HARRIS,JP - SHAVING A DEAD MAN - CLEAR SMOKE Vinyl LP

Produced by Chance McCoy (Old Crow Medicine Show), Shaving A Dead Man embraces and exuberates in old-time Appalachian folk music. Featuring dark Appalachian fiddle & banjo, Americana gothic drones, and whimsically macabre artwork. The repertoire is heirloom, but newcomers to the old-time genre will hear a hypnotic snap & sway in the silvery plunk of JP's banjo, a spectral, bluesy emotion in McCoy's fiddle, & songs with lyrics that conjure something mythical, mysterious, and sometimes murderous."This album offers an identifiable element to people who want to access old-time, not necessarily through Smithsonian field recordings. I'm not just some museum-quality reproduction piece. Planting this flag in the mud is saying that I'm still a fringe element, even if I am a traditional roots musician. It makes it identifiable to the next generation of little weird music kids like me." - JP Harris

Track List:

1.1 Say Darling Say
1.2 The Three Babes
1.3 Hog Eyed Man
1.4 The Boatman
1.5 Poor Robin
1.6 I Truly Understand
1.7 Pretty Saro
1.8 Roustabout
1.9 Sweet Talk
1.10 Hang Me

Label: Bloodshot Records