A great recovery from Drag City Records earns the title of #zot2017 record of the day.
Chris Gantry - At The House Of Cash (Drag City, November 17, 2017)
Chris Gantry was a wild young man. In the sixties, he set off from New York City to Nashville, his mind filled with Beat literature: Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Garcia Lorca, Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce, Guthrie, Dylan, Baez, Richie Havens; and loaded with "indoctrination" from the fifties: Elvis, Jerry Lee, Cash, Gene Vincent... He was the youngest of them all, but if you ask him if he considers himself an outsider, he will tell you he was more of a true "insider." Soon, he integrated into the scene and released a couple of albums in the sixties before going to prison for drug possession. Help came from the old Johnny Cash, who invited him to stay at his and June Carter's home ("The House Of Cash") to get back on his feet. Cash was like a spiritual guide for the young and lost Chris; he had already hosted him during a TV show years earlier, decided to produce his next record, and provided the space and musicians for the recording sessions (in which he would never impose his presence but took on a paternal role, instead trying to support him in his creative process). The result is an album that sees the light of day only now in 2017 thanks to Drag City. The album is a visionary work of folk and country music, featuring inspirations from John Lennon’s writing and reminiscences of Bill Fay ("See Ya Around," "Clair, Oh, Clair," "Different," "Saddest Song Ever Sung") and Donovan ("Oobabalap," "Flower Of The Mountain"), as well as references to Beat literature in the recitals "Tear" and "Hatred For Jenny." Kris Kristofferson says that Chris Gantry ("Gypsy Dreamers In The Ally") is the best writer he has ever read. What can we say? If all this information isn't enough to stir your interest, then maybe you're already dead and you don't know it.
Chris Gantry
#chrisgantry #nashville #johnnycash
Chris Gantry - At The House Of Cash (Drag City, November 17, 2017)
Chris Gantry was a wild young man. In the sixties, he set off from New York City to Nashville, his mind filled with Beat literature: Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Garcia Lorca, Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce, Guthrie, Dylan, Baez, Richie Havens; and loaded with "indoctrination" from the fifties: Elvis, Jerry Lee, Cash, Gene Vincent... He was the youngest of them all, but if you ask him if he considers himself an outsider, he will tell you he was more of a true "insider." Soon, he integrated into the scene and released a couple of albums in the sixties before going to prison for drug possession. Help came from the old Johnny Cash, who invited him to stay at his and June Carter's home ("The House Of Cash") to get back on his feet. Cash was like a spiritual guide for the young and lost Chris; he had already hosted him during a TV show years earlier, decided to produce his next record, and provided the space and musicians for the recording sessions (in which he would never impose his presence but took on a paternal role, instead trying to support him in his creative process). The result is an album that sees the light of day only now in 2017 thanks to Drag City. The album is a visionary work of folk and country music, featuring inspirations from John Lennon’s writing and reminiscences of Bill Fay ("See Ya Around," "Clair, Oh, Clair," "Different," "Saddest Song Ever Sung") and Donovan ("Oobabalap," "Flower Of The Mountain"), as well as references to Beat literature in the recitals "Tear" and "Hatred For Jenny." Kris Kristofferson says that Chris Gantry ("Gypsy Dreamers In The Ally") is the best writer he has ever read. What can we say? If all this information isn't enough to stir your interest, then maybe you're already dead and you don't know it.
Chris Gantry
#chrisgantry #nashville #johnnycash
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