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It marked the beginning of a relationship that would endure through thick and thin for the next forty years. Gracing classic albums like \u003ci\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStation to Station\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2013 comeback, \u003ci\u003eThe Next Day\u003c\/i\u003e, Slick played on the tour that followed Bowie’s smash hit \u003ci\u003eLet’s Dance\u003c\/i\u003e album and was at his side for the epic Glastonbury show in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it wasn’t just Bowie. The young guitarist was in John Lennon’s band at the time of the former Beatle’s tragic murder. Other collaborations read like a roll call of rock ‘n’ roll royalty including Mick Jagger, The Cure, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, Ian Hunter, David Coverdale and Eric Clapton. And in the ‘80s he became an MTV star in his own right with the success of Phantom, Rocker and Slick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough it all he lived the rock ‘n’ roll life to the hilt. 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Hurley had been workshopping the set at home for the past few years. Friends and collaborators came into town and contributed from afar. The songs are lifted by violin, organ, upright bass, banjo, percussion - but at the center, of course, is the enigmatic Snock, whose songs have grown only more unique and more 57 years after his debut album (First Songs - Folkways, 1964).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt could only be Snock. Heartbreaking, heartfelt, easy and carefree. The glorious opener “Are You Here For The Festival” – punctuated by a pair of violins – came to him while working in the garden. “Little Blue River” floats by on a cloud. The haunting “Jacob’s Ladder” sounds beamed in from another era. Or dimension. 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Great early versions of classic Hurley songs such as Automatic Slim and The Fatboys, Drivin' Wheel, Ghost Woman Blues, Watchin' The Show and The Portland Water that come off for the most part better than later releases of these songs. Hurley is backed up by ''The Fatboys'' - not the rotund hip hop crew from the film ''Disorderlies'' but rather a bunch of not so fat nice guys in Vermont who played mostly for the local dairy farmers (Later they were known as ''Sheriff Mocus and the Deranged Cowboys'').\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mississippi Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51643621802315,"sku":"R1422-6980","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/MichaelHurley-FatboySpring.jpg?v=1744729910"},{"product_id":"back-home-with-drifting-woods-dk","title":"Back Home With Drifting Woods","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe recordings Contained herein are contained here after many years on the shelf...\" So begin Michael Hurley's notes to these unbelievably great recordings from 1964, recorded by Fred Ramsey as part of the same sessions that resulted in Michael's First Songs LP on Folkways. 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Joined by bassist Robert Michener (from the Richmond scene Hurley’d been involved in) and percussionist Mickey Bones (legendary Boston drummer \u0026amp; bones player), Hurley hit a bunch of places and Germany and also KLUB K4 in Ljulljana Slovenia, where this set was recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sound is beautiful, the band plays with lazy perfection, and Hurley’s vocals are energetically melodic. He does some songs that were only released on the series of cassettes that immediately preceded Wolfways (“Horse’s Ass,” “The Beggar’s Terms”), stuff from Wolfways (“Letter in Neon,” “Portland Water,” “I Paint a Design”), classics like “O My Stars,” a few cover tunes. And More!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked up in a new Hurley art cover design (based on the Euro tour t-shirt), with great liner notes detailing the rigors of a German press junket from right before the tour-proper, this package is sure to please discerning Snockophiles of all stripes. It’s a fantastic spin. 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