Jay Farrar

unchartedthickets wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:48 am

Always liked the Del Reeves cover Looking At the World Through a Windshield

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=API6A9QcvVg

Always liked the Del Reeves cover Looking At the World Through a Windshield

You got headphones? Add Anders Parker Wolf Reckoning. That is all.

Gathering from the footage, Horton likes to shred, Jays voice and arm seem unencumbered, teh Son Volt is in full swing

Three vids posted on YouTube by somebody who attended:

Living in the USA: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pokYKnwfEa4

99%: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LmYUUY3Rm1M

Drown: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-77TER4XhW4

Antelope850 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:53 am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=diOURCUqS8I

Arkey Blue

That’s cool! Much appreciated

Dear Son Volt fans of the STL region and those willing to travel through the delta variant environment to witness the most insightful, poetic,and true to our times band these two plus decades has ever witnessed…please send updates of this fine evening. I last saw this band on the Union tour and was ...

Tokyo Fan wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:29 am

unchartedthickets wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:31 pm

I’m on the fence with Living in the USA.

“Dividers in the room riding platforms of fear
While rapid-fire hearts make way for tremolo tears”
Will the reference to ‘tremolo years’ nudge you off the fence?

Ha! Perhaps. I’m a sucker for Jay’s writing and musical references

The Levee on Down is my second fav right now. Cheezus that’s gorgious right before These Are the Times. Get sucked in.

Live treatment: Union, the song, was, in my opinion, much better live than the studio version. I’m sure there might be a few on here that’ll turn out that way, too. But, yeah, I can’t wait to hear Arkey Blue live (even though, in this case, I think it is stellar as is). I remember Reality Winner be...

There are a couple great runs for me starting with Reverie to Diamonds and Cigarettes then Someday is Now to Like You. I could do without War On Misery. I’m on the fence with Living in the USA. The production is so so solid and the songs are beautiful. I’m particularly liking Sweet Refrain. It’s jus...

Antelope850 wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:06 am

This is a great listen. Jay has definitely gotten more comfortable with interviews. Good stuff.

I really liked hearing about his family and especially how his daughter is filming a Son Volt video which should be up in a week. As a dad I dig this.

Learned the relationship between Horton and Farrar go’s way back. Horton played on Jay’s solo albums.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st ... o-melodier

Only a few days away! The excitement is uncontainable around here
My favorite tune so far is These Are the Times. Thinking about checking out
the new guitar player in Chesterfield. Friday is payday.

Henneman isn’t hanging up the gueetar:
July 31 - Diesel Island @ Das Bevo
Aug 15 - Kip & JJ Loui, Show Me State CD release party @ Off Broadway