Studio Hezekiah Jones is raphael cutrufello who writes the songs and plays piano, guitar, rhodes piano, harmonica, melodica, slide whistle, vocals, pots and pans, kazoo,xylophone, accordian. matt helm-guitar. dean gorfti-drums percussion. heather simpson-vocals, talks. b.j. mccaffery-guitar. steven ugo ciannavei-bass. greg spear-guitar, bass, vocals. clare callaghan-vocals. mike caroto-vocals, keyboard. nick gordon-guitar. chris grunwald-vocals, guitar, drums, bass, keyboard. Allison Polans-vocals. rebekah callaghan-violin. andrew keenan-pedal steel guitar, dobro, banjo, acoustic guitar, lap steel. noah koerner-bass. barbara gettes-vocals. sam jacobs-bass, vocals. drew english-vocals.michael baker-vocals, trombone, wood whistle. chris bathgate-vocals, percussion. matt jones-drums. joe bisirri-cellphone. jonathan low-cellphone. Live Hezekiah Jones is variations of the following people and instruments. anywhere from 1 to 8 or 10 or 12, and sometimes 3 or 2--raph cutrufello(hezekiah jones)-guitar, vocals, harmonica, piano. chris grunwald(dow jones)-vocals, shaker, melodica, guitar, bass. clare callaghan(sawyer jones)-vocals. harrison treegoob(aecH jones)-vocals. michael baker(kentucky joe jones)-vocals, harmonica, trombone. andrew keenan(tones jones)-pedal steel guitar, dobro, banjo, vocals. allison polans(sadie jones)-vocals, readings. matt helm(schulkyhill jones)-guitar. dean gorfti(jones jones)-drums. barbara gettes(barbo jones)-vocals. phil d'agostino(pepe jones)-bass, saw, banjo, mandolin, clarinet. anna christie sadler(jane jones)-vocals. chris bathgate(christian jones)-mandolin, vocals. adrien reju(rosetta jones)-vocals. andrew lipke(andrew jones)-vocals, guitar. ross bellenoit(drones jones)-lap steel guitar, drums. ej simpson(unknown jones)-mandolin. bevin caulfield(joni jones)-vocals. matt jones(grumble jones)-drums. zachary nichols(falcorps jones)-saw, trumpet. kyle swartzwelder(prozac jones)-vocals, guitar. daniel bowers(roy g biv jones)-vocals, mandolin. brad jacobson(mister jones)-lap steel guitar, banjo. chris kasper(3AM jones)-guitar, vocals. tom hamilton(baby jones)-guitar. carl cheeseman(ice cream sink jones)-guitar. lisa schaffer(snappy jones)-photog machine. matt milla(militia jones)-pedal steel guitar. annie palmer(orphan jones)-vocals. michael andrew gall(desmond jones)-uke. bethany brooks(prudence jones)-piano, mandolin, vocals. jack byers(go-go jones)-guitar, vocals. brad hinton(pocono jones)-guitar, dobro, vocals. kiley ryan(kiwi jones)-violin, vocals. gary lebiedzinski(skippy jones)-drums.bob beach(seashore jones)-harmonica, flute, general awesomness. adam flicker(flicker jones)-trumpet. chuck treece(jesse jone)-drums. david w. jones(gravy jones)-banjo.
