Search - Simon Joyner :: Skeleton Blues

Simon Joyner
Skeleton Blues
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Open Window Blues
2. You Don't Know Me
3. Answer Night
4. Medicine Blues
5. The Only Living Boy In Omaha
6. Epilogue In D
7. My Side Of The Blues

CD Details

All Artists: Simon Joyner
Title: Skeleton Blues
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jagjaguwar
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 11/21/2006
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock, Country Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 656605209623, 656605209661

Synopsis

Album Description

On his tenth album, he's joined by his working Omaha band, The Fallen Men. Sounding like Doug Yule-era Velvet Underground, Dylan with The Band (or is it Neil Young and Crazy Horse?), and "Sister Lovers"-damaged Big Star, this is unlike any other Joyner record. "Skeleton Blues" explores themes of loyalty, alienation, death, time, war, and divorce. His skeletons are people in states of transition, falling and climbing, failing sometimes but always swimming the backstroke from the rolling graveyards.

CD Reviews

Really good

Eric A. Gottung | 12/12/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Imagine Bob Dylan fronting the Velvet Underground. The music is great. The lyrics are wonderful. The album is bleak and meandering. Each song is over 5 minutes long but remain interesting nonetheless. This is poetry. The absence of a single catchy song may be the reason for this album's obscurity. Don't let that trick you. Listen to some clips immediately and decide for yourself."