Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Jackie-O Motherfucker - 2000 - Fig. 5


An experimental rock collective that started in 1994 in Portland, Oregon. This is their 5th album, and the first to be widely distributed. It is the only one of theirs I have heard and it one that I find myself returning to every couple of years. The album consists of improvisational, free-jazz renditions of Americana such as "Amazing Grace" and "Go Down, Old Hannah," a gospel hymn that Leadbelly recorded a version of. 

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