Jay Farrar

I can't even get this site to load up, much less download anything

Can anyone suggest why?

I'm older than most on this list I think, meaning I've had more time tobe influenced. Hard to cut it to 5 Beatles / Rubber Soul Buffalo Springfield / Last Time Around Bob Dylan / Blonde on Blonde Poco / Pickin up the Pieces Bruce Cockburn / Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws Neil Young / Neil Young Newer ...

I've never used this tuning, but I use a variant, which I have always thought I invented. Anyway, I didnt' borrow it, I found it on my own.

The article says "Sebastopol Tuning" is DADF#AD

My tuning is "DADF#BD" It's very pretty. Try it out!

Dang!

I went to the easytree site but it says "under construction"... did I miss out?

I'd love to have these tracks, but can't seem to find my way to them. is there anyone who can help out?

Bob Ryan...

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lincolnads@qwest.net

I grew up in Southern Illinois, living for a time in Belleville, and for a lot longer in nearby O'fallon. I made several trips to the Cahokia Mounds when I was a kid. In an interview Jay was talking about that song and about the mounds and mentioned that he used to go to the "Grandpa's" store nearby...

This is by far my favorite Jay Farrar work. I love many tracks from Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, but this is, in my opinion, Jay's most well conceieved and coherent... as well as consistently high quality... work ever. The songs are all very good, the arrangements are interesting. He makes use of dive...

Don't really listen to a lot of "Bands" This past year or two its been Son Volt Uncle Tupelo Jayhawks Plus solo folks: Lucinda Williams Gillian Welch Greg Brown Bob Dylan (of course, he's got a great Band...) Johnny Cash Emmylou Harris Bruce Cockburn Neil Young John Hiatt Mark Heard Early Favorite B...

I'm basically an acoustic player and love acoustic sound, so I'm never disapointed with Jay when he goes that direction. Plus, as a songwriter, I like to hear the words... and Jay's words are worth hearing. So I get frustrated when lyrics get swallowed up in Electric band sound. Still, I love the el...

You're really not mad at anyone, you're just mad at the world Vitamins Bear the glare of Cold War trash, put it on the table Staying the course, leaking workaday degradation With the ballot box open; the flowing information; the temperature warming and all the cloning nonchalance Greenwich Time Walk...

Not sure what songs are 12 string songs but "Greenwich Time" sounds like a 12 to me. Sounds like a 12 string lead on "Medicine Hat"... very Byrds-y when that lead comes in, though it doesn't last long.