Archive for the tag "michael krassner"

• Wil went to Phoenix to record w/ Krassner. I’m excited to hear new stuff from the Pillars… I’ll be there in spirit, maybe backups later on #

This is a cover of a song by that oldtimey cowgal duo, the Girls of the Golden West. I used to have a page about them on my old site Cowgal’s Home on the Web, circa ‘94 or ‘95… I’m afraid there still isn’t much info about them to be found online. My version was recorded with Michael Krassner at Truckstop Audio here in Chicago on 9/27/97.  I played my red guitar and did the organ part and all the vocals; Mike played guitar, and did a bass part using my SH-101 mini-synth.

The recording was done especially for a compilation called Japanese Rumba that was put out by Yakuza Magazine, which is no longer in print.  However, you may still be able to order a copy of the CD by contacting its publisher Dave McGurgan.

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Boxhead Ensemble: THE LAST PLACE TO GO
Recordings from the Dutch Harbor European Film Screening Tour
©1998 Atavistic #ALP96CD
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A followup to the Dutch Harbor soundtrack, with live performances by the Boxhead Ensemble (Mick Turner, Ken Vandermark, Jim White, Will Oldham et al).

You may or may not be able to hear a few breaths by me on the song "Choices Made".  The first 1000 copies of this CD came with a five-song bonus disc compilation, which included a live version of a song of mine called "Who".  The studio version of that song showed up a few years later on my third album Wonder Wonder.

With: Chris Ligon

My band: Michael Krassner (guitar); Ryan Hembrey (bass); Gerald Dowd (drums)

With: Boxhead Ensemble doing a live soundtrack to the film Dutch Harbor

My band: Michael Krassner (guitar); Julie Pomerleau (violin); Ryan Hembrey (bass); Jim White (drums)

Photo by Mathieu Drouet

Oh YAY… I’ve had a kinda shitty week but now it looks like a lot of my worries about the tour have solved themselves. Ryan Hembrey (the upright bassist from Pinetop Seven) is going to do the shows with me, and we’re going to use his car! I’m SO relieved. I was not featuring the idea of doing all that driving, playing the shows and trying to find places to stay, all by myself. (Nobody that I’d normally play with can do it this time; Mike Krassner can’t get off work, Joe Ferguson’s about to get married and Glenn Kotche’s out on tour with Bird Dog. And Mike Daly still lives in New York!) So, yeah, it’ll be great, just me and my guitar and Ryan with his upright… I can’t wait! I made a tape of my demos for him to listen to in the next few weeks, and we’ll get in as many rehearsals as we can.

Oh yeah, I took down my "what’s new" page… this here diary covers that terrain well enough.

Played at Lounge Ax with Smog and USA

My band: Mike Daly (guitar); Jim O’Rourke (guitar); Michael Krassner (keyboards); Joe Ferguson (bass); Glenn Kotche (drums)