Jerry Garcia, Johnny Paycheck and Jeff Tweedy hand in hand. Keep on truckin'!
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