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Influences
Song Writers like Will Oldham(Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Bonnie Prince Billy), Syd Barret(Pink Floyd), Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Low, The Dirty Three, Nick Drake, Dan Bern, Leonard Cohen, M. Ward, Joshua Park, Chris Kasper, Devin Greenwood, John Francis, Matt Milla, Matt Jones, Andrew Lipke,Pink Nasty, Evan Dando(Lemonheads), Broken at the Gates, Neil Young, Adam Torres, Birdie Busch, Ross Bellenoit,Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Gettes, Elliot Smith, Matt Helm, Dana Darko, Chris Kasper, Michael Baker, Bob Dylan, Dan McGlorie, Allison Polans, Smog(Bill Callahan), Adrien Reju, Belle and Sebastian, T.C. Cole(Hunter's Cannon), Elephant Micah, The Spinning Leaves, Neutral Milk Hotel, Calexico, Chris Bathgate, Johnny Cash, Griz, John Lennon, Nahneen Kula, Michael McShane(Cowmuddy), Jeff Tweedy(Wilco), Bright Eyes. Poets like T.S. Elliot, Robert Frost, H.D., Walt Whitman, and Dylan Thomas. Saints and anti-saints like Muktananda, Milarepa, Padmasambhava, Hezekiah, Joan of Arc, Krishnamurti and Chogyam Trungpa. Writers like Milan Kundera, Tom Robbins, William S. Burroughs, George Bernard Shaw, and C.S. Lewis. Scientists and Inventors like Issac Newton, Albert Einstein, and good old Ben Franklin. Friends like John 'The Moose' Homko, Ryan McGlaughlin, Heather Simpson, Andrew Leveque, Maureen(Mo Mo) Donnelly, Mike Caroto, B.J. McCaffrey, Griz, Josh Giddleman, Mittens-hooks Jack, Charlene Gibbs, Beth Yunone, Jimmy Mac, and of course Red Robin H.
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Sounds Like
Made for Folks...sounds like dry leaves, cold coffee, a wet rug. smells like the color blue...
Hezekiah Jones is a collection of Philadelphia-area artists orbiting around the songwriting talents of one Raphael Cutrufello. They have released one full-length album, Hezekiah Says You’re A-Ok, and an EP, Come to Our Pool Party, both on Yer Bird Records. Also a split 7 inch, The Asheville Squints, released on Quite Scientific.
The Chris Bathgate/Hezekiah Jones split 7 Inch(The Asheville Squints) is now here! All Done. Chris Bathgate's Own Design, and Hezekiah Jones' I've got a little room.Engineered by Jim Roll at his wonderful studio in Ann Arbor, MI. It became available on Sept. 30th through Quite Scientific Hezekiah Jones released an EP(Come To Our Pool Party)
Hezekiah Jones' song, Mississippi Sea, is also featured on the compilation Folk Music For The End Of The World with Paleo, Hayden, Chris Bathgate, O'Death, Oweihops, Sarah White, The Hotel Ghost, Matthew Ryan and many many more:
Hezekiah Jones' debut album, Hezekiah says you're A-OK, which has been released on Yer Bird Records. You can get it here.
The music of Hezekiah Jones evokes a certain longing in the heart; a longing for times gone and for the possibility of optimism in these uncertain times ahead, all while offering the listener a warm refuge in the confines of the present. Think of having coffee with both Leonard Cohen and Will Oldham, the resulting conversation would be the poetry contained within Raphael Cutrufello's sometimes stark and often hopeful lyrics while the music gently wraps you in its soft, serene blanket...
- The Musicologist
And Here's some nice things written about Raph from an article about StillWillis "...Then there's Raph Cutrufello, the prototypical intellectual bohemian, a renaissance man if you will. If you have ever heard someone described as "When they made him, they broke the mold." Raph is as unique and inventive as a modern-day Ben Franklin. With his incisive and biting wit, thrift store attire and the last person on earth who still uses a typewriter, he toils in obscurity as one of the world's great-undiscovered writers. Growing up in Havertown and currently residing in the Fishtown-Northern Liberties section of Philly, Raph is the quintessential poet's poet. Soft-spoken, charming, hilarious. Three words that describe Raph. How he writes lyrics is how I imagine Quentin Tarantino writing a screenplay: "I pre-write on the typewriter and it's a hodge-podge of poetry from a bunch of un-related ideas that I somehow pull together." Being a left-hander, he plays a guitar upside-down better than most people play right side up..." Jimmy Mac, Compendium Music Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 1
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"....While Hezekiah Jones isn't breaking any new ground with their sound, it's a case of the sum being greater than the parts. Cutrufello's lyrics are sometimes recited with a wink, but he can effortlessly shift gears from wryly whimsical to downright melancholic. Captain Obvious
