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Demos

edith — Wed, 19 May 2004 20:20:46 +0000

Edith Frost: DEMOS
2004 Comfort Stand # csr027 lp
Internet-only, and FREE to download and share
Demo versions of previously released material plus a few surprises.
Tune in, download and enjoy!

Tracks:

01 Who
02 Cars and Parties
03 Temporary Loan
04 On Hold
05 One-Chord Complaint
06 Dreamers
07 Walk on the Fire
08 Pony Song
09 Wonder Wonder
10 I Get the Craziest Feeling* (Floyd Tillman)
11 Look What Thoughts Will Do* (Lefty Frizzell)

* With Ryan Hembrey, Jim Becker and Jim White

All songs written and (c) by Edith Frost / (p) Marfa Music (BMI) except where indicated

Artwork by Davina Pallone

I also have some extra blatherings I did for this, that I didn’t bother including on the Comfort Stand page, only because Rian Murphy’s intro seemed to say everything that was really necessary. But I don’t suppose it would hurt to put them here.

Tracks 1-9 were written and recorded at home in Brooklyn and Chicago between 1996 and 2000. I sang, played guitar (a blue Stratocaster and a red Washburn acoustic), and added a bit of keyboards here and there using a Farfisa, a Roland SH-101 and a cheap Casio. The sound effects on track 7 are from the Willard Grant Conspiracy album 3am Sunday @ Fortune Otto’s.

Studio versions of these songs can be found on my albums Calling Over Time (1997), Telescopic (1998) and Wonder Wonder (2001), plus the Drag City Supersession album Tramps, Traitors and Little Devils (2001). All are available through Drag City.

Tracks 10 and 11 don’t appear on any of my albums. I recorded them in various apartments in Chicago around 2002, with the help of Ryan Hembrey on bass and piano (he of the bands Manishevitz, Central Falls, Boxhead Ensemble and Pinetop Seven), plus Jim Becker of Califone on guitar, dobro and violin, and Jim White of the Dirty Three on drums.

Here’s a Pitchfork review

Schuba’s Tavern (Chicago, IL)

edith — Sat, 04 May 2002 02:00:29 +0000

Played at Schuba’s with Central Falls

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Sokol Underground (Omaha, NE)

edith — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 02:00:39 +0000

With: Central Falls, Mayday

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

(Mayday’s singer is Ted Stevens, formerly of Lullaby for the Working Class)

Bottom of the Hill (San Francisco, CA)

edith — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 02:00:27 +0000

Played at the Bottom of the Hill with The Court and Spark and Central Falls opening

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Photos by Debra A. Zeller. Check out more of her music photography at playinginfog.com.

Meanings of W.E.I.R.D.

edith — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:04:20 +0000

Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

You know my Incredibly Strange Music group on Audiogalaxy? I had to remove (expel) a member just now for the first time. And it’s a shame because he was one of the original members when I first started the group in December. Well, he was a pain in the ass then and he’s been a pain in the ass all along, despite repeated warnings and threats to eject him. His infractions were almost too numerous to mention: he would flood the message board with egocentric posts. He would insult me on the message board and insult anyone who also felt he was being a pain. Worst of all he kept sending crappy commercial music. Not 100% bad shit, maybe 66% was questionable and 33% was good. That’s why it sucks that it had to come to this, because I will miss the 33% good shit he posted. What an idiot.

Ryan Hembrey’s back from his month-long European tour with Manishevitz. Him and Adam Vida are coming over on Monday for a band meeting, to discuss how we’re going to work out the money arrangements and everything for the tour. Come to think of it I guess I should ask Jim if he wants to come too! Don’t want to exclude the only other Chicago bandmember.

The Hideout (Chicago, IL)

edith — Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:00:33 +0000

Played at the Hideout with Central Falls and Perio opening

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Detroit Contemporary (Detroit, MI)

edith — Sat, 29 Sep 2001 02:00:31 +0000

Played at Detroit Contemporary with The Americans opening

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)

edith — Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:00:27 +0000

Played at the Ottobar with the Anomoanon and the Translucents

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Mercury Lounge (New York, NY)

edith — Sun, 23 Sep 2001 02:00:16 +0000

Played at the Mercury Lounge with Patricia Vonne and The Moonlighters opening

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

Photo by my pal Jodi Shapiro, who would never get mad at me for stealing this picture! ;-)

Wrightsville Beach, NC

edith — Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:00:05 +0000

L-R: Jim Becker; me; Ryan Hembrey; Amy Domingues. Photo by Adam Vida.

Rudyard’s (Houston, TX)

edith — Sat, 15 Sep 2001 02:00:29 +0000

Played at Rudyard’s opening for the White Stripes and the Greenhornes

My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)

(Video by chasspeed. The songs are “Further” and “True”, both from my third album Wonder Wonder.)

Photo by Adam Vida. L-R: Edith Frost; Jim Becker; Amy Domingues; Ryan Hembrey.

Me and Chad Merritt of the band St. Mary’s. Photo by Ryan Hembrey.