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Nic Jones
Game Set Match
(Topic, 2006)
Hatchet-direct performances by the lost voice of English folk. "Anyone for tennis?" asks MOJO messageboarder.
If you want pretty, pot-pourri folk, you're in the wrong place. A compilation of amateur recordings from his late-'70s gigs, this disc gives listeners a chance to hear Nic Jones live, something they've not been able to do otherwise since a 1982 car accident cut short his career. But while the back story is undeniably poignant, this record gleams with uplifting life, wit and energy. It's the rawboned sound of a strident English voice and guitar (sometimes not even the guitar), singing traditional songs with the coming-at-you directness of a hatchet. It's a record of stark beauty and often dazzling, ego-less playing, all serving performances that'll pin you to your seat 'til the story's told. The varying textures, from track to track, only add to the charm, like a DIY tape made for you by a friend. Not outright pretty, then, but definitely one to love.
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/07/2009
Further Listening
Richard Thompson – Henry the Human Fly (Fledg'ling, 1972)
Martin Carthy – Definitive Collection (Highpoint, 2003)
Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs (Topic, 1980)
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I don't have GSM (yet) but i do have Penguin Eggs - without doubt a genre transcending masterpiece - and In Search Of Nic Jones, a studio and live mix of beautiful pieces such as Randy Newman's Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father and Loudon Wainwright III's Swimming Song and Jones' own Ruins By The Shore. Jones is unflinchingly, reassuringly honest and, if truth is beauty, one of the most beautiful players, singers and writers England has produced. Truly this man is a paragon of craftsmanship, a national treasure and his recordings sublimely inspiring.
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