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Fables In A Foreign Land

John Doe

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Format: CD

Cat No: FP18002

Release Date:  27 May 2022

Label:  Fat Possum

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  767981180021

Genres:  Folk  

Release Date:  27 May 2022

Label:  Fat Possum

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  767981180014

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    Punk rock pioneer with X, songwriter, poet, actor, solo artist, published author...folk musician. With Fables in a Foreign Land, the debut release from The John Doe Folk Trio, his tales are now set in the pre-Industrial Era. And though many of the 13 songs were written over the last three years, the sound was born in loose weekly backyard jams on Kevin Smith's (Willie Nelson and Family) patio. "I guess 'Fables in a Foreign Land' is my version of folk music. It started by being sick of musicians that play too much and having to orchestrate or arrange songs.

    'What if it was just less?' Everyone says less is more, but you have to figure out for yourself what that means. I didn't do a deep dive into folk music and concern myself with what was 'traditional,' it was just an outgrowth of trying to strip the songs down to the basics." Singles include contributions from outsider country polymath Terry Allen on "Never Coming Back," Los Lobos' Louie Perez on "El Romance-O," and fellow X bandmate Exene Cervenka and Shirley Manson (Garbage) on "Destroying Angels."

    Description

    Punk rock pioneer with X, songwriter, poet, actor, solo artist, published author...folk musician. With Fables in a Foreign Land, the debut release from The John Doe Folk Trio, his tales are now set in the pre-Industrial Era. And though many of the 13 songs were written over the last three years, the sound was born in loose weekly backyard jams on Kevin Smith's (Willie Nelson and Family) patio. "I guess 'Fables in a Foreign Land' is my version of folk music. It started by being sick of musicians that play too much and having to orchestrate or arrange songs.

    'What if it was just less?' Everyone says less is more, but you have to figure out for yourself what that means. I didn't do a deep dive into folk music and concern myself with what was 'traditional,' it was just an outgrowth of trying to strip the songs down to the basics." Singles include contributions from outsider country polymath Terry Allen on "Never Coming Back," Los Lobos' Louie Perez on "El Romance-O," and fellow X bandmate Exene Cervenka and Shirley Manson (Garbage) on "Destroying Angels."

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Never Coming Back
      • 2. Down South
      • 3. See The Almighty
      • 4. Guilty Bystander
      • 5. There's A Black Horse
      • 6. El Romance-O
      • 7. Missouri
      • 8. The Cowboy And The Hot Air Balloon
      • 9. After The Fall
      • 10. Destroying Angels
      • 11. Travelin' So Hard
      • 12. Sweetheart
      • 13. Where The Songbirds Live

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Missouri
      • 2. Down South
      • 3. After The Fall
      • 4. Guilty Bystander
      • 5. Travelin' So Hard
      • 6. Where The Songbirds Live

      Side 2

      • 1. Never Coming Back
      • 2. The Cowboy And The Hot Air Balloon
      • 3. See The Almighty
      • 4. Destroying Angels
      • 5. There's A Black Horse
      • 6. El Romance-O