{"id":40613,"date":"2017-07-12T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T04:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=40613"},"modified":"2017-07-12T22:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T04:06:21","slug":"kell-kellum-releases-steel-guitar-rendition-of-wilcos-a-ghost-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/kell-kellum-releases-steel-guitar-rendition-of-wilcos-a-ghost-is-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Kell Kellum Releases Steel Guitar Rendition of Wilco\u2019s A Ghost Is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solo Sounds<\/strong> is a company that releases single-instrument renditions of recordings ranging from Beyonce<\/strong>\u2019s Lemonade<\/strong><\/em> to George Jones<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJimbo Mathus [has] done a couple of these things for a company out of Brooklyn that produced a couple of records for him,\u201d said Kellum<\/strong>. <\/span>
\nBased on Jimbo\u2019s referral, Solo Sounds sent Kellum a lengthy list of what music they were looking for.
\n<\/span>
\n\u201cSome of it is very specific like top hits of 1962 or a record in its entirety,\u201d said Kellum. \u201cIt was a really wide range . . . the record on the list that was the most [appealing to me] was the Wilco record. I bought it when it came out. It\u2019s a record that\u2019s been ingrained in me for a while. Wilco is a top five band for me and probably my favorite contemporary band.\u201d
\n<\/span>
\nWith the reference material chosen, Kellum had his work cut out for him in flipping A Ghost is Born<\/em> to steel guitar.
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/a>
\n\u201cI knew it was going to take a lot of homework and I wouldn\u2019t be able to play it exactly like the record,\u201d said Kellum. \u201cI started out with just listening to the record over and over, getting it real deep in there. Then listening with printed out lyrics and highlighting vocal phrases that I should hit the melody of to make it recognizable.\u201d
\n<\/span>
\nWith his notes ready he sat down to work out arrangements. Much of the album translated without much fuss, though a few did take some creative problem-solving.
\n<\/span>
\n\u201cSome of them are pretty rock and roll songs,\u201d said Kellum. \u201c\u2018I\u2019m a Wheel\u2019 is one song where I drastically change the arrangement to more of a swing kind of thing. Then \u2018Spiders (Kidsmoke)\u2019 is a drawn out, avant-garde, schizophrenic kind of guitar playing and that one gave me the most trouble.\u201d
\n<\/span>
\nKellum recalled that a few years prior Wilco had done a tour that featured an acoustic portion where they played \u201cSpiders (Kidsmoke).\u201d
\n<\/span>
\n\u201cThey did a version that was a little more laid back,\u201d said Kellum. \u201cI went back to listen and based my version more on that.\u201d
\n<\/span>
\nJimbo Mathus<\/strong> produced the album at Bruce Watson<\/strong>\u2019s Delta Sonic Sound<\/strong> studio in Memphis<\/strong>. The whole recording process took only an afternoon in April.
\n<\/span>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really chill music that you can have on in the background and forget it\u2019s there,\u201d said Kellum.
\n<\/span>
\nThe album is available at End of All Music<\/strong> or Young Valley<\/strong>, The<\/strong>\u00a0Great Dying<\/strong>, and Kell’s solo shows.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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