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"There 's only one fozzle shnaz down the broken window frame
spilling dardembozzle up the morrow with nothing to see and nothing to
hear, just the long dark narrow spill of the hollow hell that is chimney road.
Steel guitars in the rain anchored to clouds driven mad with possibility
and the long night that was to, and is always yet to come.
Such is the magic of Kiki and the curse of the dreamer,
stuck half dead on a mountainside without the hope of dissillusioned lovers.
There's more than one way to skin a machine and the sun has shown me things
I cannot refute nor prove. When does it ever cease?? I used to travel down tourniquet hallways under February skies exploding in all directions like a flame gun with the force of gods colliding in love with blind abandon!!
Curbed by the fear of chains and the death of light I bowed to the rule and
began to rot in shame. Now I search for my legs with wet eyes, casting aside
all glue and broken dreams for a ravaging inferno screaming like a newborn
from the devil-less ocean and cascade all my dying fears into the burning city streets! "
The Ballad Of Lawless Soirez
Debut Album By Gill Landry
On Nettwerk Records
Take a pinch of the shuttered French Quarter, a dash of shack distilled brew, mix it with the alleyways of Les Halles, throw in equal measures of wrong side of the tracks bars and whisky driven night sweats. Fire it up with songs of loss, of dashed dreams, of devils in dresses and a twist of bitters. Shake it. Bottle it. And sell it out of an old battered cardboard suitcase. These are the ingredients of Gil Landry’s debut album. The songs veer from the rural to ruined streets, from the bottle to the graveyard, from a murder of ravens to hymns. These songs read like a book. A collection of stories, of narratives charting the restless wanderings of a itinerant musician. These are not songs about Main Street. These are way back. They are an alternative soundtrack to the American nightmare. Southern gothic meets Noir.
Years ago, Gill Landry began performing as a busker on the streets of New Orleans, a town that knows a thing or two about decadence. He took the name Frank Lemon and created the Kitchen Syncopators, inspired by the old country blues, jazz and songster music of the 20’s and 30’s he was hearing around New Orleans. More recently, he’s played banjo and steel guitar for the Old Crow Medicine Show, but the music he’s created for The Ballad Of Lawless Soirez has a steamy, almost sinister vibe all its own, a resonance at once timeless and timely, the lonely sound of solitary footsteps scuffing down a deserted midnight street. Landry’s gruff, weary vocals, sharp lyrics, indigo melodies and understated fretwork give every one of these sharply etched vignettes its own unique character.
The Ballad Of Lawless Soirez was recorded in Portland, Oregon with producer Nick Jaina, who brought in musicians from the local folk, indie, rock and classical music scene to add color and depth to Landry’s hallucinatory travelogues. The overall feel may be downbeat, but shards of dark sunshine strike the surface to set off exhilarating musical sparks. “Poor Boy” is a swampy folk blues, with twanging, feedback drenched electric guitars dancing arm-in-arm with a baleful whispering organ and primitive, mountain violin. Landry’s vocal has an understated power that makes the tune sound even more desolate. “Dixie” is a drinking song named for a famous New Orleans brew, a mournful dirge driven by minimal guitar, mandolin and violin. It doesn’t romanticize the feeling of the morning after. “I wrote this the day after Mardi Gras as a homage to the years I played music on Royal Street with my friends. Night time we’d find ourselves drinking Dixie outside some dive, standing in the puke, piss, horseshit and confetti that is the less glamorous side of the French Quarter, depending which side your looking at it from.” “The Ballad Of Lawless Soirez” bounces along to the blare of Mariachi horns and the preternatural sound of the musical saw. It’s a surreal excursion into the mind of an exhausted road warrior as tawdry and hopeful as a Saturday night in a border town. “Mexico” delivers an impressionistic, disjointed lyric with an asymmetrical rhythm, wailing clarinet and funereal guitar. “Coal Black Heaven” comes from Hell’s cocktail lounge, a ditty that celebrates the coming apocalypse with a thrilling jumble of confused images, the voice of one crying in the wilderness. A ghostly Fender Rhodes floats over a wash of twangy guitars and a mysterious viola while Landry prays for a salvation he doubts will come.
Every time I here your band live is like a shot of the old bittersweet down the gullet with all sorts of lightning and 200 mph freight trains barreling down the tracks. "The Ballad..." has taken me down more deserted highways and shady alleys than I care to name at this halfdrunken hour. My third grade students have heard your music. And approve. My buddies claim to have walked some Florida city streets with you and your woman after a show there. Claim. I cursed out of envy (but in love nonetheless). Godspeed. I look forward to hearing you play again. The last time was at merriweather when my compadre and I got liquored up and snuck into the back stage after the show was all said and done. We ran into Willie (but don't remember much of the exchange). The end.
Thanks for the add, Gill. You were the first person I ever heard play country blues publicly. I can't even begin to tell you how much you and the Syncopators have inspired me. All I can say is thank you. Great to see/hear you with Old Crow now. Hope you continue to receive the props you deserve.
I want to thank you for allowing me as Red Skelton to be a part of your myspace life.
Fall is here and the holidays are approaching. They can be stressful so I'm giving you a gift of laughter.
If by chance you are in Las Vegas or plan on visiting us this season, I would be honored to meet you.
I perform every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night 9pm inside the Royal Resort Hotel showroom located 99 Convention Center Drive (basically corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Convention Center Drive)
The name of the show is Larry G Jones ~Man of 1002 Voices Show.
I'm the opening act as Red Skelton. If you get the chance please stop by and say HI. If you want to see the show here is a discount code for you.
Well kick me in my lucky tooth,Just bought yer record and had me an earfull. Well alright Gill! Smooth as the whisky i stole from granny lastnight. Thanks fer bein' Gill,Yep.
Hey, I've got a radio show for a few weeks and will be playing Ballad of Lawless Soirez- so, please tune into the Paul Hughes Show (filling in for Gordon Hotchkiss) on Celtic Music Radio this Wednesday between 7pm – 9pm. As well a Scottish, Irish and American folk/roots music I’ll be chatting with Paddy Callaghan about being selected for the finals of the BBC Young Trad Musician of the Year and hear him playing the harp and box. Celtic Music Radio is available in and around Glasgow on 1530 AM (MW) and you can listen anywhere else in the world on the internet at www.celticmusicradio.net and click on “Listen Live” in the top right of the screen. Thanks for reading down this far.
Hey Gill I did'ent mean to freak you out at the show in LA we just wanted to give you a sweater from our favorite bar Joe Jost in Long Beach. We are huge fans of your music and that was the best show ever!!! Thanks Buddy!
Just popping in with a cup of tea to hear your tunes, and wondering if the MySpace streets are still open... Can almost feel the virtual tumbleweeds whipping by...
Oh hi Gill, I've found myself reading your cool words once again and it is great to see you will be playing with Rawlings and Steve Earl's boy. Christ...what a life. Enjoy the beautiful eyes and the tin cans.
The Ballad of Lawless Soirez is one of my all-time favorite records. I play it for friends whenever I can. Thanks for making such beautiful music & hope to see you live someday.
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