"...The show started with a sound guy tuning up and getting the levels right. And then he was asking some other guy to come on stage and then they started singing a song I knew and all of a sudden, they were Hezekiah Jones. And they were fantastic. The harmonies were so unobtrusive, but so present--so tangible. Their songs are the gifts wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine given to you by someone who really knows you. Highlights were "Circumstance," "Agnes of the World" and "Hildebrand". "Hildebrand" has two speeds: loping and chipper. The change between the two--downbeat to upbeat--makes for such a pleasant moment that no one in the room could hide their joy....." Brad Hoffman, Cafe Eclectica Music
some Hezekiah Says You're A-OK reviews
...It’s full of the kind of songs that scintillate along the glistening strands of forlorn love or something like it. Like Will Oldham, who Cutrufello cites as a major influence, the best songs are a little elusive, offering tiny bubbling epiphanies and a bittersweet afterglow. - Tara Murtha, Play Philly
...brings to mind artists like Sam Beam, Paul Simon, and Will Oldham. These aren't just songs. They are musical settings and emotions. It's not too often an acoustic album can grab your attention on one listen, and this does just that. - Herohill
....La voce profonda di Raphael scivola morbida e suadente sul crescendo della chitarra, e sembra quasi voler prendere per mano il bambino che è in ciascuno di noi, per accompagnarlo nella nera notte stellata, tra il frinire dei grilli e l’erba imperlata di rugiada. Alessandra Reale, Le Recensioni di Onda Rock
...a real testament to the beauty of subtlety. Featuring little more than strummed acoustic guitar and vocals throughout (augmented only momentarily by improvised percussion and piano) it’s hardly complex stuff – brilliantly understated, gentle and observant, and thankfully uncluttered by self-consciousness and misplaced optimism. - Music-News.com
....Hezekiah Jones is the recording name chosen by one Raphael Cutrufello, and Says You're A-OK is the collected works from various recording sessions throughout Philadelphia. While that may read like a sparse, lonesome affair - Hezekiah Says You're A-OK is lavishly decorated with many additional players and instruments including kazoo, slide whistle [see: "Writing Letters In The Morning"], percussion and the help on some foreign vocals ["Just Because It's Quiet.."]. "Hildebrand" reveals one of Hezekiah's strongest skills in their/his ability to begin a song at an upbeat tempo and mid-way shift into a lower gear - a bit like that lil' bastard choo-choo that didn't think he could climb the hill [but could and did, of course]. It is with the lyrical wealth that Cutrufello presents here - both in tone and tale - that gives Says You're A-OK its 'instant keeper' appeal. A truly magnificent, magical and harmonious album this Hezekiah Jones has sent for us - the battered and needy. This album could make watching air escape ever-so slowly from a faulty tire seem like the most beautiful event imaginable - crazy beautiful it is. -Kaleb, SCTAS
i am sorry to announce the Blue Star Summer Show tomorrow has been canceled due to too many unexpected and disappointing issues that can not be resolved. i still have the room. singer songwriters with an amp and a guitar are all welcome to come and play. consider it an open mic and you can make a donation to me for the room if you feel so inclined. doors open at 9:00. North Wales Social Club. there is no PA so you must make due and bring the necessary things to be heard over the 10 people that will probably be there. poets who wish to do spoken word and comedians are also welcome. let's make the best of the situation and at least play some hippie shit, have a few cocktails together (discounted by the way,) and laugh. it could be worse, we could all be complete no talent idiots living in ignorant bliss right? well, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Ha! sorry. trying to see the brighter side of things. at the worst we can dump lots of quarters into the juke-box and torture the locals with craptacular music and have a singalong to Holy Diver or something. namaste. XXXO
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i absolutely adore your new profile pic. 1,000 kudos to your photographer. let's start networking and figure this folk show out. i'd like to have you, spinning leaves, ian thomas, john francis, spirit and dust, john hagerty, and andrew lipke. hagerty i can handle, but you know everybody else better.
i really want to do this. i can pay for the room and we can make some sort of deal on the door with percentages and what not. also, i have vendor tables for everybody to sell their musical merch and other goods.
Didn't realize you were who you were when we played at the Fire. I recognized you, but the fact that you introduced yourself as "Raf" fooled me momentarily. Had a nice time despite the immense delay effects on my voice. Hope to catch you around again sometime
hopefully we'll make it up this summer. although we have yet to set up a philly show- any suggestions of places we could play? we're just aching to spread the smell of our shoes.
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