Jake Xerxes Fussell

Produced by and featuring Willliam Tyler on guitar with Chris Scruggs (steel guitaf, bass. mandolin Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Marty Stuart). Brian Kotzur (drums: Silver Jews), and Hoot Hester (fiddle: Bill Monroe, Ray Charles). Jake Xexes Fussel's debut transmutes ten arcane folk and blues tunes into vibey cosmic laments and crooked riverine laments. As a teenager Fussell began playing with elder musicians in the Chattahoochee Valley including Piedmont blues legend Precious Bryant, Alabama bluesman George Daniel, Jimmie Tarlton as well as accompanying Etta James in North Carolina. Now collaborating with guitar virtuoso William Tyler, Fussell has made a conscious decision to depart cloistered trad scenes and sonics, for broader, more oblique horizons, imbuing these songs with equal parts vaporish, percolating atmosphere and academic rigour.LP - 150 gram vinyl with heavy duty reverse board jacket, plus download.