{"id":21181,"date":"2015-01-26T14:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=21181"},"modified":"2015-10-27T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T20:19:35","slug":"jake-fussell-debut-album-january-27-by-david-swider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/jake-fussell-debut-album-january-27-by-david-swider\/","title":{"rendered":"“Jake Fussell Debut Album is out January 27” by David Swider"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jake-Fussell-st\"<\/a>The debut solo album from Jake Xerxes Fussell<\/strong> is out January 27<\/strong> via the excellent Paradise of Bachelors (Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger) label out of North Carolina. We received a promo CD in the mail the day before Christmas and it\u2019s been in constant rotation since. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lots of our customers are familiar with Jake and his music. Jake worked at The End of All Music<\/strong> for the first year we were open. He also held a longtime residency at Lamar Lounge<\/strong> as well as the leader of the Thacker Mountain Radio<\/em><\/strong> house band The Yalobushwackers<\/strong>. Folks around here know Jake. <\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard his songs. Hell, we miss him now that he\u2019s moved to North Carolina. But one thing everyone always hassled Jake about while he was in Oxford was why doesn\u2019t he make a record? Just make a record, Jake!<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Well he waited and he did it right. Jake\u2019s self-titled record is here. It\u2019s a record full of traditional songs as evidenced in the liner notes\u2019 detailed song histories. Jake knows his songs. He\u2019s a song collector. He\u2019s learned them throughout his growth as a musician and folklorist and very much made them his own. Jake just has a way of making a song his, much like Dylan<\/strong> does. I guess what I mean is when you hear Jake\u2019s renditions of these old songs they sound like they\u2019re his songs, like he wrote them. They\u2019re more than just cover songs. Jake\u2019s adding to the lineage of the song\u2019s life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"JakeFussell_GRAY\"<\/a>The production on the record\u2014by our buddy William Tyler<\/strong>\u2014matches Jake\u2019s song sensibilities perfectly and brings the songs out in a way that seems fresh and classic at the same time. Tyler\u2019s production and guitar playing give the songs a haunting ambience\u2014sometimes a soft background drone\u2014but still find the groove at times and back off when Jake\u2019s guitar and voice are all that\u2019s needed. The backing band here is top-notch Nashville A-list. These guys have played on some of the best records to come out of Nashville (Bonnie Prince Billy, Marty Stuart, Silver Jews, Bill Monroe) and they find the pocket perfectly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jake grew up in South Georgia and Alabama and this record is very much influenced by those places. The cover art is from the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia, and features a beautiful painting of a stream surrounded by pines by the artist Francis De LaPorte<\/strong>\u2014the inner sleeve features a circus photograph by Jake\u2019s father, folklorist Fred Fussell<\/strong>. Several of the songs were originally performed by the Georgia Sea Island Singers<\/strong> (check out their record on Mississippi Records or the new Bessie Jones release on Tompkins Square) and blues guitarist Precious Bryant,<\/strong> among many others. Jake owes a lot to his Georgia upbringing. His style is very much of the area and is steeped in the folklore and songs that originated there. But Jake isn\u2019t tied down to that place. He\u2019s a traveler, a rambler. He\u2019s taken these songs, these stories, these influences and used them. He\u2019s become a damn fine musician and storyteller. We\u2019ll always be Jake\u2019s friend but we\u2019re also one of his number one fans and he\u2019s made the record we needed.\u00a0 \"The<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

This article was originally printed in The Local Voice<\/em> #221 (printed January 22, 2015.)<\/span>
\n To download a PDF of this issue, click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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