Sunday, August 15, 2010

Lost Greenhornes album magically appears


Just when you thought you'd heard the last of Cincinnati garage rock rebels The Greenhornes, a copy of what appears to be an unissued album recorded during their mid-2000's peak has found it's way into the hands of Zach B. who posted it on his fine Random Old Records blog.  How do these things happen?
Assuming that the recording of undisclosed origins tagged as "Little Horse" sans tracklisting really is a lost Greenhornes album – the professionally recorded 12-song studio set certainly sounds like their work – then it's plausible that the recording could've been done after 2005's East Grand Blues (V2) EP and before the Greenhornes rhythm section of drummer Patrick Keeler and bassist Jack Lawrence were deputized by Jack White for various projects, notably Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose album and  the Raconteurs. Meanwhile Greenhornes guitar-playing singer/songwriter Craig Fox has been keeping busy in Cincinnati with Oxford Cotton, The Long Gones and Pearlene.
Of course, it's also possible that these tracks could be early versions of songs intended for The Greenhornes forthcoming Four Stars album set for release on Jack White's Third Man Records label in October. We'll likely find out soon enough as the reunited Greenhornes will be kicking off a short tour with a homecoming show at The Comet in Cincinnati on August 20 followed by gigs at Detroit's Magic Stick (Aug. 21), Nashville's The Basement (Sep. 1), New York's Mercury Lounge (Sep. 3) and Maxwell's in Hoboken (Sep. 4) as a warm-up for their Jim Jarmusch-approved appearance at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival at Kutsher's Country Club in  Monticello, New York on September 5. No word as yet about a Toronto show but The Greenhornes have always done well here so there will likely be announcement soon. You'll probably read about it here first. 

LINKS
Greenhornes site http://www.myspace.com/thegreenhornes
Random Old Records http://randomoldrecords.blogspot.com
All Tomorrow's Parties Festival http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpnewyork2010.php
Third Man Records http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/

No comments:

Post a Comment