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Honest Strings: A Tribute To The Life And Work Of Jack Rose

Jack Rose LLC
JR-001 - 2010

Jack Rose was a masterful musician and even greater friend and supporter of the underground music community.  Honest Strings: A Tribute To The Life And Work Of Jack Rose is a massive and exceptional collection of heartfelt contributions from forty artists who were friends with Jack and/or inspired by his prodigious talents. Due to the running time in excess of six and a half hours, this collection is only available as a download. The downloaded file also features new original digital artwork from both Arik Roper and Alex Jako as well as a set of liner notes with thoughts about Jack Rose by many of the contributors including compilation curator Cory Rayborn (Three Lobed Recordings).

All proceeds from the sale of Honest Strings go directly to Jack Rose's estate.

This compilation features new material from the following artists (in alphabetical order):

Alvarius B.
Elisa Ambrogio
Bardo Pond
The Black Twig Pickers
Nathan Bowles
Stuart Leslie Braithwaite
Hans Chew
Coach Fingers
Byron Coley with Son of Earth
Luther Dickinson
Chris Forsyth
Danny Paul Grody
Steve Gunn
Heather Leigh
Hush Arbors
C Joynes
Kohoutek
Langtry
MV & EE
Joseph Mattson (reading from "Empty The Sun")
Jenks Miller
Bill Nace
No Neck Blues Band
Cian Nugent
Charlie Parr & Mike Gangloff
Pelt
Pigeons
Six Organs of Admittance
Spectre Folk
D. Charles Speer
Spiral Joy Band
Sunburned Hand Of The Man
lloyd Thayer
Rick Tomlinson
James Toth, Kerry Kennedy and Jason Meagher
Cath & Phil Tyler
Un
Scott Verrastro / Nathan Bowles
Zaika with Loren Connors
Zaika with Paul Flaherty

Tracklist

00:00:00

  • 1 D. Charles Speer - What's That?
  • 2 Six Organs Of Admittance – Drinking With Jack
  • 3 Charlie Parr & Mike Gangloff – This World Is Not My Home
  • 4 Chris Forsyth – (Now I’m A Pharmacist) Boogie
  • 5 Cian Nugent – Fresh As A Rose
  • 6 Nathan Bowles – Charlie’s Pontoon
  • 7 James Toth, Kerry Kennedy and Jason Meagher – The Time Machine
  • 8 Hans Chew - The Heart Is Deceitful
  • 9 Luther Dickinson – Blind Lemon And The Hook Man
  • 10 Danny Paul Grody – Candle
  • 11 Byron Coley with Son Of Earth – One For Jack
  • 12 C Joynes – Bellwether
  • 13 Hush Arbors- Seem'd Like
  • 14 Jenks Miller – Small Song For JR
  • 15 Pigeons – Wherever You Will
  • 16 Bill Nace – Can You Give Me An E (One For Jack)
  • 17 Steve Gunn – One For The Doctor
  • 18 Coach Fingers – For
  • 19 Alvarius B. – Nasty Plumage
  • 20 Stuart Leslie Braithwaite – Song For Jack
  • 21 Cath & Phil Tyler – Golden Ace / Courting Is A Pleasure
  • 22 MV & EE – Flow My Ray
  • 23 No Neck Blues Band – deczystd
  • 24 Elisa Ambrogio – Old Airs
  • 25 Langtry – One Bright Mile
  • 26 lloyd Thayer – Lily In The Sun
  • 27 Black Twig Pickers – Wild Horse Of Stony Point
  • 28 Spectre Folk – Meet Me At The Bald Spot at 6pm
  • 29 C Joynes – Broad Church Traveling
  • 30 Un – Can Of Beans
  • 31 Rick Tomlinson – Mahogany & Wine (Improvisation for Jack Rose)
  • 32 Heather Leigh – Spangles Are Purple And Green
  • 33 Bardo Pond - We Loved Him Madly
  • 34 Zaika and Loren Connors – New York City
  • 35 Nathan Bowles and Scott Verrastro – Dialogue Of The Bums
  • 36 Spiral Joy Band – Whiskey On The Grave
  • 37 Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Wedlock (Side 1)
  • 38 Kohoutek – The Slumbering Alligator
  • 39 Zaika and Paul Flaherty – New Haven
  • 40 Pelt – Louisville Susurration
  • 41 Joseph Mattson – a reading from the novel Empty The Sun