Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee , by Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee (CD on Fortuna Pop)
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Description: | CD on Fortuna Pop | |
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| Format: | CD | ||
| Label: | Fortuna Pop | ||
| Price: | £9.99 | ||
| Catalogue number: | FPOP79CD | ||
| Availability: | despatched in 2-5 working days (on average!!) |
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Hayman, Watkins, Trout & Lee: S/T (Fortuna Pop) Fourteen tracks of metropolitan (East London, UK) country/blues folk. Tales of falling asleep listening to Sly and The Family Stone, which is maybe what our man at the helm may do given the chance. There's also a song about amorous young ladies on the underground train network, songs of keeping lovers and losing lovers. When I first heard this I was quite dismissive, Phil compared the songwriting to Johnny Flynn, but no i'm not warming to it's quaint Englishness. What other songwriter would write about eating jam with a spoon, or being too lazy to use a napkin or side plate. Oh sorry, I've not even mentioned that the blend of guitars, banjos, bass and violin that bring to mind; down at heal barn dance stomps and country bumpkins with straw hanging out of their gobs. Cliched I know, but you get the picture I'm sure. I Think there's some covers or standards in amongst some of the groups' and Darren Hayman's compositions. I think I can leave all the comparisons to you dear reader/listener. If you like Mr Haymans' previous works on Static Caravan etc then you know the story... What the label says:For Fans Of: Hefner, The Wave Pictures, Alan Lomax, Leadbelly, Townes Van Zandt. 14 dynamite tracks of East London bluegrass featuring Darren Hayman of Hefner and Dave Tattersall of The Wave Pictures, including covers of songs by Townes Van Zandt and The Mountain Goats along with seven band originals. Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee are a country, bluegrass band from East London. They don’t sing in American accents and their songs feature tube trains, Bethnal Green, sick days, flat lemonade and unmade beds. HWT&L perform weary singalongs; fragile and flawed ballads that wipe a tear and force you to smile. Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner) formed the band with Dave Watkins, in 2005, as an antidote to their ‘career’ bands. The idea was that this would be a band with as little ego as possible, with everybody taking vocals, submitting material, leaving and arriving as they wished. The group is as much about playing around Darren’s kitchen table as it is playing on any stage. In fact the original idea was even to avoid the notion of doing records. However when Dave Tattersall (The Wave Pictures) joined in 2007 with a whole repertoire of blues and country songs, as well as his own fantastic ballads, it became obvious that they had something worth preserving. In the spirit of Big Pink, the Basement Tapes and the first McCartney album, it was decided to record the album in two days at Darren’s house, with a bunch of battered microphones, a fresh pot of tea, and some fruitcake. The resultant record features seven band originals (four written by Darren and two by Dave Tattersall) alongside covers of songs by Townes Van Zandt and The Mountain Goats and smattering of traditional numbers. Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee let you peer though the cracks of their kitchen, and hit nearly all the right notes in the process. |
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