jad and david fair Shake, Cackle And Squall

release date : August 5, 2016 catalog # : JNR203 LP UPC: 714270690099 available formats : LP / CD genre : Indie, , alternative box lot quantity : 10 LP / 25 CD packaging : jacket / wallet

CD UPC: 714270690082 vinyl non-returnable.

track listing : overview :

1. In-between Alive And Dead 1:39 In 1974 Jad and David Fair teamed up to form a band called Half Japanese. 2. Just Like Muddy Waters 2:03 The route was simple, at first. If one pounded on drums the other could 3. Liars' Club 1:39 squeeze sounds from an electric guitar. There were no other band members 4. Misery Vs. The Blues 3:00 to stay in tune with, so there was no particular reason for them to worry 5. Popeye Is A Sailor 1:18 about tuning the guitar in a traditional manner or learning traditional 6. Shake (This Damn Place Up) 3:53 chords. They were free from the start to express their music in their own 7. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer 1:57 way. They traded off the guitar and drumming rolls. Whichever one sang the words also played the guitar and the other one drummed. For a couple of 8. Hex Attached 1:12 years they wrote, recorded and performed this way, without the convention 9. Knocked Out Cold 0:59 of more members. When they did decide to expand they went big. They 10. Every Note I Pick Is Probably Wrong 2:59 first thought of recruiting an outside drummer, so that both could play 11. There's Nothing Like Everything You Ever Said Before 0:49 guitars at the same time. 12. Belly Of The Beast 2:05 13. Brag About My Band 2:44 In 2014 Jad and David stripped things back to the roots. They went back to 14. Businessmen In Memphis 1:58 recording as a duo. One sang and played guitar, the other one drummed. 40 15. Colossus Femella 1:57 years had passed, but they slipped right back into the original roles and 16. Ed Wood Would 2:22 churned out a number of breath-stealing songs. 40 years later; 40 years 17. House Of Bricks 1:39 better. One pick, two sticks and heart-warming vocals... 18. If I Could Write Like Harper Lee 1:34 That’s all they needed; two brothers, still rockin’ the same damn deal!

JAD AND DAVID FAIR of HALF JAPANESE

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